Sham-a-Ling-Dong-Ding

The boys were singing shing-a-ling
 The summer night we met
 You were tan and seventeen
 O how could I forget
 When every star from near and far
 Was watching from above
 Watching two teenagers fall in love
 The way we danced was not a dance
 But more a long embrace
 We held on to each other and
 We floated there in space
 And I was shy to kiss you while
 The whole wide world could see
 So shing-a-ling said everything for me
 And O the poor old old folks
 They thought we'd lost our minds
 They could not make heads or tails
 Of the young folks' funny rhymes
 But you and I knew all the words
 And we always sang along to
 O sham-a-ling-dong-ding
 Sham-a-ling-dang-dong
 So after years and after tears
 And after summers past
 The old folks tried to warn us
 How our love would never last
 And all we'd get was soaking wet
 From walking in the rain
 And singing sham-a-shing-a-ling again
 And O the poor old old folks
 They smile and walk away
 But I bet they did some
 Sham-a-lama-ding-dong in their day
 I bet that they still close their eyes
 And I bet they sing along to
 O sham-a-ling-dong-ding
 Sham-a-ling-dang-dong
 O those sweet old love songs
 Every word rings true
 Sham-a-ling-dong-ding means sweetheart
 Sham-a-ling-dang-dong does too
 And it means that right here in my arms
 That's where you belong
 And it means sham-a-ling-dong-ding
 Sham-a-ling-dang-dong