Ja-da : ja da, ja da, jing, jing, jing! / words and music by Bob Carleton

VERSE 01: You’ve heard all about your raggy melodies,/Ev’ry thing from opera down to harmony,/But I’ve a little song that I will sing to you,/It’s going to win you thru and thru./There ain’t much to the words but the music is grand,/And you’ll be singing it to beat the band./Now you’ve heard of your “Will O’ The Wisp,”/But give a little listen to this:/It goes
CHORUS: Ja Da,/Ja Da,/Ja Da Ja Da Jing, Jing, Jing,/Ja Da,/Ja Da,/Ja Da, Ja Da, Jing, Jing, Jing./That’s a funny little bit of melody/It’s so soothing and appealing to me,/It goes Ja Da,/Ja Da,/Ja Da, Ja Da, Jing, Jing, Jing!/Jing!
VERSE 02: Now ev’ry one was singing a Hawaiian strain,/Ev’ry one seem’d to have it on their brain,/When Yaka Hicky Hoola Do was all the craze,/Why that’s the one that had ‘em dazed./The object now is for something new,/Something that will appeal to you./And here’s a little melody that you will find,/Will linger, linger there in your mind:/It goes