Ring-a-Ding Bird Songtext
von Bert Jansch

Oh ring-a-ding, oh ring-a-ding, little bird
Oh ring-a-ding, oh ring-a-ding, little bird
Oh ring-a-ding, oh ring-a-ding, little bird
How silly sound the raindrops are dancing at my feet
And tingling on my face
It seems to sparkle yet it weeps for me
And carried by a dream of raindrops through the night
A song I hear a-jingling and sweetly does it call
Oh ring-a-ding, oh ring-a-ding
Oh ring-a-ding bird sing your song for me
Hey little bird, I walk beneath the trees
And I see an ageless man who plays a timeless tune
Upon a golden banjo and he sings a song of laughter
And sadness that whispers to the darkness of the trees
Oh ring-a-ding, oh ring-a-ding, little bird
Oh ring-a-ding, oh ring-a-ding, little bird
Oh ring-a-ding, oh ring-a-ding, little bird
Oh ring-a-ding, oh ring-a-ding bird in a ding-dong tree
Won′t you sing a song to me
Oh crazy little bird of my dreams


And now I see a dancing boy
Who steps the stones that mark the path of time
To catch the wind that blows his blues away
Oh ring-a-ding bird can't you see the sadness
That′s deep in his eyes, little bird
Oh ring-a-ding, oh ring-a-ding, little bird
Oh ring-a-ding, oh ring-a-ding, little bird
Oh ring-a-ding, oh ring-a-ding bird sitting high
I wonder now why you don't fly away
Little bird of my dreams
Hey little bird, please set me free
I beg of you
For now I see a strange young girl
Who is standing there and she cries alone
Beneath the branches that hang in splendor
Who she might be, Lord I'll never know
Until I′m free, must I pass her by
How I wish you could hear what is calling on me
Strange young girl set me free from the spell
And hold me till I rest
Then lead me from the woodland and the call that I hear
Oh ring-a-ding, oh ring-a-ding, little bird
Oh ring-a-ding, oh ring-a-ding, little bird
Oh ring-a-ding, oh ring-a-ding, little bird
Oh ring-a-ding, oh ring-a-ding, set me free
Oh ring-a-ding, oh ring-a-ding, set me free
Oh little bird, oh ring-a-ding
Oh ring-a-ding, oh ring-a-ding