Lyrics and translation Desmond Dekker - Shing a Ling

Shing a Ling

Dumb shinga liiiinngggggggg singa shinga liiiinngg oooohohohohohhooh me and my girl went to a partahhh she grabbed my hands and say jump daddadaadda work, dadadaadada,

Chante un petit shinga liiiinngggggggg singa shinga liiiinngg oooohohohohohhooh ma chérie et moi on est allés à une fête, elle a pris ma main et a dit "saute" daddadaadda travaille, dadadaadada,

Shiiinggg (a ling)

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Writer(s): Dekker

Album

007: The Best of Desmond Dekker

date of release

31-10-2011

1 First Time For a Long Time
2 Shing a Ling
3 Mother Pepper
4 King of Ska
5 Fu Manchu (alternative take)
6 This Woman
7 Israelites (1970 live version)
8 Pickney Gal
9 Honour Your Mother & Father
10 Licking Stick
11 It Pays
12 The More You Live (a.k.a. live & Learn)
13 Mother's Young Gal
14 Mother Nature
15 A It Mek (original version)
16 Rude Boy Train
17 Get Up Edina
18 Beautiful and Dangerous
19 Bongo Gal
20 Jeserine
21 Rudy Got Soul (alternative take)
22 Sentimental Reason
23 Personal Possession (alternative take)
24 Young Generation
25 Generosity
26 Get Up Little Suzie
27 Pretty Africa
28 Dancing Time
29 Hanging Tree (alternative take)
30 Perseverance
31 Sweet Music (alternative take)
32 Mother Long Tongue (alternative take)
33 Call on Me, Baby (alternative take)
34 Sugar & Spice
35 Mount Zion
36 Unity (alternative take)
37 Everybody Join Hands
38 It Mek (UK mix)
39 Intensified '68 (aka Music Like Dirt)
40 It Gotta Be So
41 Busted Lad
42 The Song We Used To Sing (Where Did It Go?)

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