About a year ago, I heard this truly terrific, absolutely true story And it just so happens that I told a couple of friends of mine This truly terrific, absolutely true story And it just so happened that these friends of mine are song writers And guess what happened? Right, truly terrific, absolutely true song
Gather around, I've got a story to tell About a Manhattan lady that I know very well She lives at five Riverside, her name is Shirley Devore And she traveled 'round the world to meet the guy next door
Well, there was trouble inside apartment 29 E 'Cause Shirley's mother and dad were as upset as can be They said we hate to complain dear and we don't like to grouse But your nearly 32, you should get out of the house
You gotta ring them bells, you gotta ring them bells You gotta make 'em sing and really ring them bells It's such a happy thing to hear 'em ting a ling You gotta ring them bells
Well, Shirley was 31, which she was loathe to admit And she had never been loved, which didn't thrill her a bit And so she sat and she thought, she thought for hours on end And said I'll go to Chase, Manhattan where I got me a friend
And so she borrowed a thou' and called TWA And told her mother and dad that she was up and away I'm gonna travel the continent, a month, maybe, two And haul me home a hus' if it's the last thing I do
You gotta ring them bells, you gotta ring them bells You gotta make 'em sing and really ring them bells It's such a happy thing to hear 'em ting a ling You gotta ring them bells
She met a Londoner first but they did not hit it off 'Cause every time she approached he got a bronchial cough And so she went to Madrid and met a handsome Senior But he liked to throw the bull and he was no matador
She also bombed out in Brussells, in Mallorca and Rome Til' someone said, "Try Dubrovnik, dear before you go home" 'Cause it's the kind of a town where you'll be likely to fall And all the toni cognoscenti find the Balkans a ball
You gotta ring them bells, you gotta ring them bells You gotta make 'em sing and really ring them bells It's such a happy thing to hear 'em ting a ling You gotta ring them bells
And so she went to Dubruvnik and the very first day She met a guy on the beach who took her reason away Yes, it was love at first sight and quite a beautiful scene She said, "My name is Shirl Devore", he said, "I'm Norm Saperstein"
She said, "Are you from New York", he said, "That can't be denied I've got a swell junior three at number five, Riverside" "Five? Five Riverside Drive in New York, that's where you live?" "That's, that's where I live, Five? Are you sure?" As if that wasn't enough for Shirley thought she'd gone deaf When he told her his apartment there was 29 F
Yes, she was 'E', he was 'F' and they had not even met Until she traveled the world to Yugoslavia yet He'd always been right next door and she would never have known If she hadn't tried Dubrovnik, she might still be alone
Well, there's a moral to learn from little Shirley Devore Who had to borrow a thou' to find a lover next door You girls who live in apartments, don't just stare at the wall Open up the door and hurry out in the hall
And, oh ring them bells, come on, come on, ring them bells Make 'em sing, you'd better ring the bells It's such a happy thing to hear 'em ting a ling You gotta swing them, ring them, swing them, ring them bells
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