How silly sound the rain drops
Are dancing at my feet
And tingling on my face
It seems to sparkle, yeah, then it weeps for me
And they carried by a dream
Of raindrops to 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
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 are hangin' splendour
Who’s 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 a-hold me to thy breast
And 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