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Is it "ching chang" or "ting tang" walla walla bing bang?

Asked by RealEyesRealizeRealLies (30951points) May 10th, 2011

I grew up singing “ching chang”. But I can’t find any source that supports “ching chang”. My friend claims it’s “ding dang” and gets very upset if she hears it any other way. She threw the lime from my vodka tonic at the bartender mocking her with “cling clang”, and became absolutely livid when he shouted “sting stang” after it smacked him in the eyeball!

I swear we sang “ching chang” as children at Camp Robin Hood. Now all I can find is “ting tang” and I feel as if part of my childhood was a lie. I’m experiencing some very uncomfortable emotions trying to cope with this, wondering what else from my childhood was based on lies and deception.

How did you sing it? And how do I get this song out of my head?

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RealEyesRealizeRealLies's avatar

oh you’re a lot-a-help

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RealEyesRealizeRealLies's avatar

gish… if you relly wanted to hep, consider lying to protect my emotions. I’m fragile right now. thanks anyway GA!

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tedibear's avatar

@RealEyesRealizeRealLies, I’m so so sorry about this. You may have sung a bastardized version of the song at dear old Camp Robin Hood, but here and here and here are some sources, all showing the lyrics as being “ting tang.”

Here are some cookies for you. Hope it helps…

RealEyesRealizeRealLies's avatar

so you think… nom nom nom… that pacifying me with… nom nom nom… an obviously fawning display… nom nom nom… of sugar biscuits… nom nom nom… can really address… nom nom nom… the distress I’m feeling… nom nom nom… at this delicate… nom nom nom… time in my life… nom nom nom… @tedibear?

You’re one smart cookie!

tedibear's avatar

@RealEyesRealizeRealLies, why yes, yes I do think we’ve addresed the issue quite handily. Here , here and here are some beverage choices for you.

LuckyGuy's avatar

I have the 45 in my basement someplace. It’s “ting tang” .
Maybe with today’s more materialistic, made in China, mores it should be “Ka ching Chang”.

breedmitch's avatar

I’m more concerned that your friend thinks it’s acceptable to throw things at the bartender.

Blueroses's avatar

I tried it with “ting tang” and with “ching chang” and neither made a bit of difference. That witch doctor was full of shit.

JilltheTooth's avatar

OK, but who really put the ram in the rama-lama-ding-dong? Who was that man? I’d like to shake his hand….

Brian1946's avatar

I’ve also heard that it’s “ting tang”, but isn’t the preceding line, “Who he, booya ya”? ;-p

JilltheTooth's avatar

@Brian1946 : I always heard that line as “Oo ee oo aah aah”

@RealEyesRealizeRealLies : Doesn’t pay to get a good night’s sleep around here, huh… damn

Brian1946's avatar

@JilltheTooth

Could it be that the term, “booya” wasn’t used until sometime after 1958? ;-)

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