A popular song from 1919.
Words by Ernest A. Ryan.
Music by Harold V. Pym.
Sheet music provided by Nicholas Leunissen:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- There’s a story I’d like to tell
It’s about a tingling bell
When it starts it makes you sore
Never have it any more
But next time the same old tale
You have to use it or you’ll fail
On the job to get your tag
They call it the alarm clock rag
Chorus
Ting-a-ling ting-a-ling
Can’t you hear it ringing
What is that its singing
Ting-a-ling ting-a-ling
What is that you’re saying
Surely you’re not praying
What a feeling you don’t know
Your eyes open oh so slow
Back to sleep you’d like to go
The alarm clock rag says no, no, no
- Any ev’ning in the week
Some enjoyment you will seek
To a party else by chance
High class show or late hour dance
Never thinking of the morn
When your threads of sleep are torn
Little pal you’d like to gag
Starts to play the alarm clock rag
Sung here by Vancha March: