Ring-A-Ling-A-Lario, what am I to do? I'm much too young to marry-o, marry-o, marry-o... But if I could marry-o, then I would marry you. When I was just a boy of nine, I fell in love with Adeline; I kissed her tender lips of wine, and then I ran away. Singin Ring-A-Ling-A-Lario, what am I to do? I'm much too young to marry-o, marry-o, marry-o... But if I could marry-o, then I would marry you. When I was only seventeen, I fell in love with Bernardine, I kissed her on the village green, and then I ran away. When I had turned to twenty-two, I fell in love with Mary Lou, I tried to run but I was through, she stole my heart away. Singin Ring-A-Ling-A-Lario, this is what I'll do? You're old enough to marry-o, marry-o, marry-o... Old enough to marry-o, and I will marry you. This is ancient history, my family numbers twenty-three, And all of them take after me, they kiss and run away. Singin' Ring-A-Ling-A-Lario, what am I to do/ I'm much too young to marry-o, marry-o, marry-o, But if I could marry-o, then I would marry you. But if I could marry-o, then I would marry you.