The Bells of Hell Go Ting-a-ling-a-ling

"The Bells of Hell Go Ting-a-ling-a-ling" is a British airmen's song from World War I, which was created around 1911.

It is apparently a parody of another popular song of the time entitled "She Only Answered 'Ting-a-ling-a-ling'". It is featured in the Brendan Behan's play The Hostage (1958) and the musical film Oh! What a Lovely War (1969).

The lyrics are:

Lines five and six quote St Paul's words on the resurrection in 1 Corinthians 15: 55, used in the burial service: "O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?" There are alternate, darker lyrics for the third and fourth lines, used in the original stage musical Oh, What a Lovely War!:

The Behan version is:

The song features in the 1988 London Weekend Television series Piece of Cake (TV series) about an RAF fighter squadron in the Phoney War.

A 1966 Mirisch Productions World War I war film with the title The Bells of Hell go Ting-a-ling-a-ling starring Gregory Peck and Ian McKellen, directed by David Miller and with a screenplay by Roald Dahl, was abandoned after five weeks filming in Switzerland. The film, depicting the air raid on the Zeppelin base at Friedrichshafen, was abandoned after early snow in the Alps.

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