Jennings & Keller - My Baby Wants to Be a Bell Ringer Lyrics

Laurie Jennings Oudin


My baby wants to be a bell ringer

He wants to sit outside a big store

Smile at the people moving past him

Spare change in the bucket for the poor, for the poor

Spare change in the bucket for the poor


Now a bell ringer’s job is kinda lonely

Nobody wants to look him in the eye

They don’t want to question their priorities

Hold tight to your stuff and hurry by, hurry by

Hold tight to your stuff and hurry by


He’ll keep that bell in perfect tempo

Maybe hum a little ditty right in time

He won’t count the ones who ignore him

Just focus on the giving and the kind, and the kind

Just focus on the giving and the kind


Giving is receiving, so the story goes

Charity comes back ten-fold


My baby wants to be a bell ringer

And he wants to do it all year long

Joy is the reason, doesn’t need a season

Greet each and every person with a song, with a song

Greet each and every person with a song