Wringle Wrangle
Fess Parker Lyrics

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Fess Parker
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Wringle Wrangle
Git-up there yeah oh, oh

Oh wringle wrangle jinggy jong jangle
Mighty fine horse I’m in love of course
Cause I got me a pretty woman’s love

Oh wringle wrangle jinggy jong jangle
Spurs on my boots and I don’t give a hoot
Cause I got me a pretty woman’s love

With a dollars worth of beans, a new pair of jeans
Got a woman to cook and wash and things

Oh wringle wrangle jinggy jong jangle
If I die I ain’t a-gonna cry
Cause I got me a pretty woman’s love

Wringle wrangle, wringle wrangle
Yes I got me a pretty woman’s love

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Fess Parker's song "Wringle Wrangle" are a celebration of a cowboy's life and the things that make it worthwhile. The refrain "wringle wrangle jinggy jong jangle" is a playful and rhythmic chant that suggests the sound of a horse's hooves and a rider's spurs, adding to the song's Western flair. The cowboy expresses his love for his horse and his gratitude for having a loving woman in his life. He boasts of his spurs and his new pair of jeans, but he also values the simple things in life, such as a woman who can cook and wash. The cowboy's contentment with his lot in life is evident in the line "if I die I ain't a-gonna cry," which suggests he has found fulfillment in his love and his work as a cowboy.

The song "Wringle Wrangle" was written by Stan Jones, a songwriter and actor who is best known for writing the classic cowboy ballad "Ghost Riders in the Sky." It was recorded by Fess Parker for the 1957 Disney film "Westward Ho, the Wagons!" Parker, who was also an actor and played Davy Crockett in a series of Disney films, had a successful career as a singer of Western-themed songs. "Wringle Wrangle" became one of his most popular songs, and the catchy refrain has been used in numerous television shows and movies as a symbol of the Wild West.

Line by Line Meaning

Oh wringle wrangle jinggy jong jangle
A playful exclamation expressing joy

Mighty fine horse I’m in love of course
Admiration for a fine horse

Cause I got me a pretty woman’s love
Gratitude for the love of a pretty woman

Spurs on my boots and I don’t give a hoot
Indifference towards wearing spurs on boots

With a dollars worth of beans, a new pair of jeans
Satisfaction with basic necessities

Got a woman to cook and wash and things
Appreciation for having a woman to do household chores

If I die I ain’t a-gonna cry
Acceptance of eventual death

Cause I got me a pretty woman’s love
Contemplating the happiness brought by a pretty woman's love

Wringle wrangle, wringle wrangle
An expression of joy and contentment

Yes I got me a pretty woman’s love
Reaffirming the importance of a pretty woman's love in his life

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Comments from YouTube:

Mitch Kelly

4y↑10

My dad used to sing this song all the time. He has alzheimers now and doesn't know who I am. I've heard about music stirring some memories so I'm gonna play him this and see what happens. Thanks for posting this song.

1lenny

4y↑2

You are very welcome. Thanks for listening and commenting. Alzheimer took my Dad's life, a horrible disease. I wish you all the best.

Dive Bar Casanova

6y↑6

People forget how big a star Fess Parker was.

Joy Tuc

4y↑6

Been searching the internet for this for the past 10 years, finally found it! My most favorite record, I used to play the 45 rpm all the time when I was around 3 to 5, which would be in the very early 1960's

1lenny

4y↑2

Glad you finally found it Joy. Thanks for listening and commenting:)

Little Red

Here's another The Ballad of John Colter https://youtu.be/a0qp5YZrlAo

MrDanielwilliam

10y↑23

Wow, I found it. Had the record when I was about 5 (back in the 50's) Loved it. waz sure a different America then. Glad I got a glimpse of those times to grow up in,

halbie71

14y↑2

This tune was in my head for over 50 years (I'm 57 years old) All I remembered was the tune & the words "Wringle Wrangle" A year or so ago I discovered & heard the song for the first time in over 50 years & found out to my surprise it was recorded in 1956 by Fess Parker. God Bless Fess Parker, (Davy Crockett & Daniel Boone & the movie "Smoky") he was a role model to me & many others years ago. Thank you for posting this song!!!!

Dj P

3y↑5

Wow.. haha this is such a nice song.
Heard this on WJIB in Boston and thought this was nice.
Also just reminds me of how different the world was back then. And how bad it is now in 2021 and getting worse.
God help us...😥🙏

Starr Gotzen

13y↑2

My mother has a recording of me singing this when I was 3 years old (1956). I still know the words!

Doktor Riktor Von Zhades

11y↑6

This was one of the first songs I remember actually learning to sing, I was 4 years old at that time.

1lenny

14y↑1

Me too.I was 12.Bill Hayes also had a hit with this song,but Fess Parker beat him out on the charts with this one.Thanks for your comment:)

Spam Houston

5y↑9

My father used to sing this to me when I was a little boy.

joecoolmccall

11y↑1

My father used to play this song all the time when I was kid...it was part of my dads childhood- and he made it part of mine.

Jeff B

10y↑11

I was 5 when this song came out, and I vividly remember singing along to it. The adults would laugh hard at me singing the line, "Got a woman to cook and wash, 'and things'. I'd emphasize the 'and things', and they'd laugh, because I had no clue what that meant, but I sang it with gusto.

Epsteinisms #

8y↑1

ME TOO! (I WAS 4!)

Marcia Hess

8y↑1

Me too! I thought I'd hallucinated the memory whistle and whiplash included. My 15 yr old brother took me to see my first theatre movie, "Westward Ho, the Wagons"

StevenH K

6y↑1

My whole life until hearing this now, I thought he sang, "...and sing..." Because what else could it be? I was 4.

Gf Black

3y↑2

I had one of those 78RPM yellow records when I was a kid. I think the "Ballad of John Colter" was on the flip side. I imagine I drove my parents crazy playing it over and over again.

Sandra Roarty

7y↑4

This came out when I was 2 and my mom must have liked it because she bought the 45. I remember playing it when I was little and memorizing the lyrics....loved the song and Parker.

Little Red

2y↑2

Here's another The Ballad of John Colter @

Sandra Roarty

2y↑1

@Little Red , that must have been the B side of the record....I remember it. 🙂

rgontero

12y↑1

Colter's courage was in his heart ,,,, and his speed was in his feet !

Dvr Hs

14y↑4

Lovin' it. He was my hero on those early Disney adventures. I was 7

Little Red

Here's another one to listen too. Fess Parker - The Ballad of John Colter. THE BEST! https://youtu.be/a0qp5YZrlAo

Spam Houston

7y↑3

My father used to sing this all the time when I was a kid!

Carlos Garcia

3y↑3

Awsome song use to sing it in High School would like my grandson Luca to sing it with me ,he can also play the guitar

Sharon Raska

Great song!!

memphisandme

13y↑3

Man, I too thought of this song for many years and couldnt remember who did it...All I could sing was the first few words.....Thank you YOUTUBE....im a kid again...

EarthaKit2

14y↑4

When I was a kid, I loved this song- it was my delight! Hehe, I thought it was Chinese. Glad, I finally found it. Thanks,

DENNIS A. SOMMESE, ESQ.

4y↑2

"Westward Ho the Wagons!" is a 1956 American western film, produced by Walt Disney Productions. Based on Mary Jane Carr's novel Children of the Covered Wagon, the film was produced by Bill Walsh, directed by William Beaudine, and released to theatres on December 20, 1956 by Buena Vista Distribution Company. The film stars Fess Parker, Kathleen Crowley, Jeff York, Sebastian Cabot (in his first film role for Disney), David Stollery, and George Reeves (aka Superman). MOVIE TRAILER = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qyk6k4BZTk

1lenny

14y↑2

@halbie71 Me too.Fess Parker as Davy Crockett was a hero and a role model for me.Thanks for your kind words.

Harvey Gershenson

10y↑4

This is like time travel!

Gabriel Ben-Or

5y↑4

Thank you. Brings be back to: Before Complicated.

Cat C

47w↑1

I've been listening to a lot of Fess Parker songs and thinking about where America is today. If we the people don't stand up for our God given rights and defend this once great country and soon, we will never get it back. We need to turn back to God, we need true history taught in our schools again, we need real Americans to stand up for what's right. We have to come together united and work together to save our country before its too late! OF the people BY the people FOR the people. God save America.

Marthalie Thurston

41w

Agree

Cat C

41w↑1

Thank you very much, it's good to know that other's feel the same.
There is still hope for our country! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

1lenny

12y↑2

My pleasure.Thank's for listening and your comment.

Mark Kinsler

4y↑1

Same America as now, hooray. It was great then--and it still is. I sang along with this in the theater, much to the disgust of my fellow 9-year olds.

Phil McKrakin

Good times, any time you meet a payment!
Good times, any time you need a friend!
Good times, any time you're out from under!

Liggie Smalls

What's funny is that this rootin tootin guy would carve up any modern rapper like a christmas goose.

motorbikesgary

12y

Sing of the bravest mountain man, sing of the bold and the fleet

Little Red

2y↑1

Colter's courage was in his heart and his speed was in his feet! The Ballad of John Colter @

John Addeo

3y↑4

"A woman to cook and wash and "things" . . . never questioned what those "things" were as a young lad, but it all became clear to me as a teen.

Darryl Hetherington

7y↑6

I'm 63 and just remembered "wringa a wrangle Jing a jong jangle...So of course I had to do a search...I used to think they were saying "a birdy woman's love : )

Kay Billings

4y↑4

Spurs on my boots and I don’t give a hoot 🎶

Jack Edwards

14y↑2

The flip side of the 45 version was "Ballad of John Colter".

Little Red

JOHN COLTER - THE GREATEST song ever!

Anthony Jamroz

8y↑2

MUSICAL MEMORIAL: VOCALIST/GUITARIST/ACTOR/BUSINESSMAN FESS PARKER DIED ON THIS DAY, MARCH 18, 2010, AT THE AGE OF 85. THE DEATH WAS OF NATURAL CAUSES. HE WAS BORN ON AUGUST 16, 1927, IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS. MAY FESS PARKER REST IN HARMONY. FOR MORE INFO AND MEMORIALS PLEASE JOIN MY GROUP AND VIEW MY YOUTUBE PAGE: TONY JAMS MUSICAL MEMORIALS 1950'S AND BEYOND. FACE BOOK PAGE: TONY JAMS MUSICAL MEMORIALS. THANK YOU.