This phrase is a love spell chanted in the song “Witch Doctor” by David Seville (1958). “It is a song of unrequited love cured by the magic incantations of the witch doctor” (Bob McCann, “The Declension Song,” 2003). Diana Winn Levine suggests that
ting tang are the magic words and
walla walla bing bang mean the magic is over (“Funny 50s and Silly 60s Activity Worksheet,” 2005).
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