I've Got Rings On My Fingers

"I've Got Rings On My Fingers" is a popular song written in 1909, words by R. P. Weston and Fred J. Barnes, and music by Maurice Scott.

It concerns an Irishman named Jim O'Shea, a castaway who finds himself on an island somewhere in the East Indies, whereupon he is made Chief Panjandrum by the natives because they like his red hair and his Irish smile.

The song was a hit for Ada Jones, and for Blanche Ring (who first performed it in The Midnight Sons, and carried it over into 1910's The Yankee Girl).

In 1956 the song was recorded by Radio City Music Hall organist Ray Bohr on his first RCA Victor album The Big Sound.

Joan Morris and William Bolcom recorded the song as part of their 1974 debut album, After the Ball.