[3] The lyrics are:[citation needed] 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?
"[1] There are alternative, darker lyrics for the third and fourth lines, used in the original stage musical Oh, What a Lovely War!.
[4] The Behan version is:[3] 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.
[5] The film, depicting the air raid on the Zeppelin base at Friedrichshafen, was abandoned after early snow in the Alps.
:[citation needed] It is parodied in "The Wonderful War," by Leslie Charteris, collected in Featuring the Saint (1941).