Oh, How Lovely Is The Evening 1) Oh, how lovely is the evening, is the evening, When the bells are sweetly ringing, sweetly ringing! Ding, dong, ding, ding, dong, ding. A 3-part round originally from the German, “O wie wohl ist mir am Abend.” Popular throughout Europe and the United States as early as the beginning of the 19th century. It is included in various song collections in English, German, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Italian, Russian and probably many other languages.