<P> "Ding - Dong! The Witch Is Dead" is the centerpiece of several individual songs in an extended set - piece performed by the Munchkins, Glinda (Billie Burke) and Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland) in the classic 1939 film The Wizard of Oz . It was also sung by studio singers and represented as being sung by the Winkie soldiers . It was composed by Harold Arlen, with the lyrics written by E.Y. Harburg . </P> <P> The group of songs celebrate the death of the Wicked Witch of the East when Dorothy's house is dropped on her by the tornado and the death of the Wicked Witch of the West after being splashed with water . </P>

Who sings ding dong the witch is dead in the wizard of oz