| The concert was over in Carnagie Hall
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| The maestro took bow after bow
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| He said, «My dear friends I have given my all
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| I’m sorry, it’s all over now.»
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| When from the balcony way up high
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| There suddenly came a mournful cry
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| Oh, Mr. Paganini
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| Please play my rhapsody
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| And if you cannot play it won’t you sing it?
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| And if you can’t sing you simply have to
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| Scat
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| Listen Paganini
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| We breathlessly await your masterful dtente
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| Go on and sling it
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| And if you can’t sling it you simply have to
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| Scat
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| We heard your repertoire
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| And at the final bar
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| We greeted you with wild applause
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| But what a great ovation
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| Your interpretation of:
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| Â'I never cared much for moonlight skies
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| I never blinked back at fireflies'
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| Would do
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| So, Paganini don’t you be a meanie
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| What have you up your sleeve?
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| Come on and spring it
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| And if you can’t spring it, you simply have to
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| Scat
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| Listen Paganini, please play my rhapsody
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| And if you cannot play it, won’t you sing it?
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| If the boys is bopping
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| Ain’t no need in stopping
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| Scat
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| Listen Paganini
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| We breathlessly await your masterful dtente
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| Come on and spring it
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| If the boys is bopping
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| Ain’t no need in stopping
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| Scat
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| I heard your repertoire and
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| At the final bar
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| We greeted you, we greeted you
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| With wild applause
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| But what a great ovation
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| Your interpretation of
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| Scat
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| Listen Paganini
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| Now, don’t you be a meanie
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| What have you up your sleeve?
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| Come on and spring it
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| And if you can’t spring it, you simply have to
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| Swing it |