The concert was over in Carnegie Hall The Maestro took bow after bow He said, "My dear friends, I have given my all I'm sorry, it's all over now" When from the gallary way up high There suddenly came this mournful cry Mr. Paganini Please play my rhapsody And if you cannot play it, won't you sing it? And if you can't sing it, you'll simply have to Mr. Paganini We breathlessly await, your masterful baton Go on and sling it And if you can't sling it, you'll simply have to We've heard your repertoire And at the final bar We greeted you with round applause But what a great ovation Your interpretation of... Mr. Paganini now don't you be a meanie What have you up your sleeve? Come on and spring it And if you don't spring it, that means you'll have to Mr. Paganini, please play my rhapsody And if you cannot play it, wont you sing it? And if the boys are bopping Aint no need in stopping Mr. Paganini We breathlessly await, your masterful baton Go on and sling it If the boys are bopping Ain't no need in stopping A tisket a tasket, I lost my yellow basket Heard your repertoire And at the final bar We greeted you with round applause What a great ovation Your interpretation of... Listen Paganini Now, don't you be a meanie What have you up your sleeve? Come on and spring it And if you don't spring it, that means you have to... We've heard your repertoire And at the final bar We greeted you, we greeted you With wild applause Oh but what a great ovation Your interpretation... Mr. Paganini, now don't you be a meanie What have you up your sleeve? Come on and spring it And if you don't spring it That means you have to swing it