Ella Fitzgerald - If You Can't Sing It lyrics

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 balcony way up high There suddenly came a mournful cry Oh, Mr. Paganini Please, play my rhapsody And if you cannot play it, won't you sing it? And if you can't sing, you simply have to Swing it Listen, Paganini We breathlessly await your masterful detente Go on and sling it And if you can't sling it, you simply have to Swing it We heard your repertoire And at the final bar We greeted you with wild applause But what a great ovation Your interpretation of I never cared much for moonlight skies I never blinked back at fireflies Would do So, Paganini, don't you be a meanie What have you up your sleeve? Come on and spring it And if you can't spring it, you simply have to Swing it Listen, Paganini Please, play my rhapsody And if you cannot play it, won't you sing it? If the boys is bopping Ain't no need in stopping Swing it Listen, Paganini We breathlessly await your masterful detente Come on and spring it If the boys is bopping Ain't no need in stopping Swing it I heard your repertoire and At the final bar We greeted you, we greeted you With wild applause But what a great ovation Your interpretation of Swing it Listen, Paganini Now, don't you be a meanie What have you up your sleeve? Come on and spring it And if you can't spring it, you simply have to Swing it