(If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini)

The concert was over in Carnagie 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 [A]ɾhapsody
And if you [A7cannot play it won't you [A7sing it?
And if you [A7can't sing you [A7simply have to
Scat

Listen Paganini,
We breathlessly await your masterful détente
Go on [C7]and [Bm]sling it
And if you [A7can't sling it you [A7simply have to
Scat

We heard your ɾepertoire
And at the final bar
We greeted you [A7with wild applause
But what a great ovation
Your interpretation [C7]of:
‘I never cared much for [Dm7]moonlight skies
I never blinked back at fireflies'
Would do

So, Paganini don't you [A7be [Am]a meanie
What have you [A7up your sleeve?
Come on [C7]and [Bm]spring it
And if you [A7can't spring it, you [A7simply have to
Scat

Listen Paganini, please play my [A]ɾhapsody
And if you [A7cannot play it, wont you [A7sing it?
If the boys is bopping
Aint no need in stopping
Scat

Listen Paganini,
We breathlessly await your masterful détente
Come on [C7]and [Bm]spring it
If the boys is bopping
Aint no need in stopping
Scat

I heard your ɾepertoire and [Bm]
At the final bar
We greeted you, we greeted you
With wild applause
But what a great ovation
Your interpretation [C7]of
Scat

Listen Paganini
Now, don't you [A7be [Am]a meanie
What have you [A7up your sleeve?
Come on [C7]and [Bm]spring it
And if you [A7can't spring it, you [A7simply have to
Swing it