Ella Fitzgerald - If You Can’t Swing It (Mr. Paganini) Lyrics


Ella Fitzgerald Lyrics

If You Can’t Swing It (Mr. Paganini) 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’ll simply have to [Incomprehensible]

“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 [Incomprehensible]

We heard your repertoire and at the final bar
We greeted you with wild applause
But what a great ovation, of your interpretation

I never cared much for moonlight skies
I never blinked back at fireflies
Would you

So, Paganini don’t you be a meanie
What have you up your sleeve?
Come on and sling it
And if you can’t sling it, you simply have to [Incomprehensible]

“Oh, Mr. Paganini, please play my rhapsody
And if you cannot play it, won’t you sing?
Since the boys are boppin’ ain’t no need in stoppin’ [Incomprehensible]

“Please, Mr. Paganini, we breathlessly await
Your masterful baton, go on and sling it
Since the boys are boppin’ ain’t no need in stoppin’ [Incomprehensible]

We heard your repertoire and at the final bar
We greeted you with wild applause
But what a great ovation, of your interpretation [Incomprehensible]

Paganini don’t you be a meanie
What have you up your sleeve?
Come on and sling it
And if you can’t sling it, you simply have to
Swi-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-ing it

Mr. Paganini, Come on and swing it


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