I've got a minute, just
a little minute
I have only got a minute, just a
minute
I have only got a minute,
that is all the time
I have to sing this tiny
little minute waltz
It isn't easy but I'll try and then
I've got to say goodbye
but first I'll take a minute
And put in it every note
that Chopin wrote
and thus I'll sing the little minute waltz
And hope that I can sing with no fault
And though it's difficult
I'll give it every last breath
That I've got within my body
Hope that my performance
won't be very shoddy
Singing every note
will not do wonders for my throat
I probably will end up hoarse
Of course I will have done it
and a wager that I made
I will have won, it's of the money but go!
Satisfaction that I get from
winning money
on this silly kind of bet
Though this kind of solo
wasn't his intention
Chopin isn't here to make
an intervention
So with your permission and
no intermission
I will sing each note
that that composer wrote
Asking him, I'm drilling,
isn't very thrilling
But no one could say
I wasn't very willing
To attempt a thing that's not
been done
And just for fun to simp them in it once
As I sing the second fly,
oh, too soon the minute was by
And now I ask you where
am I?
Halfway through the tune
and I'm falling far behind
I've less than thirty seconds,
less than thirty seconds,
less than thirty, less
than half a minute
I have less than thirty seconds,
I have less than half a minute
to complete this little minute
Waltz on every note
that's in the score
While the sands of time
I know are pouring
Let me win my bet
on our run with the money
Down to some big store
and there I'll buy a honey
Of a trophy for myself to
put upon the shelf
To show the world I've won
Oh the second hand is rushing
round the dial
And though I'd like
to end this torture with a smile
Unless someone knows
how to stop the clock
You're gonna see me cry
before I've said goodbye
A couple measures
to complete this song
But I'm afraid my little lungs
will burst before too long
If only I could last the scale
I won't have fared
To sing the little minute waltz you