"The Minute Waltz" lyrics

I have 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 it 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 faults
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, I've done it
And the wager that I made I will have won
It's not the money but the
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
As you can hear my trilling isn't very thrilling
But no one can say I wasn't very willing
To attempt a thing that's not been done
And just for fun to sing the minute waltz

As I sing the seconds fly
All too soon the minute waltzes by
And now I ask you, "Where am I?"
Halfway through the tune and I'm falling far behind

I have 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
And every note that's in the score while
The sands of time I know are pouring
Let me win my bet and I'll 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 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

Eight little measures to complete the song
But I'm afraid my little lungs will burst before too long
If only I can last this scale
I won't have failed to sing the little minute waltz