I've got 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 you may know

That less I sing a little minute waltz

And hope I can sing with no faults

I know 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 moment won't do wonders for my throat

I probably will end up hoarse

Of course I will I've got it down a wager

That I made I will I want

I know its 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

But every note that's in the score I buy

The sands of time I know are pouring at me

With my bet and honour with the money

Down to some big store and there to buy a honey

And 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

And lest someone knows how to stop the clock

You're gonna see me cry

Before I say goodbye

_____ To complete the song

But I'm afraid my little lungs will burst before too long

If only I can last this day

I won't have failed to sing a little minute waltz.