A big hand, hurray! Oh come on you trustful Let the band play a waltz into mischief The chairman is speaking ... instructs the apprentice All faces are turned ... to the wizard of sentence Years of experience ... fall from his tongue Like teardrops to puddles ... they rippled among A big hand, hurray! Oh come on you trustful Let the band play a waltz into mischief This kid of the cowboys ... of fastest deception Writes down his kiddings ... to ruptuous reception Calls on the crowd ... of white-pointed heads To check on the carpets ... while we're in our beds (Nelly the elephant packed her trunk and said goodbye to the circus) A big hand, hurray! Oh come on you trustful Let the band play a waltz into mischief A big hand, hurray! Oh come on you trustful Let the band play a waltz into mischief A big hand, hurray! Oh come on you trustful Let the band play a waltz into mischief