Waltz into mischief

  The latest and greatest ... amazing arrival
  No conscience, no shame ... for the game of survival
     Thieves and villains ... and fraudulent swindlers
      Gathered in tribute ... with masks of respect

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

			(Smyth/McPherson)
			Feb 1984