I can hear how you work 
practising hard 
playing night and day, wo-oh 
and it sounds better now 
yes, you improve 
every time you play, wo-oh 
but it’s bad 
you’re so sad 
and you’re only smiling 
when you play your violin 

Dum dum diddle 
to be your fiddle 
to be so near you 
and not just hear you 
dum dum diddle 
to be your fiddle 
I think then maybe 
you’d see me, baby 
you’d be mine 
and we’d be together all the time 
wish I was 
dum dum diddle 
your darling fiddle 

But I think you don’t know 
that I exist 
I’m the quiet kind, wo-oh 
From the day when I first 
listened to you 
you’ve been on my mind, wo-oh 
you don’t care 
it’s not fair 
and you’re only smiling 
when you play your violin 

Dum dum diddle 
to be your fiddle 
to be so near you 
and not just hear you 
dum dum diddle 
to be your fiddle 
I think then maybe 
you’d see me, baby 
you’d be mine 
and we’d be together all the time