-Artist: Nat King Cole
 -peak Billboard position # 18 in 1957
 -previously charted in 1947 by Vaughn Monroe (#1)
 -previously charted in 1948 by Buddy Clark (#5); Bing Crosby (#10); and Jimmy
 -Dorsey (also #10)
 -Words and Music by Bob Russell and Carl Sigman


 Dance, ballerina, dance
 And do your pirouette in rhythm with your achin' heart
 Dance, ballerina, dance
 You mustn't once forget a dancer has to dance the part

 Whirl, ballerina, whirl
 And just ignore the chair that's empty in the second row
 This is your moment, girl
 Although he's not out there applauding as you steal the show

 Once you said his love must wait its turn
 You wanted fame instead
 I guess that's your concern
 We live and learn

 And love is gone, ballerina, gone
 So on with your career, you can't afford a backward glance
 Dance on and on and on
 A thousand people here have come to see the show
 As 'round and 'round you go
 So ballerina, dance
 Dance, dance!

 Whirl ballerina
 Once you said his love must wait its turn
 You wanted fame instead
 I guess that's your concern
 We live and learn

 And love is gone, ballerina, gone
 So on with your career, you can't afford a backward glance
 Dance on and on and on
 A thousand people here have come to see the show
 As 'round and 'round you go
 So ballerina, dance

 Dance


 Transcribed by Robin Hood