My heart begins to tingle when the bells begin to jingle
Zig-idee, zing, zing, zing, zig-I-dee zing zing
Ev'ry time they play the sabre dance
My heart beats try to capture all the rhythm and the rapture
Zig-idee, zing, zing, zing, zig-I-dee zing zing
Ev'ry time they play the sabre dance

I love the spell I'm under when the drums begin to thunder
Boom-I-dee boom boom, boom-I-dee boom boom
Like the tempo of a tropic rain
When I hear trumpets blaring I can feel adventure flaring
Ra-ta-ta tat tat, ra-ta-ta tat tat
I am in a mood I can't explain

I drift to an isle of perfume where summer roses eternally bloom
There in a golden gleam waits my one wonderful dream
Music take me don't forsake me
Let me be a ship lost at sea that the winds rock and roll
Whirling, swirling, twirling, out of control

That music drives me crazy
Ev'rything becomes so hazy
Drums are booming, cellos zooming
Cymbals crashing, sabres flashing in a willy nilly sort of way
I seem to hear it night and day
Blending in romantic fashion, melody, moonlight and passion
Riding high on heaven's highway

Purple stars are guiding my way
I am like a comet whizzing by
Just when I get the feeling that the universe
Is reeling, suddenly the song is ending
And I find that I'm descending like a star
Toppling! Twisting! Tumbling!
And down and down and down and down and
Roun' and roun' and roun' and roun' and
Down and down and down and down
And I begin to spin into a trance
Ev'ry time they play that sabre dance