Caterina Ballerina - Joe Dolan

Once there was a ballerina

Where she came from no one knew

People called her Caterina

Only I knew that wasn t true

When I first saw Caterina

She was only seventeen

Just a lovely ballerina

Nor a princess nor a queen

She would dance away the hours

She was living in a dream

All the princes brought her flowers

Even though she was no queen

And all the people came

From every corner of the world

To see her

And when they saw her dancing

They would call encore, Caterina

And all the people still remember

How they loved the ballerina

She lived the music when she danced

She loved but there was no romance

She left a song called Caterina

She would dance away the hours

She was living in a dream

All the princes brought her flowers

Even though she was no queen

And all the people came

From every corner of the world

To see her

And when they saw her dancing

They would call encore, Caterina

And all the people still remember

How they loved the ballerina

She lived the music when she danced

She loved but there was no romance

She left a song called Caterina