The International Viola Theme Song

Sung to the tune of the Funeral March for a Marionette, with verses following the clarinet melody, and the chorus to the brass entry.

Verse 1:
To violas we’re off to play
To violas we’re off to play
Hearts we’ll sway
And nerves we’ll fray
And donkeys bray
To violas we’re off to play

Chorus:
Yo ho! Yo ho!
It’s a violist’s life for me
Yo ho! Yo ho!
Dum, diddle dum, de doo de dee. (repeat)

Verse 2:
Through murkier notes we wade
Like pink elephants on parade
With bows of thatch,
On gut we scratch,
Contract, subtract,
And on Toto, we go, “Away!”