The Man on The Flying Trapeze.
- By George Leybourne.
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1) Once I was happy
But now I'm forelorn
Just like an old jacket
That's tattered and torn.
I'm left in this wide world
To fret and to mourn
Betrayed by a maid in her teens.
Now this girl that I loved,
She was very handsome,
And I tried all I could her to please;
But I never could do, a quarter as well
As the Man on the Flying Trapeze! WOA! (Chorus)
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CHORUS:
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He flies through the air
With the greatest of ease;
The daring Young Man on
The Flying Trapeze.
His movements are graceful
And the girls he does please;
And my love he has purloined away!
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2)Now the young man by name
Tall big, and handsome;
And well made as chang.
Whene'er he appeared,
The halls loudly rang,
With ovations from the people there.
Now he smiled from his bar
Down on the people below,
And one night he smiled on my love;
And she through him a kiss,
and she hollared "Bravo!",
While he swung by his nose high above! WOA! (Chorus)
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3) Now her Father and her Mother
Were both on my side,
And they tried everything they could
To make her my bride.
Her Father he sighed,
While her Mother she cried,
To see her throw her life away.
But it was of no avail
She went there every night,
And threw her bouquets on the stage;
Which caused him to meet her
And how he ran me down,
To tell it would take a whole page! WOA! (Chorus)
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4) Now one night as ussual
I went to her ear home;
But her Father and her Mother
Were there all alone.
I asked them about my love
But they had made it known
That she had run away.
Now without any trusseaus
She fled in the night,
With that man the greatest of ease.
And he lowered her down
From a two story height
To the ground on his flying trapeze! WOA! (Chorus)
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5) Now several months later
As I was walking in a hall,
There to my big surprise
I found there on the wall,
A bill in red letters,
Which my heart did gall,
She was appearing with HIM!
Now he taught her gymnastics
And he put her in tights,
So that he can live at his ease;
And he made her assume a masculine name,
AND NOW, she goes on the trapeze! Well,
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She floats through the air
With the greatest of ease,
You'd think she's the Man on
The Flying Trapeze.
She does all the work,
While he takes his ease;
And that's what's become of my love!
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