The Man on the Flying Trapeze

Once I was happy, but now I'm forlorn

Like an old coat that is 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 was so handsome

And I tried all I knew how to please

But I never could please her a quarter as well

As the man on the flying trapeze

Oh, he flies through the air with the greatest of ease

This daring young man on the flying trapeze

His movements are graceful, all girls does he please

And my love he's purloined away

Now, this young man by name was Senor Bonny Slang

Tall, big and handsome, as well made as chang

Where'er he appeared, the hall loudly rang

With ovation from all people there

He'd smile from the bar on the people below

And one night he smiled on my love, ah

She winked back at him, and she shouted "Bravo!"

As he hung from his nose up above

Oh, he flies through the air with the greatest of ease

This daring young man on the flying trapeze

His movements are graceful, all girls does he please

And my love he's purloined away