Singalong Version of “The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze”

Singalong version of “The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze” … music by Gaston Lyle, arrangement by Alfred Lee, and lyrics by George Leybourne. This song was published in 1867 and has since been recorded by Burl Ives, Bing Crosby, Bruce Springsteen, and many other wonderful singers. Passengers on a bus sing this song in the 1934 movie “It Happened One Night.”
Over the years, many different verses of this song have been sung.
LYRICS SUNG IN THIS VERSION:
Oh, once I was happy, but now I'm forlorn,
Like an old coat that is tattered and torn.
Left in this wide world to fret and to mourn,
Betrayed by a maid in her teens
Oh, this girl that I loved, she was handsome,
And I tried all I knew, her to please,
But I never could please her one quarter so well
As the man on the flying trapeze.
Oh!
He floats through the air with the greatest of ease,
The daring young man on the flying trapeze.
His actions are graceful.
All girls he does please.
And my love he has stolen away.
His actions are graceful.
All girls he does please.
And my love he has stolen away.
This man, he was known as a heartbreaking guy.
Ladies would look up to him with a sigh.
My sweetheart, she saw him and told me “Goodbye.”
Her heart flew to him like a breeze.
So I knew that my
love dream was over.
I was there when he
smiled at my love.
Then she winked back at him and she shouted “Bravo!”
As he hung by his nose from above.
Oh!
He floats through the air with the greatest of ease,
The daring young man on the flying trapeze.
His actions are graceful.
All girls he does please.
And my love he has stolen away.
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