{"id":17263,"date":"2023-09-04T20:19:19","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T20:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=17263"},"modified":"2025-08-25T22:44:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T22:44:26","slug":"the-man-on-the-flying-trapeze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/the-man-on-the-flying-trapeze\/","title":{"rendered":"Man on the Flying Trapeze, The"},"content":{"rendered":"
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THE MAN ON THE FLYING\u00a0TRAPEZE<\/a><\/h2>\n

August 15, 2010 by haefsongs<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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01146.0200 THE MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE
\nBernard Haefner Lyrics and Chords, 01146.0201 The Man On The Flying Trapeze<\/a><\/p>\n

Yeah once I was happy, but now I\u2019m forlorn
\nLike an old coat that\u2019s tattered and torn
\nLeft on this world to fret and to mourn
\nBetrayed by a maid barely out of her teens<\/p>\n

The girl that I loved she was handsome
\nAnd I tried all I knew her to please
\nBut I just couldn\u2019t please her a quarter as well
\nAs the man upon the trapeze<\/p>\n

He\u2019d fly through the air with the greatest of ease
\nThe daring young man on the flying trapeze
\nHis movements were graceful, all the girls he could please
\nAnd my love he\u2019s stolen away<\/p>\n

Now the young man by name was Signor Bona Slang
\nHe was tall, big and handsome, as well made as Chang \u2014 whoever that is
\nWherever he appeared the hall loudly rang
\nWith ovations from all people there<\/p>\n

He\u2019d smile from the bar on the people below
\nAnd one night he smiled on my love
\nShe winked back at him and she shouted \u201cBravo!\u201d
\nAs he hung by his nose from above<\/p>\n

Her father and mother they were both on my side
\nAnd very hard they tried to make her my bride
\nHer father he sighed and her mother she cried
\nTo see her throw herself away<\/p>\n

But it was all no avail, she went there every night
\nAnd she throw him bouquets on the stage
\nIt caused him to meet her and how he ran me down
\nTo tell you would take a whole fuckin\u2019 page<\/p>\n

He\u2019d fly through the air with the greatest of ease
\nThe daring young man on the flying trapeze
\nHis movements were graceful, all the girls he could please
\nAnd my love he\u2019s stolen away
\nSolo!<\/p>\n

Well one night as usual, well I went to her home
\nAnd I found there her father and her mother alone
\nI asked for my love and soon they made known
\nTo my horror that she\u2019d run away<\/p>\n

She packed up her boxes, she eloped in the night
\nWith him with the greatest of ease
\nFrom her bedroom two stories high, he\u2019d lowered her down
\nTo the ground on that fuckin\u2019 trapeze<\/p>\n

He\u2019d fly through the air with the greatest of ease
\nThe daring young man on the flying trapeze
\nHis movements were graceful, all the girls he could please
\nAnd my love he\u2019s stolen away<\/p>\n

Well some months after this I went to Circus Hall
\nNow I was greatly surprised to see her there on the wall
\nA bill with big red letters, my heart did gall
\nAs she was now appearing with him<\/p>\n

He\u2019d taught her gymnastics and he dressed her in tights
\nJust to help him live a life of ease
\nAs I stood there staring up into the lights
\nThere she flew on that flying trapeze<\/p>\n

She flies through the air with the greatest of ease
\nThe daring young girl on the flying trapeze
\nShe does all his work while he takes his ease
\nAnd my love he\u2019s stolen away<\/p>\n

He\u2019d fly through the air with the greatest of ease
\nThe daring young man on the flying trapeze
\nHis movements were graceful, all the girls he could please
\nAnd my love he\u2019s stolen away<\/p>\n

He\u2019d fly through the air with the greatest of ease
\nThe daring young man on the flying trapeze
\nHis movements were graceful, all the girls he could please
\nAnd my love he\u2019s stolen away<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

THE MAN ON THE FLYING\u00a0TRAPEZE August 15, 2010 by haefsongs 01146.0200 THE MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE Bernard Haefner Lyrics and Chords, 01146.0201 The Man On The Flying Trapeze Yeah once I was happy, but now I\u2019m forlorn Like an old coat that\u2019s tattered and torn Left on this world … CLICK TO VIEW SONGMan on the Flying Trapeze, The<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,117,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17263\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}