Man on the Flying Trapeeze<\/p>\n
MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE 1867 <\/p>\n
Full original lyrics taken from https:\/\/www.sheetmusicsinger.com\/the-flying-trapeze\/\r\nChords adapted from the previous version posted by larrivee-l03 [a]\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\nC7<\/span> F<\/span> D7<\/span> A#<\/span>\r\nOh, once I was happy, but now I'm forlorn,\r\nC7<\/span> F<\/span> C7<\/span>\r\nLike an old coat that is tatter'd and torn.\r\nF<\/span> D7<\/span> A#<\/span>\r\nLeft in this wide world to fret and to mourn,\r\n C7<\/span> F<\/span>\r\nBetrayed by a maid in her teens.\r\n \r\n[Pre-chorus 1]\r\n Dm<\/span> A7<\/span> Dm<\/span>\r\nNow this girl that I lov'd, she was handsome (and swell)\r\n Dm<\/span> A7<\/span> Dm<\/span>\r\nI tried all I knew her to please;\r\n Dm<\/span> A7<\/span> Dm<\/span> G7<\/span>\r\nBut I could not please her one quarter so well\r\n G7<\/span> C7<\/span>\r\nLike that man upon the Trapeze\r\n \r\n\r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n F<\/span> D7<\/span> G7<\/span>\r\nOh, He\u2019d fly thro\u2019 the air with the greatest of ease\r\n C7<\/span> F<\/span> C7<\/span>\r\nA daring young man on the flying trapeze.\r\n F<\/span> D7<\/span> G7<\/span>\r\nHis movements were graceful; all girls he could please,\r\n C7<\/span> F<\/span>\r\nAnd my love he purloined away.\r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n F<\/span> D7<\/span> A#<\/span>\r\nThis young man by name was \u201cSignor Bona Slang\u201d\r\nC7<\/span> F<\/span> C7<\/span>\r\nTall, big, and handsome as well made as Chang\r\n F<\/span> D7<\/span> A#<\/span>\r\nWhere\u2019er he appeared, the hall loudly rang\r\n C7<\/span> F<\/span>\r\nWith ovation from all people there\r\n \r\n[Pre-chorus 2]\r\n Dm A7 Dm A7\r\nHe\u2019d smile from the bar on the people below\r\n Dm A7 Dm\r\nAnd one night he smiled on my love\r\n Dm A7 Dm G7\r\nShe winked back at him, and she shouted \u201cBravo!\u201d\r\n G7 C7\r\nAs he hung by his nose up above\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n F D7 G7\r\nOh, He\u2019d fly thro\u2019 the air with the greatest of ease\r\n C7 F C7\r\nA daring young man on the flying trapeze.\r\n F D7 G7\r\nHis movements were graceful; all girls he could please,\r\n C7 F\r\nAnd my love he purloined away.\r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\n F D7 A#\r\nHer father and mother were both on my side\r\n C7 F C7\r\nAnd very hard tried to make her my own bride\r\n F D7 A#\r\nHer father he sigh'd, and her mother she cry'd\r\n C7 F\r\nTo see her throw herself away\r\n \r\n[Pre-chorus 3]\r\n Dm A7 Dm A7\r\n\u2018Twas all no avail, she went there every night\r\n Dm A7 Dm\r\nAnd would throw him Boquets on the stage\r\n Dm A7 Dm G7\r\nWhich caus'd him to meet her, how he ran me down\r\n G7 C7\r\nTo tell you would take a whole page\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n F D7 G7\r\nOh, He\u2019d fly thro\u2019 the air with the greatest of ease\r\n C7 F C7\r\nA daring young man on the flying trapeze.\r\n F D7 G7\r\nHis movements were graceful; all girls he could please,\r\n C7 F\r\nAnd my love he purloined away.\r\n \r\n[Verse 4]\r\nF D7 A#\r\nOne night I as ususal, went to her dear home\r\nC7 F C7\r\nFound there her father and mother alone\r\n F D7 A#\r\nI ask'd for my love, and soon they made known\r\n C7 F\r\nTo my horror that she\u2019d run away!\r\n \r\n[Pre-chorus 4]\r\n Dm A7 Dm A7\r\nShe\u2019d pack'd up her box, and elop'd in the night\r\n Dm A7 Dm\r\nWith him with the greatest of ease\r\n Dm A7 Dm G7\r\nFrom two stories high, he had lower'd her down\r\n G7 C7\r\nTo the ground on his flying Trapeze!\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n F D7 G7\r\nOh, He\u2019d fly thro\u2019 the air with the greatest of ease\r\n C7 F C7\r\nA daring young man on the flying trapeze.\r\n F D7 G7\r\nHis movements were graceful; all girls he could please,\r\n C7 F\r\nAnd my love he purloined away.\r\n \r\n[Verse 5]\r\n F D7 A#\r\nSome months after this I went to a Hall\r\n C7 F C7\r\nWas greatly surprised to see on the wall\r\n F D7 A#\r\nA bill in red letters, which did my heart gall\r\n C7 F\r\nThat she was appearing with him\r\n \r\n[Pre-chorus 5]\r\n Dm A7 Dm A7\r\nHe taught her gymnastics, and dress'd her in tights\r\n Dm A7 Dm\r\nTo help him to live at his ease\r\n Dm A7 Dm G7\r\nAnd made her assume a masculine name\r\n G7 C7\r\nAnd now she goes on the Trapeze!\r\n \r\n[Outro]\r\n F D7 G7\r\nShe floats through the air with the greatest of ease\r\n C7 F C7\r\nYou\u2019d think her a man on the flying Trapeze\r\n F D7 G7\r\nShe does all the work, while he takes his ease\r\n C7 F\r\nAnd that\u2019s what\u2019s become of my love\r\nX<\/div><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Man on the Flying Trapeeze MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE 1867 Full original lyrics taken from https:\/\/www.sheetmusicsinger.com\/the-flying-trapeze\/ Chords adapted from the previous version posted by larrivee-l03 [a] [Verse 1] C7 F D7 A# Oh, once I was happy, but now I’m forlorn, C7 F C7 Like an old coat that …