The Flying Trapeze
Lyrics and chords
Verse 1
C7Oh, Fonce I was D7happy, but A#now I'm forlorn,
C7Like an old coat that is Ftatter'd and C7torn.
FLeft in this D7wide world to A#fret and to mourn,
BeC7trayed by a maid in her Fteens.
Pre-chorus 1
Now this Dmgirl that I A7lov'd, she was Dmhandsome (and swell)
I Dmtried all I A7knew her to Dmplease;
But DmI could not A7please her one Dmquarter so G7well
Like that G7man upon the TraC7peze
Chorus
Oh, He’d Ffly thro’ the D7air with the G7greatest of ease
A C7daring young man on the Fflying traC7peze.
His Fmovements were D7graceful; all G7girls he could please,
And my C7love he purloined aFway.
Verse 2
This Fyoung man by D7name was “SigA#nor Bona Slang”
C7Tall, big, and handsome as Fwell made as C7Chang
WherFe’er he apD7peared, the A#hall loudly rang
With oC7vation from all people Fthere
Pre-chorus 2
He’d Dmsmile from the A7bar on the Dmpeople beA7low
And Dmone night he A7smiled on my Dmlove
She Dmwinked back at A7him, and she Dmshouted “BraG7vo!”
As he G7hung by his nose up aC7bove
Verse 3
HerF father andD7 mother wereA# both on my side
And C7very hard tried to Fmake her my own C7bride
Her Ffather he D7sigh'd, and her A#mother she cry'd
To C7see her throw herself aFway
Pre-chorus 3
‘Twas Dmall no aA7vail, she went Dmthere every A7night
And would Dmthrow him BoA7quets on the Dmstage
Which Dmcaus'd him to A7meet her, how Dmhe ran me G7down
To G7tell you would take a whole C7page
Verse 4
FOne night I as D7ususal, went A#to her dear home
C7Found there her father and Fmother aC7lone
I Fask'd for my D7love, and soon A#they made known
To my C7horror that she’d run aFway!
Pre-chorus 4
She’d Dmpack'd up her A7box, and eDmlop'd in the nA7ight
With Dmhim with the A7greatest of Dmease
From Dmtwo stories A7high, he had Dmlower'd her G7down
To the G7ground on his flying TraC7peze!
Verse 5
Some Fmonths after D7this I A#went to a Hall
Was C7greatly surprised to Fsee on the C7wall
A Fbill in red D7letters, which A#did my heart gall
That C7she was appearing with Fhim
Pre-chorus 5
He Dmtaught her gymA7nastics, and Dmdress'd her in A7tights
To Dmhelp him to A7live at his Dmease
And Dmmade her asA7sume a Dmmasculine G7name
And G7now she goes on the C7Trapeze!
Outro
She Ffloats through the D7air with the G7greatest of ease
You’d C7think her a man on the Fflying TraC7peze
She Fdoes all the D7work, while G7he takes his ease
And C7that’s what’s become of my Flove