{title: The Flying Trapeze}
{artist: Misc Traditional}
{meta: imported_credit Misc Traditional}
{meta: credit_status unverified}
{meta: source https://www.jasonpaul.net/songs/the-flying-trapeze/}
{capo: 0}


{c: Verse 1}
[C7]Oh, [F]once I was [D7]happy, but [A#]now I'm forlorn,
[C7]Like an old coat that is [F]tatter'd and [C7]torn.
[F]Left in this [D7]wide world to [A#]fret and to mourn,
Be[C7]trayed by a maid in her [F]teens.

{c: Pre-chorus 1}
Now this [Dm]girl that I [A7]lov'd, she was [Dm]handsome (and swell)
I [Dm]tried all I [A7]knew her to [Dm]please;
But [Dm]I could not [A7]please her one [Dm]quarter so [G7]well
Like that [G7]man upon the Tra[C7]peze

{c: Chorus}
Oh, He’d [F]fly thro’ the [D7]air with the [G7]greatest of ease
A [C7]daring young man on the [F]flying tra[C7]peze.
His [F]movements were [D7]graceful; all [G7]girls he could please,
And my [C7]love he purloined a[F]way.

{c: Verse 2}
This [F]young man by [D7]name was “Sig[A#]nor Bona Slang”
[C7]Tall, big, and handsome as [F]well made as [C7]Chang
Wher[F]e’er he ap[D7]peared, the [A#]hall loudly rang
With o[C7]vation from all people [F]there

{c: Pre-chorus 2}
He’d [Dm]smile from the [A7]bar on the [Dm]people be[A7]low
And [Dm]one night he [A7]smiled on my [Dm]love
She [Dm]winked back at [A7]him, and she [Dm]shouted “Bra[G7]vo!”
As he [G7]hung by his nose up a[C7]bove


{c: Verse 3}
Her[F] father and[D7] mother were[A#] both on my side
And [C7]very hard tried to [F]make her my own [C7]bride
Her [F]father he [D7]sigh'd, and her [A#]mother she cry'd
To [C7]see her throw herself a[F]way

{c: Pre-chorus 3}
‘Twas [Dm]all no a[A7]vail, she went [Dm]there every [A7]night
And would [Dm]throw him Bo[A7]quets on the [Dm]stage
Which [Dm]caus'd him to [A7]meet her, how [Dm]he ran me [G7]down
To [G7]tell you would take a whole [C7]page


{c: Verse 4}
[F]One night I as [D7]ususal, went [A#]to her dear home
[C7]Found there her father and [F]mother a[C7]lone
I [F]ask'd for my [D7]love, and soon [A#]they made known
To my [C7]horror that she’d run a[F]way!

{c: Pre-chorus 4}
She’d [Dm]pack'd up her [A7]box, and e[Dm]lop'd in the n[A7]ight
With [Dm]him with the [A7]greatest of [Dm]ease
From [Dm]two stories [A7]high, he had [Dm]lower'd her [G7]down
To the [G7]ground on his flying Tra[C7]peze!


{c: Verse 5}
Some [F]months after [D7]this I [A#]went to a Hall
Was [C7]greatly surprised to [F]see on the [C7]wall
A [F]bill in red [D7]letters, which [A#]did my heart gall
That [C7]she was appearing with [F]him

{c: Pre-chorus 5}
He [Dm]taught her gym[A7]nastics, and [Dm]dress'd her in [A7]tights
To [Dm]help him to [A7]live at his [Dm]ease
And [Dm]made her as[A7]sume a [Dm]masculine [G7]name
And [G7]now she goes on the [C7]Trapeze!

{c: Outro}
She [F]floats through the [D7]air with the [G7]greatest of ease
You’d [C7]think her a man on the [F]flying Tra[C7]peze
She [F]does all the [D7]work, while [G7]he takes his ease
And [C7]that’s what’s become of my [F]love