The Man on the Flying Trapeze

Once I was happy but now I'm forlorn

Like an old coat that is tattered and torn

Left in this wide world to weep and to mourn

Betrayed by a maid in her teens

Oh, this maid 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!

He floats thro' the air with the greatest of ease

The daring young man on the flying trapeze

His actions are graceful, all girls he does please

My love he has stolen away