DARING YOUNG MAN
ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE
Yeah once I was happy, but now I'm forlorn
Like an old coat that's tattered and torn
Left on this world to fret and to mourn
Betrayed by a maid barely out of her teens
The girl that I loved she was handsome
And I tried all I knew her to please
But I just couldn't please her a quarter as well
As the man upon the trapeze
He'd fly through the air with the greatest of ease
The daring young man on the flying trapeze
His movements were graceful
Like an old coat that's tattered and torn
Left on this world to fret and to mourn
Betrayed by a maid barely out of her teens
The girl that I loved she was handsome
And I tried all I knew her to please
But I just couldn't please her a quarter as well
As the man upon the trapeze
He'd fly through the air with the greatest of ease
The daring young man on the flying trapeze
His movements were graceful
All the girls he could please
And my love he's stolen away
Now the young man by name was Signor Bona Slang
He was tall, big and handsome
And my love he's stolen away
Now the young man by name was Signor Bona Slang
He was tall, big and handsome
As well made as Chang
Whoever that is
Wherever he appeared the hall loudly rang
With ovations from all people there
He'd smile from the bar on the people below
And one night he smiled on my love
She winked back at him and she shouted "Bravo!"
As he hung by his nose from above
Her father and mother they were both on my side
And very hard they tried to make her my bride
Her father he sighed and her mother she cried
To see her throw herself away
But it was all no avail, she went there every night
And she throw him bouquets on the stage
It caused him to meet her and how he ran me down
To tell you would take a whole fuckin' page
He'd fly through the air with the greatest of ease
The daring young man on the flying trapeze
His movements were graceful
Wherever he appeared the hall loudly rang
With ovations from all people there
He'd smile from the bar on the people below
And one night he smiled on my love
She winked back at him and she shouted "Bravo!"
As he hung by his nose from above
Her father and mother they were both on my side
And very hard they tried to make her my bride
Her father he sighed and her mother she cried
To see her throw herself away
But it was all no avail, she went there every night
And she throw him bouquets on the stage
It caused him to meet her and how he ran me down
To tell you would take a whole fuckin' page
He'd fly through the air with the greatest of ease
The daring young man on the flying trapeze
His movements were graceful
All the girls he could please
And my love he's stolen away
Well one night as usual, well I went to her home
And I found there her father and her mother alone
I asked for my love and soon they made known
To my horror that she'd run away
She packed up her boxes, she eloped in the night
With him with the greatest of ease
From her bedroom two stories high
And my love he's stolen away
Well one night as usual, well I went to her home
And I found there her father and her mother alone
I asked for my love and soon they made known
To my horror that she'd run away
She packed up her boxes, she eloped in the night
With him with the greatest of ease
From her bedroom two stories high
He'd lowered her down
To the ground on that fuckin' trapeze
He'd fly through the air with the greatest of ease
The daring young man on the flying trapeze
His movements were graceful
To the ground on that fuckin' trapeze
He'd fly through the air with the greatest of ease
The daring young man on the flying trapeze
His movements were graceful
All the girls he could please
And my love he's stolen away
And my love he's stolen away
Well some months after this I went to Circus Hall
Now I was greatly surprised to see her there on the wall
A bill with big red letters, my heart did gall
As she was now appearing with him
He'd taught her gymnastics and he dressed her in tights
Just to help him live a life of ease
As I stood there staring up into the lights
There she flew on that flying trapeze
She flies through the air with the greatest of ease
The daring young girl on the flying trapeze
She does all his work while he takes his ease
And my love he's stolen away
He'd fly through the air with the greatest of ease
The daring young man on the flying trapeze
His movements were graceful
Now I was greatly surprised to see her there on the wall
A bill with big red letters, my heart did gall
As she was now appearing with him
He'd taught her gymnastics and he dressed her in tights
Just to help him live a life of ease
As I stood there staring up into the lights
There she flew on that flying trapeze
She flies through the air with the greatest of ease
The daring young girl on the flying trapeze
She does all his work while he takes his ease
And my love he's stolen away
He'd fly through the air with the greatest of ease
The daring young man on the flying trapeze
His movements were graceful
All the girls he could please
And my love he's stolen away
And my love he's stolen away
EL OSADO JOVEN
VOLADOR DEL TRAPECIO
Sí, una vez fui feliz, pero ahora estoy abatido
Como un viejo abrigo andrajoso y destrozado
Abandonado en el mundo, inquieto y llorando
Traicionado por una chica apenas adolescente
La chica que amaba era muy atractiva
Y lo intenté todo para conquistarla
Pero no tenía ninguna opción comparado
Con el hombre del trapecio
Volaba por el aire con asombrosa facilidad
El osado joven volador del trapecio
Sus movimientos eran elegantes
Todas las chicas le admiraban
Y él me robó a mi amada
El nombre del joven era Signor Bona Slang
Era alto, fuerte y atractivo
Y también caracterizado de Chang
O quienquiera que fuera
Allá donde aparecía se producía un griterío ensordecedor
Con ovaciones de todos los presentes
Él sonreía desde su barra a la gente de abajo
Y una noche sonrió a mi amada
Ella le guiñó el ojo y gritó “¡Bravo!”
Mientras él colgaba de su nariz en lo alto
Su padre y su madre estaban ambos de mi parte
Y trataron por todos los medios que se casara conmigo
Su padre suspiró y su madre lloró
Al ver que él se la llevaba
Pero todo fue en vano, pues ella iba allí cada noche
Y lanzaba ramos de flores al escenario
Y fue así como él la conoció y explicaros cómo me sentí
Me llevaría una jodida página entera
Volaba por el aire con asombrosa facilidad
El osado joven volador del trapecio
Sus movimientos eran elegantes
Todas las chicas le admiraban
Y él me robó a mi amada
Una noche, como era habitual, me acerqué hasta su casa
Y allí sólo encontré a su padre y a su madre
Pregunté por mi amada y pronto me explicaron
Ante mi horror, que se había marchado
Hizo las maletas y se fugó con su amante por la noche
Con asombrosa facilidad
Desde su habitación en un segundo piso
Él la bajó
Hasta el suelo con ese jodido trapecio
Volaba por el aire con asombrosa facilidad
El osado joven volador del trapecio
Sus movimientos eran elegantes
Todas las chicas le admiraban
Y él me robó a mi amada
Unos meses más tarde me acerqué a la carpa del circo
Y quedé totalmente sorprendido al verla allí en la pared
Un letrero con grandes letras rojas, mi corazón se paró
Pues ahora ella actuaba con él
Él le enseñó gimnasia y la vistió con unas medias
Para ayudarle a vivir plácidamente la vida
Y mientras yo miraba fijamente hacia los focos
Ella apareció volando en el trapecio
Volaba por el aire con asombrosa facilidad
La osada joven voladora del trapecio
Ella hacía todo el trabajo mientras él descansaba
Y me robó a mi amada
Volaba por el aire con asombrosa facilidad
El osado joven volador del trapecio
Sus movimientos eran elegantes
Todas las chicas le admiraban
Y él me robó a mi amada
* Escrita por George Leybourne en 1867 y grabada posteriormente por muchos artistas. Interpretada el 24 de junio de 2006 en Holmdel, N.J., durante la gira con la Seeger Sessions Band, retransmitida en televisión por AOL music junto a otros 17 vídeos de la gira.
Durante la gira de Magic de 2007 abría los conciertos cuando sonaba desde un calíope que surgía desde el fondo del escenario.
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