[Verse 1]
Oh, once I was happy, but now I m forlorn,
Like an old coat that is tatter d and torn.
I m left in this wide world to fret and to mourn,
Betrayed by a maid in her teens.
[Verse 2]
Now this girl that I loved, she was handsome and swell,
And I tried all I knew her to please;
But I never could please her one quarter so well,
As that man on the flying trapeze.
[Chorus]
Oh, he flies thro the air with the greatest of ease,
The daring young man on the flying trapeze.
His movements are graceful; all girls he does please,
And my love he has purloined away.