Harry McClintock - The Man On The Flying Trapeze [ORIGINAL] - [1928].

[@harrylazard805]

I remember this from a songbook we used in grade school. Later I saw it featured in It Happened One NIght, that great old film with Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert...

[@lucyfernandez8304]

The muppets

[@leonisilva5571]

Just wonderful!

[@marilynkreienkamp9287]

My Daddy used to play his guitar and sing this song to me. I loved it and never forgot it. So happy to have found it here!!!

[@lucyfernandez8304]

The muppets

[@theiceman6941]

@@lucyfernandez8304 It Happened One Night

[@gladysbarbour1472]

I've never heard the whole song. Thank you it's great 😊

[@georgebutcher6320]

Clean good old 👌 song

[@allykins1767]

My mother used to sing me this song. I suspect she learned it from an elder family member.

[@theiceman6941]

GREAT! So he did the original - same man who gave us Big Rock Candy Mountain. I need to see what else he did.

[@0okamino]

Well, in terms of recordings, almost but not quite. The song was originally written and published in 1867. Funnily enough, the original subject of the song is trapeze performance pioneer Jules Léotard, a famous acrobat of the time, and the namesake of the leotard. The first audio recording of the song was by the Victor Mixed Chorus, for _Songs of the Past - No. 19._ The second known recording, however, was indeed this one by Harry McClintock.

[@scotfree4757]

this is the first time i heard , i know big rock candy mountain ,but im sure i know it from my youth , he flys through

[@PolandTheNerdian]

All i can think of when I hear this is Jibjab's 2010 song lol

[@AsdfAsdf-hj3zw]

They knew about 304's even back then. It's just a lesson that shows that you should only want a girl that chases after you, never the other way around.

[@lawrencekosowan1858]

Compare the first line to Oh Home On The Range