Loudon Wainwright Iii - Human Cannonball

capo 3

intro :
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emmanuel zucchini senior
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the human cannonball
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died in sarasota monday
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eighty – four was all
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from italy in thirty – four
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john ringling brought him here
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broken neck in fifty – one
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ended his career

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but in those years in between
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seventeen in all
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few flew as fast or as far
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as the cannonball
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fifty – eight yards and one foot
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was the distance that he went
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fifty – four miles in an hour
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the speed that he was sent

solo :
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two of his brothers and two daughters
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nine grandchildren in all
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and the one great grandchild
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survive the cannonball
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he died on monday where he lived
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it happens to us all
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shot through the air expecting nets
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a flight and then a fall

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emmanuel zucchini senior
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the human cannonball