Loudon Wainwright Iii - Human Cannonball lyrics

Emmanuel Zucchini Senior The Human Cannonball Died in Sarasota Monday Eighty-four was all From Italy in Thirty-four John Ringling brought him here Broken neck in Fifty-one Ended his career But in those years in between Seventeen in all Few flew as fast or as far As the Cannonball Fifty-eight yards and one foot Was the distance that he went Fifty-four miles in an hour The speed that he was sent Two of his brothers and two daughters Nine grandchildren in all And the one great grandchild Survive the Cannonball He died on Monday where he lived It happens to us all Shot through the air expecting nets A flight and then a fall