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  2. The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze (song) - Wikipedia

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    The lyrics were based on the phenomenal success of trapeze artist Jules Léotard, for whom the one-piece dancer's garment was named. [1] The following century, the song inspired the 1934 short story The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze by William Saroyan. The film Man on the Flying Trapeze came out in 1935, starring W. C. Fields and Mary ...

  3. The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze - Wikipedia

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    The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze may refer to: The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze (short story collection), a collection of short stories by William Saroyan; The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze (song), a 19th-century popular song

  4. Category:Songs with lyrics by George Leybourne - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Songs with lyrics by George Leybourne" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. ... The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze ...

  5. George Leybourne - Wikipedia

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    George Leybourne (17 March 1842 – 15 September 1884) was a singer and Lion comique style entertainer in British music halls during the 19th century who, for much of his career, was known by the title of one of his songs, "Champagne Charlie". Another of his songs, and one that can still be heard, is "The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze ...

  6. The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze (short story ...

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    The title was inspired by the refrain of a popular folk song The Flying Trapeze: He'd fly through the air with the greatest of ease, That daring young man on the flying trapeze. The story first appeared in the February issue of the Story magazine. [2] It won the third prize of the O. Henry Award for the best short story of the year. [3]

  7. Man on the Flying Trapeze - Wikipedia

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    Man on the Flying Trapeze (UK title: The Memory Expert) [2] is a 1935 American comedy film starring W. C. Fields as a henpecked husband who experiences a series of misadventures while taking a day off from work to attend a wrestling match. As with his other roles of this nature, Fields is put-upon throughout the film, but triumphs in the end.

  8. Bob Dylan's 'Mr. Tambourine Man' Lyrics That He Threw ... - AOL

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    The typewritten lyrics accounted for one-third of the sales, totaling $508,000. The sheets included three drafts of Dylan’s 1965 song “Mr. Tambourine Man” from his album Bringing It All Back ...

  9. William Saroyan - Wikipedia

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    As a writer, Saroyan made his breakthrough in Story magazine with "The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze" (1934), the title taken from the nineteenth-century song of the same title. The protagonist — a young, starving writer who tries to survive in a Depression-ridden society — resembles the penniless writer in Knut Hamsun 's 1890 ...