David-
This might be way to obscure but since I am on my way to see Yes in
Atlanta in a couple of weeks they are in my mind. Jon Anderson wrote a tune
on the Tormato album called "The Circus of Heaven". It's more of a fantasy
circus, but it is a neat tune. I use to cover this one and have fond
memories of performing it. It may be a stretch for you though. It would be
REALLY obscure though! I also vaguely remember an Irving Berlin tune about
the Circus but it escapes me just now. Check out the website
www.allmusic.com and do a song search with Circus as a word.
Best
Paz
>Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2001 19:28:52 EDT
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: songs about the circus (njc)
>Judy and I are planning a show about the circus for our fall cabaret and we
>are looking for material on that theme. Any ideas are welcome.
>We already have the following:
>Come follow the band
>Be a clown
>An elephant fly
>Being for the benefit of Mister Kite (Beatles)
>Don't cry out loud
>The girlfriend of the whirling dervish
>Talk to the animals
>Be a lion
>Swing high, swing low
>Don't cry out loud
>Don't look down
>Frasier (the sensuous lion)
>Showstopper
>To be a performer
>It looks like there are few enough songs literally about the circus that we
have stretched wildly to fill out our program
>As you may have discerned, we are strong on Broadway and Hollywood material
>but I know there is a vast knowledge of 60s-and-after within the JMDL
>membership.
>***don't bother to suggest "That Song About the Midway." It's one of my
>favorites but demands far too great an attention span to fit the pace of a
>cabaret show.
> Thanks, everybody, DAVID LAHM
