Today the brothers Ringling, Barnum, BaileyWent off to spend the winter in the sunAnd there were all the children waving gailyAnd there were all the children minus oneThe one who all at once got something in his eyeToday the brothers Ringling, Barnum, BaileyReminded me of someone one summer long gone byOh, I waved to the man with the golden batonAnd I waved through the rain pouring downAnd I wavedWaved till the last of the music was goneThe day that the circus left townWhen you're nine, maybe tenYou're supposed not to mindWhen your dreams are dismissed with a frownBut my heartAlmost brokeWhen they left me behindThe day that the circus left townI had asked for a job doing anythingFeed the elephants, carry water, anythingBut the man said,And said they didn't have anythingAnd turned me away, turned me awayAnd away went the lions and the tigers so wildAnd away went the last funny clownAnd away went my very last day as a childThe day that the circus left townThe day that the circus left townThe day that the circus left town