Right this way, ladies
and gentlemen,
right this way, to see the greatest conglomeration of curiosities
ever gathered together under one canvas tent.
See the Indian Rubber Boy
and Two -Ton
Tiny the Fat Lady
See Prince Juju Bobo the Sword Swallower
He is also the Snake Charmer
See Princess Karma perform her
spectacular dance
Suspended up high above the heads
of the audience
On a pallet surface
no larger than a silver dime
She performs a dance
accompanied by the weird music
of a tom -tom orchestra,
lit by myriad rays
of thousands of tiny electric
light bulbs.
Every nerve, every muscle,
every fiber of her body
quivers like jelly in the bowl.
Bring your friends, family, and children
or they will reproach you in later life
for this uncalled -for lack in
their education.
One dime, two nickels,
the tenth part of a dollar,
You may receive instructions
Don't push, don't shove
There's room for one and all
The bark of man once stood outside
Of a big side show and loudly cried
Right this way,
we have the main attraction
Well that's today
The dancing princess
Clementine
She doesn't move her feet at all
They say she drove the
sultan to distraction
Well, Hiram Green pulled out a dime
He says, boys, we're to have a time
Give me a seat down front
far as I'm allowed
He stayed in there for hours about
At last they threw poor Hiram out
They did so, he hollered to the crowd
Oh, how she dances
Oh, how she dances
I've never seen such movement in my life
It beats that dance they call salons
Hey boys, you all would stay at home
If only you could teach it to your wife
Oh, how she wiggles
Oh, how she wiggles
She shimmies just like jelly in the bowl
But she's never seen
the streets of Cairo
I've known her from a baby,
she's from my ho metown
Right this way, ladies and gentlemen,
see Billy Joe
Winghead, the geek
Captured in Hattiesburg, Mississippi,
where at the tender age of fourteen
He had been helplessly incarcerated
in the attic by his parents
He eats rats, mice, and chickens,
and other living organisms.
Yes, friends, he eats them alive.