Loudon Wainwright III – Human Cannonball (Guitar)

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Emanuel Zacchini Senior

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The Human Cannonball

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Died in Sarasota Monday

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Eighty-four was all

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From Italy in Thirty-four

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John Ringling brought him here

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Broken neck in Fifty-one

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Ended his career

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But in those years in between

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Seventeen in all

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Few flew as fast or as far

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As the Cannonball

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Fifty-eight yards and one foot

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Was the distance that he went

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Fifty-four miles in an hour

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The speed that he was sent

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Two of his brothers and two daughters

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Nine grandchildren in all

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And the one great grandchild

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Survive the Cannonball

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He died on Monday where he lived

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It happens to us all

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Shot through the air expecting nets

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A flight and then a fall

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Emanuel Zacchini Senior

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The Human Cannonball