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We bring you the circus.

The pied Piper, whose magic tunes
lead children of all ages, from 6 to 60,

into a tinsel and spun-candy world
of reckless beauty

and mounting laughter, whirling thrills,

the rhythm, excitement and grace

of daring and blaring and dance,

of high-stepping horses
and high-flying stars.

But behind all this,

the circus is a massive machine

whose very life depends on
discipline, motion and speed.

A mechanized army on wheels

that rolls over any obstacle in its path,

that meets calamity again and again,

but always comes up smiling.

A place where disaster and tragedy
stalk the big top,

haunt the backyard
and ride the circus train,

where death is constantly watching

for one frayed rope, one weak link,

or one trace of fear.

A fierce, primitive fighting force

that smashes relentlessly forward
against impossible odds,

that is the circus.

And this is the story
of the biggest of the big tops

and of the men and women who fight
fo make it the greatest show on earth.

- Morning, Mr. Braden.
- Morning, Nick.

- When's the new horse arriving, Brad?
- Tomorrow, Chuck.

Don't rub them thin, Jimmy.
Those bells are 60 years old.

They've rung in some good shows.

- Hi.
- Hi, Mr. Braden.

How are the kids?

Oh, just fine, except they were playing
with Randy concello a few days ago.

That's nice.

Yes, but Randy came down
with the mumps this morning.

What? No. Any signs?

No, not yet,
but baby gorillas do get the mumps.

I'll have Higgins give them
a shot of immune serum

and double their COD liver oll.
Give them plenty of spinach.

You stay healthy now, boy, you hear?

Say, is it true we're only gonna play
a short season this year?

Don't believe all you hear.

- See?
- Go back to mama now.

I told you there was nothing to it.

- How's myrtle?
- Stomach.

Give her some gin and ginger.

- Any news about a full season?
- You'll get a full season.

Be sure myrtle gets all the gin.

Same old trouble?
Yeah. Sore throat. All of it.

Better feed your bird, Lou.

Hey, Brad, Betty in the cookhouse said

we're only gonna play
the big cities this year.

And then close up like a miser's heart.

Well, if they're giving odds,
bet a buck for me.

Why the rehearsal
just for makeup, Brad?

Because you left off your eyelashes
last performance last season.

You're gonna need an extra shoe
walking back from kalamazoo.

I'm supposed to be
looking for you, Brad.

Well, are you supposed to find me?

Big brass hollering for you up front.

You found me.

Hey, Brad, this might help.

Too small.

Skim off the cream.

Let the little shows scramble
for the thin milk.

Don't forget what circus day means
to a small town.

John north, you're just
soft about the circus.

It's suicide to play
this whole tour this year.

You gonna tell that to Brad?
Yes.

A good circus boss carries out orders.

My vote is 10 weeks
and back to sarasota.

But for 80 years...

That order about keeping the grounds
clean goes for the top brass, too.

- Hi, Brad. I'm sorry about that.
- Good morning.

I've seen happier heads on canes.

We sent for you, Brad, to tell you

we've got to pass up
the small cities and towns.

- Times have changed.
- Kids haven't.

- Prices have.
- We'll stay in the black.

You hope.

Look, Brad,
here's the tour for this season.

That's only 10 weeks.

Sixty percent of our money comes
from the big cities in the first 10 weeks.

The world's upside down, Brad.
We can't take the risk...

Our people risk their necks twice a day.

We'll have a short season,
no red ink and no trouble.

Trouble's part of the circus.

They said barnum was in trouble
when he lost Tom thumb.

They said he was through
when jumbo died.

We're the greatest show on earth, and
you can't put 1,400 people out of work

because the world has a stomach ache.

And you can't risk $25,000 a day
on a sentimental journey, either.

If you'll play only the big cities,

you'll cut the heart
right out of this show.

In two seasons, you'll destroy
what it took his family 80 years to build.

I might vote a few weeks more
if we had a bigger headline.

- Holly isn't known.
- Well, we've got one.

- Didn't you tell him, John?
- Not yet.

Who is it, Johnny?

Have you brought
gargantua back to life?

The great Sebastian.

- What?
- Oh, no!

Obviously, you're crazy.

Sebastian's wrecked every show
he's been with.

- But he draws like sugar in fly time.
- Nobody can handle him.

- He's never worked for Brad.
- You're buying trouble, Johnny.

I'm buying the best trapeze act
in the air.

Well, he may be a god in the air,
but he's a devil on the ground.

You mean with women?

Do you know how many women
this show carries?

He's not that good,
no matter what you've heard.

- Things are bad enough as it is.
- No, Brad, it's too big a gamble.

You haven't sold me.
I'm still against going under canvas.

Are you for Sebastian? Yes.

Because the only way we could get him
was to sign him for the full season.

I knew there was a trick in il.

You can't get good acts
for a 10-week season!

Cool off, Brad.

We're going to stay out
as long as we're in the black.

Agreed?

- As long as we make money, yes.
- If you say so, John.

Well, I don't like it, John.

Thank you, gentlemen. That's it.

And you'd better start
worrying about Sebastian.

- Let me show you...
- You try to give...

I can't believe it.

Hey, lucky, keep those cats covered
when you move them.

Okay, Mr. Braden.

Brad? Yeah?

You know Sebastian only works
in the center ring.

I know it.

I'd rather crawl in that cage of cats

than have to tell Holly
she's out of the center ring.

So would I.

You can blame me if you want to.

Thanks, but it's my medicine.
I'll take it.

Come on, boy. Come on.

Hey, tuffy, off your back
and on your toes.

And give me
a little more slack this time.

You got ample rope now for a hanging.

One more and I'm going to do
without the mechanic.

No deal. I'll put up a net.

What do you think I am, a fish?

You better use a net for this one,
or you'll break your neck,

and Brad will break mine.

Now don't get sentimental, tuffy.
Come on, let's go.

If Brad sees this,
he'll chew your ears off.

Snap your legs now.

All the way together, Lena.

Point your toes, Janet.
A little more curve.

Relax, relax.

- Any news?
- Nope.

Come on, now. Let's get over it.

Faster, loni, faster.

What gives, buttons?

Holly's hatched up a new hair-raiser
for that center spot.

Quiet around the center ring!

Everybody, still a minute, please!

Time...

Terrific, Holly!

Pretty good.

Hi, Brad. Do you like it?

You try it again and I'll ground you.

It's the finish on my new act.

It'll finish you and your act.

Don't you want to see it once more?

No. Come on down.

Okay, you're the boss. Watch it, tuffy.
Here I come.

- Oh, brother.
- Hey, look it.

- Down in seconds.
- Put it in the act, Holly.

That ankle drop is out.
I want you all in one piece.

That's for making the big brass
give us a full season.

You got that trapeze
wired for sound, pigeon?

But you're the kind of fellow
who could talk anybody into anything.

You did, didn't you? Yeah.

Hey, kids, Brad fixed it.

We're gonna play the full season!
Come on!

Did you hear that, Klaus?
The full season!

Down, Ruth, down.
Make her put me down, Klaus.

Why?

Do I have to have an excuse
to leave the room?

You know, I think it is the trousers.

Wherever there are trousers, you go.

- Full season, loni.
- Oh! He filled it.

The full season will buy me
a sable-dyed rabbit coat.

What you have on, I like.

Well, sugar,
like it a little farther away.

- No layoff, buzzy!
- Tell him, Daisy.

We're hitting the sticks.

Terrific.

Okay...

A full season, isn't that swell?

You're wonderful!

All right, quiet down, everybody.
Quiet down!

Now, listen, and get this, all of you.

We only stay out
as long as we're in the black.

We'll be in the black, right?

You mean we all got
to play in blackface?

- And Sebastian, too!
- Sebastian?

Sebastian? Sebastian?

- Oh, no, he's not.
- Lock up the girls.

Ain't he in Europe?

- Oh, boy, wait till you see him.
- Who did you say?

Well, I don't know, but I heard
that the great Sebastian's coming.

Is that true, Brad?

News sure travels fast around here.

He's strictly center ring, isn't he?

That's right.

- Hi. Ain't it great?
- Terrific.

Oh, boy!

Do you know what this is?

Well, sure.
It's my iron-jaw mouthpiece. Why?

Put it in your Gabby mouth
and keep it shut.

- Where'd you leave the props?
- Right over here.

He can take care of us now.

All right. Get your bits, girls.
You, too, Philip.

Well, I guess I know where I stand.

- Holly, listen...
- To what?

More promises about next year,
the year after that?

I was a fool to believe you.

You'd sell out
your own grandmother for a name act.

- You know there's nobody...
- Don't say you're sorry.

I couldn't take that.

I'm sorry there's only one center ring.

Oh, sure. I know. The show comes first.

I didn't want to do this.

Save your breath.
I know just what you're gonna say.

Oh, Brad, I had the center ring.
You told me I could have it.

Holly, you want the show
to play the road, don't you?

I worked in every act in this circus.

I'm in spec, I'm in manage,
I'm a Rose on the beauty float,

I fill in with the flyers.
I work from start to finish.

Well, so do most of the others.
It was the only way to get a full season.

But my own act,

the one thing that's really mine,
that I've worked on for three years,

that you toss
right out of the center ring.

Pigeon, look, you're the best trapeze act
in the show.

- Then why don't you leave me in center?
- Because Sebastian's a bigger draw.

Brad, I'll draw them. Leave me there.

Sebastian's sure. You're a chance.

You don't take chances
with the show, do you?

No.

All right.

I'll move over.

Where do I go?

Ring one.

Oh, Brad,

I'd do my act in clown alley
or the horse top for you.

I'd do anything if it was just for you.

Pigeon, look, out under the sky,
you know how I feel about you.

But under the big top,
one performer's just like another to me.

You've got nothing
but sawdust in your veins.

I've scraped too many of you kinkers up
from the sawdust

to let anybody get under my skin.

Just so the show rolls.

You don't care who it rolls over
or who it hurts.

So it rolls over me.

Be careful someday
it doesn't roll over you.

Don't worry.

I'll have my rigging out of center
before the great Sebastian arrives.

- Tuffy, tear down my rigging.
- Okay.

Like peanuts, Harry?

I got everything lined up,
Mr. Henderson.

Gaff wheels, novelties for sucker bait,

and two of the best stickmen
in the rackets.

I'll work it just like the Columbia show.

No, Harry, you got a tough guy here
you didn't have at Columbia.

Brad Braden? I'll handle him.

With your brains,
you couldn't handle that hippo.

Listen, if Braden gets in my way,
I'll roll right over him.

He'd break you in two.

Not with you backing me,
Mr. Henderson.

He's too smart to tangle with your boys.

I'll cut him in, maybe.

You can't buy men like Braden.
And don't meet him head-on.

Okay, I'll go around him.

Great.

What about the bankroll for the games?

Have some more peanuts, Harry.

Peanuts?

Hi, potato. Getting ready to roll?

What's the potato gag?

- Here, wrap that for me, will you?
- Okay.

Well, there's mashed potatoes
and hashed potatoes, sweet potatoes.

I don't feel very sweet,

except maybe about you.

You're always helping everybody,
buttons.

- Brad asked me to help you.
- Was he sorry about it?

Maybe he was just worried
I wouldn't have my rigging down

before the great Sebastian arrives.

Could be. Could be.

He doesn't consider anybody's feelings
when it comes to running the circus.

You're telling me.
I'm so mad I could spit.

Well, why don't you spit then?

You know, Brad's not a man,
he's a machine,

like the tractors and the generators.

Why, buttons,
I thought you were his friend.

Well, he broke his word to you.
You could never trust him again.

That isn't true!

Brad's been worried sick
about getting us all a full season.

If he had to throw me out,
he had to throw me out and it's...

You didn't mean
any of what you just said.

I made you see it his way a little,
didn't I?

Darn you.

- You make me feel like a big idiot.
- Yeah, well, stop acting like one then.

Well, anyway, I'm still mad at him.
And I'm mad at you, too.

Say, that's pretty neat.

Reminds me of a bandage I wore once
when I sprained my ankle.

Buttons, why can Brad hurt me so?

Why do I always want to hurt him back?

They say each man kills
the thing he loves.

A coward does it with a kiss,
a brave man with a sword.

Why, that's crazy.

You wouldn't hurt anyone you loved.

Who knows what a man will do
when he's in love?

Every girl in the show has tried for you.

But I guess
you already have someone, huh?

Could be.

Is she in one of the towns
we're gonna play?

I haven't seen the route sheet.

Is that why you don't try
to romance any of the gals?

No. Clowns are funny people, Holly.

They only love once.

All men aren't that way
even if they act like clowns.

No, I suppose not.

Oh, buttons, I'm all ache inside,

having a man love sawdust
more than me.

Well, maybe he'll have
to make a choice someday.

Choice?

If ever I'm in his arms,
his head will be in the machine shop

or bedding down the hippopotamus.
Yeah.

You're lucky. Everybody loves you.

Ten million kids and your girl.

You'll be seeing her pretty soon.

We roll in three days.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Into the sunshine of spring,

the circus rises
from its winter hibernation,

spick-and-span,

and ready for eight months
of excitement and adventure.

The circus trains, like Noah's ark,

will carry and shelter man and beast

through flood and mud
and heat and storm,

through triumph and adversity.

1,400 souls,

each sure the season will bring
his heart's desire.

- You dropped something!
- Hey, look out, look out.

Why don't you drive
where you're looking?

I wish one of your dogs would bite you.

All right, boys! Come on.

All right. Keep it coming.
Keeping it coming. That's right.

Keep it coming.

Get tight in front of those wheels.

Can't locate Sebastian.
Tried the hospitals, the hotels.

Straighten that wagon out!
Come on! Get with it!

We pull out in a half an hour
whether he's aboard or not.

Check both railroad stations and...

- Who's that?
- Sebastian, I guess.

- Hi, Sebastian.
- Hello!

Get a load of that.

Where's the fire at?

Oh, baby!

This ought to be good.

Where is the boss man?

I thought he was.

I am Sebastian.
I am honored to be with you.

I hope your act's
as good as your entrance.

I've seen them all arrive,
caldona, the concellos,

none of them ever came
with a funeral escort.

The police escort, it was not my idea.

- I clocked him at 75 in a 15-mile zone.
- Running a red light.

I got him
for cutting in and out of traffic.

On the wrong side of the highway.

In the war, I drive a tank.

Sometimes I forget. I forgot.

Yeah, well, the judge will add that up
to about $100 or 60 days.

$1007?

Then it'll be 60 days in jail.

I would hate to be absent
the first two months of the show.

Okay, boys. I'll buy him back.

Take my Jeep, Lawson.
Settle it in the office.

Get your baggage aboard.

You can park that heap
in the menagerie house.

I salute you.

We shall get along together splendidly.

Hey!

Don't crowd, mister.

Can't you see an elephant,
or do I have to paint her red?

I was blinded by the memory
of an unforgettable night in Paris.

Blow up your water wings, girls.
Here comes the big wave.

Come on, Ruth.

How come no husband ever shot you?

I never offer a sitting target.

I thought I'd seen the last of you

when you got mixed up
with that wirewalker from Lisbon.

You will never see the last of me, angel.

Angel!

That will be arranged
when you meet Klaus.

Angel!

Sebastian!

- Hello, handsome. Remember?
- Natalial

- no, honey ball, Phyllis.
- Of course.

Lovely Phyllis
with the charming iron jaw.

Well,
I'm still hanging on to my job with it.

All right.

It saves your feet.
Sure tough on your clothes, though.

Thanks for the ride, sugar.

You know Sebastian, eh?

- Sure, we're old friends.
- How good friends?

Listen, you can worry
about any other guy in the show,

but not Sebastian.

I wouldn't want him
if he were dipped in gold dust.

We will make
beautiful music together, huh?

Yeah, the last time,
I remember a few sour notes.

Oh, Natalia was...

Who is that?

They threw me off the ball team

because I was catching home runs
at second base.

Say, how come the giants
passed you up?

I don't know.

Oh, that's the giant and the fat boy.

No, no. In between.

- Oh, that's Holly.
- Holly?

She's interesting.

I wouldn't meet her just now
if I were you.

- You're poison.
- Why?

- You just put her out of the center ring.
- I did?

Excuse me.

Music.

- Well, here we go again.
- Did you bring any cards?

- Oh, my feet are killing me.
- Well, then, keep off of mine.

Pardon.
Is it true what Phyllis has told me?

- I wouldn't know.
- Pardon.

Wait a minute!

That they put you out
of the center ring for me?

I am Sebastian.

- You mean you didn't know?
- How could 1?

- I am very, very sorry.
- I'll get over it.

If you're half as good in the air
as you look on the ground,

you are at least terrific.

The boss seems to have other ideas.

Say, they tell me
that you work with two bars like I do.

No. You work with two bars like I do.

Anyway, I'm glad to meet you.

It means so much to you,
the center ring?

- Don't be funny.
- Excuse me.

Would you hold these, please?

- Oh, yes, Sebastian.
- Thank you.

Come. Where?

To see the boss. What for?

I will insist he put you right back again.

You aren't kidding me, are you?

- Come and see.
- Oh, boy, will I!

Keep going. This isn't a parking lot.

That was a beautiful doll
you made for sissy.

I'm glad she liked it. Hello, Holly.

Oh, buttons!

I want you to meet the great Sebastian.

This is buttons. You'll love him.
Everybody does. Come on.

- Why are you in makeup?
- Why are you the great Sebastian?

Get those runs in,
and we're about through.

Mr. Braden, we've got trouble,
750 pounds of it.

Yeah, we can't get tiny aboard.
Can't even get him through the door.

Go along with lotus.

They'll make you comfortable in her car.

That hippo? She might get hungry.

Don't worry. She's a vegetarian.

Brad! Brad!

Sebastian's got something to tell you.

Better tie him in so he won't roll!
Has he?

You know what? He wants to give up
the center ring to me.

Isn't he wonderful?

Yeah. Wonderful.

Where do you propose to go?

I have had the center ring.
To me, it does not matter.

Ring one or ring three, as you wish.

He really means it, Brad.
He's not just grandstanding.

- Holly...
- Oh, Brad.

I've wanted that ring
ever since I've been a foot high.

Do you know
what we're paying Sebastian?

You know how his billing reads?
He's the star of the show.

And the star requests ring three.

Who do you think you're kidding?

I'm sorry, Holly,
but the people watch the star.

That's why the star plays
the center ring.

The people watch the star, do they?

Well, they're going to be watching me.

If you won't let him
give me the center ring,

I'll take it away from him.

Oh, no, ma chérie.

I may give it away,
but no one will take it away.

Look, Sebastian.

You're a nice guy,
and I hate to do this to you,

but I'm going to make
ring one the center ring.

If you do something once,
I'll do it twice.

If you do a double, I'll do a triple.

If you stand on your head,
I'll stand on my ear.

Not while I'm around, you won't.

The one place you're not around
is 40 feet straight up.

Maybe that's why I like it there.

I'm warning you, the audiences
are going to be looking at me.

And so will I.

You start any trouble,
and I'll ground you both.

Hello, Brad. We're here
to bless the circus trains again.

It's good to see you, father.

Could you pour it on
a little extra heavy this time?

- Of course we can.
- I think we're going to need it.

All right, boys.
Raise that run up and get it in.

Even.

Loading.

Hurry it up, little Jim!

- Give me your hand.
- Don't fall, now.

Oh, boy!

Bye. See you in Washington.

Bye, father!

Bye, father.

One of the featured attractions
of the greatest show on earth.

Come right on in. Let's everybody go.

Boys and girls...

She's going to swallow
first this curved sword,

and you will notice
that she has to twist her body

in order that the sword can
go down her curved neck.

Do you think it's sharp?

Children of all ages!

John ringling north welcomes you

to the greatest show on earth.

Brainy bruins with new ideas.

Himalayan, Russian, Syrian
and polar bears.

Sleek and shining as silver dollars,

Roland tiebor's marvelous, amazing,

sophisticated sea lions.

The internationally famous
riding canine!

He did it, mama!

Back, boy!

Foot!

Foot! Foot!

Foot!

That foot's pretty rough
to go in a girl's face.

- File it.
- All right.

Hey, the duel or whatever you call it
for the center ring, Mr. Braden?

Yeah? What about it?

I hear they're slapping death
in the face twice a day.

The paper wants to know
if it's on the level.

Coming right on. Take a look.

Ladies and gentlemen,

the sensation of the ages.

In ring one,

the beautiful bird of paradise,

queen of the flying trapeze,

the daring, the incredible,

the death-defying,

peerless and fearless Holly!

And in the center ring,

the outstanding aerial
daredevil of all time,

the debonair king of the air,
the great Sebastian!

It sure packs them in.
Best publicity gag in a long time.

It's no gag, brother.

You wouldn't kid me, would you?

Kid you? They're working without nets.

Boy, look at that guy.

Look at her!

If they don't get killed.

It's all done with mirrors, mister.

- Well, what are they going to do now?
- Changing bars.

Should I whistle them down, Brad?
They're changing their act.

No. Leave them alone.

They're doing all right.

Okay. You're the boss.

Hey, Sebastian,
try it without the doughnut!

How long do you think this can go on
before something happens?

That's circus, isn't it?

Do you believe in prayer?

And practice.

- What if one of them falls?
- Nobody's going to fall.

This is packing them in every show.

- We stay in the black or close down.
- Oh, stop talking so tough.

You know, that isn't the bass drum
I hear thumping.

That's your heart.

You know...

I know.

Well, I've had enough.

Well, that was a close one.

Well, are you ready to call it off?

I have not started yet,
but you were magnificent.

- Sure stole it today, Holly.
- Thanks, Bob.

You two had quite a party up there,
didn't you?

Did you notice
which ring they were looking at?

If you really want to kill yourself,
wait till the season's over.

Well, what do you know?
He was worried about me.

So was I.

From here on, cut out the dogfights
up there and stick to your acts.

Brad, don't be a killjoy.

You don't know what it's like up there.
It's a different world.

Just the two of us fighting for the crowd.

You feel like you could do anything.
We're not people up there.

We're like two streaks of light
with wings and...

You wouldn't understand.

- Nobody would, except another flyer.
- Like Sebastian?

Yeah.

Like Sebastian.

Come on, come on.
We need people for the spec.

Did you watch the show?
Yeah. It was terrific!

- Mcclosky wants you, Brad.
- Okay.

Did you follow me? Yeah.

- That's not the half of it!
- Please go up to the costume...

You and Sebastian got an exclusive
little club up there in the air?

Get yourself a trapeze
if you want to join.

And don't park your chewing gum
on the moon again, please.

Why don't he look at me anymore?
Have I got too much or not enough?

Don't worry, sugar.
He'll get around to you.

- I'm hoping.
- Maybe he won't.

Did your elephant sit on this zipper?

He says we're artists up there together.

He'd tell that to a trained seal
if it paid off.

Maybe he shows his bad side
to you and his good side to me.

Listen, snow white,
you're not fighting this guy,

you're falling for him.

He was good enough for you once.
Maybe you'd like to have him back.

I wouldn't give Sebastian the right time

if Brad was as nuts about me
as he is about you.

Brad? Are you kidding?

I come fourth. After ringling bros.,
barnum and Bailey.

You're eating too many potatoes.

When Brad doesn't come home nights,

you'll know the blonde
he's sitting up with is a giraffe.

Hey, Holly, you trying to corner
the market or just starting a collection?

- My...
- Well, you only work with your teeth.

Get with it, Mabel. Three minutes.
So let's get it all on.

Okay.

If it were only you, sugar,

I'd let you ride the roller coaster
all the way down.

But I'm thinking about Brad.

Why do you want to bust up
the swellest guy in the circus?

Sounds like you've got it bad.

He's the only guy that looks at me
that I don't know what he's thinking.

He's thinking circus.

He hasn't thought anything but circus
since he fell out of the cradle.

But if you want him so bad,
what's stopping you?

Maybe because I knew
too many guys like Sebastian

before I met Brad.

Been around too much, huh?

You haven't been
gathering any moss, either.

Brad's a one-woman man.

I've got a feeling
he wants a one-man woman.

I don't rate a guy like that.

Angel?

Besides, right now
she's got elephant trainer trouble.

Angel!

You better hurry.
That's not sabu calling.

That's what I like about him.
He's so gentle.

Who wants them gentle?
I like them wild.

Oh, come on, birdie. Get going.

Angel, come along!

You should have seen Brad's face
when you took that tumble.

She was too busy watching Sebastian.

- Put your claws away, girls.
- Holly.

Gee, if all the rangers
looked like Sebastian,

you and plenty more, huh, Holly?

Look, all I want from him
is the center ring.

You always have a smile
for that high-flying peacock.

Well, what you want me to do,
cry over him?

I feel like a turret gunner.

Made it.

Okay, batten down the hatches.

Hey, rich, get me a hot dog, will you?

- We ain't got time.
- Well, I'm hungry!

You always are.

An album of favorite songs.

A circus serenade.

A Disney album.

It's Mickey mouse. Hi, Mickey!

Come on, Donald!

Look at pluto!

Hi, Alice!

Oh, and there's the mad hatter.
The mad hatter.

A gay nineties album.

A moonlight serenade.

The magic of moonlight melodies,

with the lovely Phyllis
as goddess of the moon.

Nursery rhymes.

The lady who taught you
your first fairy tale,

mother goose!

She's big, isn't she?

A barbershop ballad.

A bouquet of American beauties,

with the lovely Holly
as the center rosebud

singing only a Rose.

Gee, you have a funny mouth.

- Let me hold him.
- Go away.

Look it. Isn't it pretty?

They've been around again
asking questions.

I'm so worried for you.

Oh, now don't worry.
They'll never find me behind this nose.

Be very careful, dear.

Now how about a nice smile

that I can remember till next year?

God be with you, my boy.

It's all right, mother.

Only a song

here we go!

Only a smile to keep in memory

until we meet another day

only a Rose to whisper

blushing as roses do

I'll bring along
a smile or a song for anyone

only a Rose for you

A Stephen foster album.

A south American album!

Exotic firebirds
from the forests of the Amazon,

a Blaze of breathtaking beauty.

A very special surprise

for children of all ages,

our guest star for tonight,

hopalong Cassidy!

That's him! Sure, it's hoppy!

A Christmas album.

Jingle bells, jingle bells
jingle all the way

oh, what fun it is to ride
in a one-horse open sleigh

Your hair is too red,
your legs are too thin,

you have lips like a cat.

You're no good.
You give me too much trouble.

Flattery rolls right off me.

But you make a fire here.

Well, simmer down, general,
before you melt your medals.

What could be more fitting
for the Christmas album

than adeste fideles?

The performance ends,

but the drama never stops.

In the gray, drizzly morning,

the first section of the circus train
pulls into the railroad yara,

long before the city is awake.

But the animals are awake
and looking for their breakfast.

Then comes the unloading.

Two hundred tons of living power.
Sixty carloads of equipment.

Wheels rolling, gears grinding.

A circus is gigantic power
and unceasing movement.

It is a restless giant,

unlimbering its muscles
after the long night ride

before moving in to capture a new city.

Up from the railroad yards
with their faithful escort

of early-rising young fans
who've been waiting since daybreak

to follow these living tanks

as they lumber and sway
to the circus grounds,

where the stakes are being driven
that will anchor the big top

against the beating
of its constant adversaries,

wind and rain.

An army is at work,
an army the audience never sees.

An army that must be moved
from city to city, fed and housed,

a thousand strong, hardworking men,

moving like a finely-geared machine,
with one purpose,

to roll the show.

The all-important baling ring
clangs into place.

Bales of fireproof canvas,
58,000 pounds of it,

are hauled out, unwrapped, rolled out,

stretched, laid on the ground,

where it lies like the skin
of a mighty dismembered giant,

waiting for some magician

to bring it together and give it life,

waiting until, one by one,

the giant's ribs rise into place

and are firmly fastened in the earth.

Boys line up for the punt games,
a chance for a free ticket.

The disciplined army never loses
a moment nor wastes a motion.

The boss canvas man makes fast
the canvas to the baling ring.

The lives of all depend on it.

Each of the hundreds of roustabouts
has his place and his job,

a responsible job, for one mistake,
one bit of carelessness,

could cost a life.

The giant's skin is stretched out

until it lies smooth and moldeaq,

like the bowl of a great coliseum.

But eyes watching for trouble

have noticed a little tear
that must be patched

before the searching fingers of the wind

can rip it into a disaster,

before the giant can stand up
and stretch

over his feast of color and laughter.

Now the giant comes to life.

Slowly, the tons and tons
of his canvas body

rise and swell into the air.

He starts growing to his full,
majestic height

as he catches his first deep breath.

The strong baling rings
slipping along the great poles,

until at last they reach to the flags
flying from the peak.

And as the big top rises in each town,
new risks are taken.

Caution is thrown to the winds

in this battle for the center ring.

99, 56, 57, 58,

59, 60, 61,

62, 63, 64,

65, 66, 67,

68, 69...

I warned her not to do Jenny's act
on that rigging.

Yeah.
I was there the night Jenny got killed.

15, 76, (1,

7/8, 79, 80,

81, 82, 83,

84, 85, 86,

87, 88, 89,

90, 91, 92,

93, 94, 95,

96, 97, 98...

- Paying for the hay all in silver?
- That's how we get paid.

Holly's spinning like a weathervane
in a Kansas twister.

Swingovers? Yeah.

Her rope isn't rigged for that.

Tell the ringmaster
to whistle in the zoppes.

- Fast.
- Right.

107, 108, 109,

110, 111, 112...

Come on.

114, 1195, 116,

117...

- What are they doing, grandma?
- I don't know.

121, 122, 123,

124

like a fish on a line!

The red rope!

Hey, you!

You! Are you crazy?

Hauling me down in front of everybody!

Everybody laughing at me!
I was going for a record!

What's the matter, are you jealous?

Can't you stand to see me
work in the air anymore?

You can't do that trick on a pull-up rope.

- I was doing it, wasn't I?
- Get out of the way.

A hurricane of hazardous horsemanship

displayed by the riding zoppes!

Why didn't you put her over your knee
and spank her?

That would get some laughs, too.

Haven't you got enough clowns,
you got to make a comic out of her?

- She was trying to break a record.
- She'd have broken more than a record.

You sure saved her a buster.

You better tell her, Brad,
or she'll never forgive you.

Alberto zoppe and cucciola,

world's smallest bareback rider!

I would buy you spring violets
from the little old lady

in the place de I'opera
and crépes suzettes.

You never eaten them?

Paris is a honeymoon city, cherie,
full of enchantment.

On a night like this,
the seine is deep and mysterious,

like a woman's eyes.

The lights in it are like jewels.

Did you know, chérie, in your eyes
there are lights like stardust?

No, but keep going.

You are beautiful and exciting,
like wine.

You know women are like wine?

Some are like sweet sauternes,
some are warm like burgundy, some...

Which one was angel?

- Angel?
- Angel.

Angel was like cognac,

all fire in a glass.

But you...

You are like champagne.
Sparkling, tantalizing.

You make a man's head spin.

- You've got a terrific line.
- A line? What is that?

Well, I mean, you've said all this before
to too many girls.

Well, never to one like you.

Oh, I have wandered a little.

But how else could I appreciate
what I have found now?

I'd better go.

When we are up in the air,
I fall more and more in love.

- You, too, no?
- No.

A girl may say no,
but the woman in her means yes.

- Do not be afraid of me.
- I'm just scared of myself.

It is not of yourself.
It is love that frightens you.

Feel. My heart beats fast like yours.

- That's the magic of it. You love me.
- No. I mean, I don't know.

Let me go! Sebastian!

Never try to take anything
from an elephant.

Sebastian, do something!

A lion, I'll fight for you. A tiger.

But a redheaded wildcat
with an elephant, no.

You make this two-tailed jackass
put me down!

Did he tell you about Paris
in the spring?

It's none of your business what he told...

Did he say you were like cognac,
all fire in the glass?

No. He said I was like champagne.
I made his head spin.

Yeah, only you'll be the one
that wakes up with a hangover.

You take care of your love life,
and I'll take care of mine.

No, I've got four working here.
That's all.

Well, if you've got an elephant missing,
go find her.

Joe, send into town.

They had a republican convention
there tonight.

Hold it. Here's your missing jumbo.
It's okay.

Come on, move it up, Ruth.
Come on. Move it up.

You...

All right. Put her down.

What's this, a new act?

You nearly lost
your stray lamb to a wolf.

You know, you've got a nose as long
as that elephant's trunk.

Keep them both out of my business.

They're looking for this bull
down at the railroad yard.

- Ruth just couldn't resist the hay pile.
- I'd hate to have your nerve in a tooth.

Come on, sugar. Let's go. Come on.

I think your coffee's kind of cold.

- Why did you do that, Holly?
- I don't know.

There's just something
about Sebastian that I...

Yeah, he's some glamour boy.

He said I had stardust in my eyes.

- I bet you never even noticed.
- Sure, I have.

But you weren't rigged
for that one-armed swing.

I know, just so the show keeps rolling.

Come over here.
I want to show you something.

Just a few more spins up there.

- You would've lost a good act.
- One of the best.

Now, look, Holly, I want you
to soft-pedal this stuff with Sebastian.

- You do, Brad? Why?
- It's gone too far.

I guess you're right.
I have been playing with fire.

But it's all your fault.
If you weren't such a big lug...

I'm talking about your act,
this duel or whatever you call it.

I want you to stop it before you get hurt.

Is it me you're worried about
or the circus?

- You.
- Brad, do you really mean that?

Why couldn't you say so?
Sure, I'll cut it out.

But I've got pride.
He'll look better than me.

- With a net under him?
- A net? Why a net?

To save his expensive neck.

- Well, I don't want a net.
- All right, then stick to the old act.

Sure, Brad. Whatever you say.

And when Sebastian tones down,
his net comes out, too.

Now, you going to stop
fooling around up there?

Sure, Brad.

- What about on the ground?
- On the ground?

Oh, that reminds me,
Jeannie pulled her shoulder tonight.

She'll be on the ground for a while.

Will you fill in with the flyers again?

Of course, Brad,
but you were just gonna say that...

Line up that pole wagon! Swing it over!

Brad, on the ground...

- Do you want me to stop seeing him?
- On the ground? I...

Doughnuts?

You left a little of your fragrance behind
with your scarf.

May I escort you to the train?

I'm waiting for Brad.

- Till the next time, cherie.
- There won't be any next time.

No?

I think you have stardust
mixed up with sawdust.

Good night, boss man.

And on the ground,

I wouldn't want to meddle
in your private affairs.

To the right and left of the doorway.

Pompom hats, folks. Step right up.

Put your name on them,
your sweetheart's name,

your wife's name,
even your mother-in-law's name.

Step right up, folks. Get your
pompom hats before you leave.

- For you, liebchen, a present.
- Thank you, sugar.

Straight from Paris and twice as classy.

- How does it look?
- It looks good.

Read it, what it says.

"Angel, du bist mein.” what's it mean?

"You are mine."

Listen, sugar, I'm not yours.

And I'm not wearing any hat
that says so.

The sooner you take no for an answer,

the easier it's gonna be for both of us.
Because it is no.

The only thing I like about you
are your elephants.

But, angel...

Want to win a baby doll?
Wise up. I know dolls.

They're my business.
Takes dough to get a dame like her.

Her heart is ice.

She wouldn't say no
to a hunk of ice like this.

But I could not buy such a thing.

Go ahead, take it.
Your credit's okay with me.

- What's the matter, pal?
- My wallet's gone.

Are you sure?

I had the wallet in my pocket
when I was right here.

- And I had $10 in it.
- Did you, now?

- You must be mistaken, friend.
- Oh, no. I...

Well, maybe I was.

Harry, you make trouble.

Right this way, folks,
and win a baby doll!

Everybody plays, everybody wins.

Keep your eye on the arrow, folks.

Round and round it goes
and where it stops, nobody knows.

Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry.
Everybody plays.

How did he get in there?

Water's coming out of it.

Look at that silly umbrella.

Sit down, son.

Your attention, please.

The greatest show on earth
proudly presents

dazzling, dauntless daredevils
of the flying trapeze,

breathtaking, death-defying
marvels in midair!

Hey!

Hello.

You crazy devil,
how did you get up here?

I bribed your catcher.

- Let me go!
- Kiss me.

Look, you're holding up the act.

I could swing with you forever like this.

Why will you not see me anymore?

- They're waiting. Please put me back.
- Not until you kiss me.

When I kiss you, I need both feet
on the ground. Let me go.

- You really insist, cherie?
- Yes! Let me go!

Goodbye.

Sebastian won't give up, Brad.

You better marry me quick
or I'm a gone pigeon.

You get back up there and finish the act
or you'll be a dead pigeon.

Yes, sir.

We got trouble on the midway.

- Harry?
- Yeah, his doll concession.

Get yourself a little spending money.
Here we go for another spin.

The more you play, the more you win.

- Let's go, Sam. You can't win at this.
- I got no more money anyhow.

Come on, mister, you can't quit now.
You're bound to hit it this time.

What do you think you're doing?
Let go of me.

- How much did you lose, lady?
- This month's egg money, nearly $50.

Take this. Go on in and enjoy the show.

Get rid of the customers, Joe.

Don't mix it, Brad. You'll get hurt.

- You know I run a clean show.
- You're not running me!

Hey, did you see that?
Right in the kisser!

Hey, look out, Brad!

The boss finally caught you, huh?

Nice going.

Do you know who's backing me?

Yeah, and he's backing
your whole dirty setup.

Now get going.

The luscious Phyllis dances and sings

to the sultry south sea strains

of lovely luawana lady!

Lovely luawana lady

when your hopes
and dreams grow fadey

don't you ever be afraid
he won't come back to you

lovely luawana lady

where those yukes
and jukes are played

he dreams of all the dreams he made

and longs that they'll come true

ever since he's back

there's been no lack of gals

but, gee, they're slow

they don't have that wicky wack

you taught him there
when the moon was low

now every susie, sal, and Sadie

just becomes a memory shady

lovely luawana lady

when he dreams of you

You made a mistake, Mr. Braden,
a bad mistake,

throwing my games off the lot.

They're off, Mr. Henderson,
and they stay off.

It might save you a lot of trouble
if you let Harry come back.

Wherever you operate,
the midway's crawling with pickpockets

and crooked gambling.

One rotten apple like you
can ruin a whole circus.

You know, you're not so tough.

You won't stand a chance
fighting my outfit.

- I've never run away from a fight yet.
- And I've never lost one.

There's no smoking allowed in here,
Mr. Henderson.

Don't throw it away.
I'll show you the way out.

Lovely luawana lady

when your hopes and dreams
grow fadey

don't you ever be afraid

he won't come back to you

now every susie, sal, and Sadie

just becomes a memory shady

lovely luawana lady

when he dreams of you

Are you afraid to speak to me?

The applause, the center ring,
you do not try to steal them anymore.

I don't have to.
The only net I use is in my hair.

- That net, it was the boss man's orders.
- Safety first.

Who can be safe near you?
You can.

Ringmaster?

I have a surprise for you.
I fly from the big rigging tonight.

Oh, Mr. Thompson, when I signal,
will you announce

that I will do a double forward
over the bar through a paper hoop.

- A double?
- Through a hoop?

Through a hoop.

That's not so much with a net
under you.

Stop it, you two. You're on.

Chérie...

The net, it bothers you?

- You crazy fool!
- No net.

Thank you, my friend.

Ladies and gentlemen,

the sensation of the ages!

In ring one,

the beautiful and spectacular
queen of the flying trapeze,

the incredible Holly!

And in the center ring,

the outstanding aerial daredevil
of all time,

the debonair king of the air,
the great Sebastian!

No net.

And now, for the first time

in this or any other circus,

the great Sebastian will attempt
a double somersault

over the bar, through a hoop,

scorning a net
or any other safety device.

Hope he makes it.

Sebastian, no!
Don't try it without the net!

Who took that net down?

- He did. You want it up again?
- It's too late now. He's ready to go.

Go on, now.

Keep the show rolling.

Roll up this net. Clowns!

Holly, keep it going. Go into your swing.

No.

Walk me off.

Do not Rob me of my exit.

All right.

Your arm, boss man. Your strong arm.

Easy now.

Keep your seats, please!

The great Sebastian is shaken
but not badly hurt.

The performance is now continuing!

Resume your seats! Please!

- Birdie, is he dead?
- No, I don't think so.

Draw it back.

- Carefully now.
- All right.

Back to wardrobe, girls.
Back to wardrobe.

- Will he be all right, doc?
- He's lucky to be alive.

- Thanks for the help, buttons.
- Okay.

Where did you ever learn
to do a velpeau bandage?

Well, you learn a lot
when you're a pharmacist's mate.

You must've been the best in the Navy.

Gee, he's hurt bad.

The other way. Turn him around.

Don't transfer him.
Just leave him on this stretcher.

Sebastian!

Of all the crazy things.
Why did you do it?

I didn't mean for it to happen like this.

Only he would try
such a wonderful trick.

- And you almost did it.
- I will do it. The next time.

Sure, you will.

And when you come back,
you'll stand them on their ears.

When I come back, cherie, you will fall.
For me.

All right, get him in there.
Let's get started. Get a move on.

Oh, Brad.

Flyers have fallen before.
They will again.

He won't die, pigeon.

Your rig goes in center ring tomorrow.

But I didn't want it like this,

not over his broken body.

Under the big top, only two days count,
today and tomorrow.

The circus rolls on
whether flyers rise or flyers fall.

And week after week,

new audiences laugh
at the antics of the clowns

and thrill to incredible feats
of skill and daring.

Hot roasted peanuts. Peanuts.
Get them while they're hot.

Hot roasted peanuts.

I can't watch it.

Higher, higher!

- Take another crack at it, Holly.
- Higher this time. Sky's the limit.

Play it, Emmett. Give me some rhythm.

Yeah, maybe that'll help.

Well, whistle or something.

- Anybody got a lemon?
- You think that'll work?

- Start your jug band.
- Noodle it up.

- Give it plenty of bounce!
- Yeah, pick it up, ed.

Hit it, Holly!

When things go wrong
and life's no song

and you're flat on your back

that doesn't mean you have fo lie there

be a jumpin' Jack

keep on the hop and if you flop

in every single plan

stand on your head and holler,
"hi, there"

be a jumpin' Jack

when things go up
they must come down

and also vice-a verse

if things look bad, don't fret and frown

they could be ten times worse

get Emmett!

Your train of luck

it may get stuck

if something's on the track

take a good jump

and you'll get by there

be a jumpin' Jack

Oh, Sebastian, you're back.

- Hi, there, gorgeous.
- We missed you.

A stitch in time saves more than nine.

I'll bet they took plenty in you.

Hey, you were doing this when I left.

- Hello.
- Sebastian, you're out of the hospital.

Yes, but never out of danger
when I see you.

Hello, Sebastian.

Fine. I hope both your heads are well.

Vita, don't eat too much.
You'll break your sister's pretty neck.

Well, if it isn't Superman!

- Something will get burned.
- It sure will.

If you play with fire, you get burned.
I still have my scar.

Brad! Oh, Brad! Sebastian's back!

Oh, good, good.

Cucciolal

Say, it looks like the hospital
agreed with you.

So did the nurses.

- Hi, Sebastian.
- Hello. How are you?

I'll open your trunk
and lay your stuff out.

Thank you.

Hey, good to see you.
Now maybe I'll get my five bucks back.

Maybe I'll borrow five more.

Sebastian, it sure wasn't the same
without you, fella.

Hello. I practiced somersaults
in my bed every day.

But did you do any bedsprings?

Why is it whenever he's around
I'm all wet?

In more ways than one.

If you should slip and lose your grip

get up and bounce right back

act just like a rubber ball...

Look, Holly! Sebastian!

Sebastian.

He sure looks good.

- It's been three months.
- Yeah, that's right. So it is.

Hello, Sebastian.
Glad you're out of the hospital.

I'm sorry you weren't with me.

The show missed you.

Sebastian!

- Sebastian.
- Holly.

Oh, jiminy crickets! Oh, gosh!

I've never been so happy to see anyone.

Are you all right again? Really all right?

Let me see if it's really you.

It was a wonderful hospital.
And such nurses, too.

And we were worried about this big lug.

This calls for a celebration.

He came back when he heard
how good you were in the center ring.

I was just keeping it warm for you.

- I do not want it.
- Why not?

- You don't want the center ring back?
- Why not?

Because I just came back
to collect my things.

What for?

- Match?
- No, thank you.

Collect your...

Now I know he's kidding.

No, no.
I dropped over at the Columbia show.

Columbia?

We've been fighting them in every town
since you left.

I ran into somebody over there
I had not seen since Paris,

and very charming.

You know how it is.
These things happen.

No. What happens?

You know.
A Pearl loses its luster in time.

Champagne goes flat, doesn't it?

Even the blond bubbling kind
goes flat very quickly.

Well, I will get my gear and rigging.

You don't plan to work for Columbia,
do you?

Let him go, Brad.
He's found some more stardust.

No, he hasn't.

Chérie, I return you to sawdust.
Sawdust to sawdust.

You wouldn't work for Columbia.
You're the great Sebastian.

You wouldn't give up the center ring
for anything or anybody,

unless you couldn't hold it.

You've been lying
ever since you came in here.

- Now let's see the truth.
- Keep your hands off...

- You should not have done that.
- That's why you wouldn't shake hands.

You weren't going to Columbia.

There wasn't any girl from Paris.

You just didn't want me to know...

To know what I'd done.

No, no, no, chérie.
You have done nothing.

It is life.

No one is to blame.

- Can't something be done?
- No. They have tried.

May I have my coat, please?

There's a job for you in this show
as long as you want it.

One more cripple hanging on
to the circus?

Watching others flying through the air
while I am crawling on the ground?

You are meaning to be kind, boss man,

but you and I both know
it is better that I go.

Don't let him go, Brad!

Holly, he's grounded for good.
He'll go crazy if he stays.

- I did that to him.
- No, he took the chance.

I did it to him,
as surely as if I'd shot him.

- You had nothing to do with it.
- Oh, yes, I did, Brad.

I made him take that net down.

I laughed at him. I razzed him into it.
That's what made him take it down!

You two crazy fools.

He was tops in the air.

Now he's tied to a dead arm
for the rest of his life,

a claw hand.

It would've been kinder
if I'd killed him.

Holly, this is circus.

Brad, you can't realize
what it means not to go up there again.

Maybe I can.

That's why it's better to let him go.

- If he goes, I'm going with him.
- Holly, don't be a fool!

You saw the way he hid his arm,
said things to make me hate him.

He said them
because he didn't want me to know...

To know that I'd smashed him,

smashed his whole life.

He didn't want me to know
because he loves me.

And I've got to make it up to him
for what I've done.

All right, you smashed him.

Do you think smashing all three of us
will help him?

You don't need me, Brad.

You've got what you love.

You've got the circus.
But what's he got?

He's got guts. That guy's tough.
He doesn't need sympathy.

He can take this if you leave him alone.
He doesn't need pity.

I'm not going to give him pity.

I'm going to try and give him love.

Yeah?

All right.

- What do you want?
- To help you.

I don't want any help.
I don't need any help.

You come here to cry over me,
go somewhere else. I am packing.

You don't even know
where you're going.

Besides, wherever it is,
what could you do

that you couldn't do here
with me to help you?

What do think you could do for me?

Well, I could fold this cape
a little better.

Oh, I see. Now I'm a cripple.

You would dress me, undress me,
cut up my food,

wait on me like a little child.
No, thank you.

If you want to be kind, please go.

I want to be with you, wherever you are.

You are lying. You are sorry for me.

You want to pay me because
you teased me to cut down the net!

That isn't true.

You fell in love with me when I was
the great Sebastian, king in the air,

a flash of lightning in the center ring.

On the ground,
it is someone else you love.

That's all over.

Go back to the boss man.

Don't think I am finished
because of this.

If I want someone, I'll ask her myself.

Women are no problem for me.
I find them anywhere.

You came back because you love me.

It was for this I came back.

- You did not.
- My rig.

Well, I can sell it anyway.

You should be dressing for the show.
The applause, it is all yours now.

You've got the center ring.

I can't take it away from you.
I can't even applaud you properly.

Say anything you like.

Hit me if you want.

- It won't change the way I feel.
- Maybe I would like to hit you for lying.

No one is to blame but me. I...

- Please, I must hurry.
- You're not going.

You're tied to the circus, and whether
you like it or not, you're tied to me.

You think I would tie you to this?

It wasn't your arm I fell in love with.

Or your hand.

I fell in love with you.

I'd give my other arm
if I could believe you.

What does a girl have to say
to make a blind man see?

Say that you'll stay,
that you'll never leave me, ever.

This is not
because you are sorry for me?

You bet your life I'm sorry for you.

You're stuck with a blonde,

and you'll never get away.

Chérie, how I would love you.

Hey, wait for me, Anita!

My feet are killing me.

- Hey, what does that mean?
- Mine are like rubber.

Step it up kids, we're on.

- Is my hat okay?
- Nobody's gonna see you.

Keep your Coop to yourself today.

Picnic in the park.

A regal cavalcade
with queen Marie antoinette

and her gay court
at the royal horse show.

Remember,
you're supposed to be a queen.

You're for the birds, that's for sure.

Giving up your life to Sebastian
because he's washed up.

Who do you think you are?
Joan of arc or somebody?

What does it matter to you what I do?

Go ahead. Play noble. That halo
is gonna slip, sugar. It's phony.

It'll be around your neck.

Where would you wear yours?

Say, why are you so steamed up
about me and Sebastian?

Sebastian?

I don't care
if you break him up for firewood.

He asked for it, playing around with you.

But Brad's on the level.
He didn't have this coming to him.

Brad hasn't got time for love.

- Okay, I'll take Brad the way he is.
- That is, if you're his type.

Who are you calling a type?

Maybe I have been over the course
a few too many times.

But I've got a heart under this costume
with room in it for one guy.

You busted him apart,
and I'm gonna pick up the pieces.

He'll never miss you, sugar.

I'm going to give him
more than you ever could.

Maybe so.
You've had plenty of experience.

You'll never make it.

- Did you see him?
- No. Where?

Here's your toothpick!

When the lights go out on this
glittering realm of sawdust and popcorn,

the circus puts off its spangles
and climbs into battle dress

for the nightly combat
with time and distance.

The tear-down is a wild tangle
of man, machine and beast,

an orderly disorder of ropes

and metal poles and steel cable

and tons of heavy canvas.

Yet out of this apparent chaos,

these people bring tomorrow's show,

fresh and new and gay and hot,

no matter how tangled
the skein of their own lives may be.

Ruth! Don't eat them newspapers!

I told you to leave them lay.

No, no, Ruth, Ruth.

You'll get a tummy ache.

She likes the candy that is stuck to it.

"He killed the thing he loved."

Buttons, look.

- You said that.
- Did I?

Well, don't believe everything you hear.

And only half of what you see.

I can believe that.

So you see, cherie?
All men are alike except...

I know. Except you.

Come on, let's go down to the car.

Hello?

Hello?

No, John north.

Hello, Johnny? It's Brad.

Sure, Johnny, Sebastian's back.

Yeah, he's staying with the show.

No, he can't.

Not his old act, but he's in the show.

Me?

Why do you ask that?

There's nothing wrong with me.

Business is holding up fine.

The advance sale is fine.

Everything's fine.

And we're a cinch to keep
going the full season.

Yeah.

So long, Johnny.

The full season? That's great.
Yeah.

Aren't you in the wrong wagon?

Not the way this one looks.

- Don't touch that.
- A brass hat.

What's all this housekeeping?

Just housekeeping.

Well, go do it someplace else.
The boys take care of all this.

You are a sourpuss, aren't you?
Yeah.

You want to bite somebody? Yeah.

Well, pick your spot.

Needs sugar.

I wasn't sure how you liked it.
I'll learn.

- Don't bother.
- Sweet?

Oh. Medium.

- What do you think you're doing?
- Packing your pipe.

Well, don't look so worried.

You never know what you're gonna
like until you try it.

Well,

what do you know?

I used to fill my dad's pipe.

I don't remember seeing you before.

You didn't. You only looked at me.

Now, what was that name again?

Minnie mouse.
Even elephants are afraid of me.

They're smart animals.
Women are poison.

But it's a wonderful death.

I'm not dangerous. Honest.

I just think a guy in trouble
feels better if...

Well, if there's a woman around.

Just someone to get mad at.

- Well, don't you want some coffee?
- Sure, sugar.

That's what I came for.

You know,
I never knew a woman could fill a pipe.

Heads up! Big wagon coming through!

Hello, sucker.
How long you gonna take it?

- Pretty picture, ain't it?
- Shut up.

Angel likes that guy.

Why?
Because he can give her presents.

He's got the dough, so he gets the girl.

What is mine I keep.

Not without dough. But we can get it.

Get it where it'll hurt, too.

Get with it.
You've got four and a half minutes.

Brad, you better watch angel tonight.
The grapevine says she's in for trouble.

Klaus, the greatest elephant trainer
in the world,

presents his marvelous
mastodonic mammals,

gracefully ridden
by 20 sultry sirens from the east,

starring angel, the sultan's favorite.

Butter-coated popcorn.
Get your popcorn here.

- Hey, one.
- You want some?

Thank you.

Steady. Steady.

Steady. All right.

Foot.

Foot. Foot.

Foot.

Foot. Foot.

Foot.

Steady.

Steady?

Steady. Come down.

Steady.

I wouldn't do that for a million dollars.

Minyak, see how
our angel's eyes shine today.

She has found a new love.

Quit clowning, sugar.
For this I don't get paid by the hour.

- Let's get on with the number, huh?
- Oh, you want to hurry back to the boss.

Maybe he has a present.

He likes that funny face, huh?

Tell me, would he still like it
if minyak leans a little bit?

Klaus, are you nuts? Let me up.

- Up, minyak! Up!
- Steady.

Be careful. You make minyak nervous.

Now your eyes shine for me, too,

because you have fear in your lovely,
lying little heart.

Is she all right?

Steady, minyak.
Is your foot getting tired?

You want to put it down?

No, my sweet.

You will never go to any other man.

Foot, minyak. Foot, foot.

- You all right?
- That was close to the finale.

- Augie.
- This is my act.

Get your things and get off the lot.
Augie, take over.

- Can you finish?
- Sure. I can do anything for you.

Angel.

Fresh popcorn.

- You fire me because...
- Because you're a jealous fool.

Now get out of here before
I have you up for attempted murder.

Buy a circus souvenir.

Take home a balloon for the...

Would you like a balloon? Good.

Life has made me a clown.

It'll have to make you
a better businessman.

Thank you.

Hey, little one. You are tickling me.

You can feel that?

He's trying to be friendly,
to cheer me up.

Come on, Sebastian.
Don't block the entrance.

Get with it, buttons.

All right, boys, let them roll.
One buck gets you fifty.

- My dice. I'll bet $3.00.
- Okay, $3.00. Let the dice roll.

Six. Your point.

Harry. What we said, I'll do it.

So you finally got wise, huh?
I got it all figured. It's a cinch.

- Tonight.
- Sure. Haven't you heard?

We're giving a party
in the red pay wagon.

Seven. A loser. Sorry, friends.
No winners. That's all.

- Hey, wait a minute.
- I said that's all.

A fine game you got here.

You don't even get a chance
to get your dough back.

- Everything all right in there, curly?
- Okay.

But next year,
let's carry the cash in the gorilla cage.

It's air-conditioned.

Well, don't let it sit here and get rusty.

- Take it away.
- Right.

Mr. Braden?

That's right.

Treasury. Special investigations.

What can I do for you?

You carry a doctor with this show?

Yes.
You usually find him in the privilege car.

Does he look anything like this?

No.

You sure?

Ten years can make quite a difference.

What's he wanted for?

Murder. It's an odd case.

A young doctor killed his wife.

She was dying anyway.

What will he get?

I'm a policeman, not a judge.

- Why pick on us?
- Just a hunch.

He was always chasing circuses
as a kid.

You won't see that face around here.

Probably not.

Anyway, I've arranged to fingerprint
some of your people in cedar city.

Do you mind if I ride along with you?

No. The head Porter will fix you up
with a berth.

Thank you.

About here. That'll stop the red wagon
back at the road.

Come on. Snap it up.

First section will be along pretty soon.

Come on. Come on.

- Say, buttons...
- Here you are, Brad.

- I got the next one.
- Thanks.

You're always around
when there's trouble.

You're pretty hard to find
when the news is good.

I got tied up
with a cop who's riding with us.

He's looking for someone.

Anything serious?

Murder.

He used to be a doctor.

You find the darnedest people
around a circus, don't you?

Yeah.

What was this good news?
I could use some.

Sebastian, there.

He's got feeling in that hand.

Yes, and if there's still feeling,
complete recovery is very possible.

Is that a professional opinion?

That's a clown's opinion.

Why don't you rile him up a little?

Might get your flyer back.

Yeah, I'll do that.

By the way, they're going to take
some fingerprints when we get in.

Okay.

I'll get revenge tomorrow night.

Always I'm lucky at cards.

You sure it's luck?

You think I cheat maybe?

Why not? You've done it before.

- I do not like this joke.
- It's no joke.

Steady. Wait a minute.

Well, he used his bum arm
to get Holly, didn't he?

You know you lie.

You've got it all figured to get yourself
a meal ticket for life, haven't you?

Latching onto her.

You moved it.

- He sure did.
- You bet he did.

That's why you say these things.

How about it, doc?
Will he be able to use it?

- It certainly did move.
- Of course he did, doc.

You know, that should get well.

I believe that with psychosomatic
treatment, that this might be...

You did this for me?

For you?
I wouldn't give you storage space.

But you're a good flyer.
The show needs you.

Now, keep working on it.

You crazy, wonderful fool.

You know that with my wings clipped,
I would never marry Holly.

Yet you raise me into the air again.

Because you are circus.

I must tell Holly.

Maybe we name
our first baby bossman.

Good work, Brad.

Hey, doc,

what is this psycho whatchamacallit?

Walt till the engine's passed.

Unlock the door and don't try anything.

Pass it down.

Can you see the trouble?

Can't see nothing ahead.

Get going. We gotta burn rubber.

- What's that?
- Second section.

Look.

Get out of here. This is the girls' car.

Men are not allowed in here.

Who'd you come to see?

What did you do, boy scout,
lose your compass?

Well, what are you doing
in no man's land?

Angel, you are going
to be a bridesmaid.

- Who's getting married?
- You are, my darling.

Angel. She's on that train.

So what? We got the dough.
Let's get out of here.

The lights.
I must turn the lights back on the track.

You crazy lunkhead.
Give me that wheel.

We're going to turn the lights
on the track.

The train! Stop the train!

Stop the train!

Stop! Can't you see the lights? Stop!

First section! Hold it!

Angel!

Angel!

Sebastian.

Hurry. Angel's caught under here.

Hurry.

Doc? Where are you, doc?

Bob. Bob, where's the doc?

How do I know?

- Help me.
- Sure, bill, where are you?

Over here. Help me.

Okay, hold on. I'll get you out.

My legs are all numb.
I can't feel anything.

- You all right, Brad?
- Yeah, I'm fine.

Break out some fusees, blackie.

Get the road torches going.
We need some light.

If Hank's on his feet,

have him make torches
out of the waste from the journal boxes.

We got to get some light here.

Get this stuff off me. Come on.

How you doing in there, Bob?

Not so hot.

That's a new way
to get thrown out of bed.

Elsie, Jeanne. Where are you?
You all right?

- Some of these kids are hurt.
- I'll get the doctor.

No, no, down there.
Through the window.

Rip that sheet. Make some bandages.

Holy mackerel!
Get back in there, you little devils.

Rajah, rajah! Get back!
Get back in there!

No, you don't. Back.

Come on with those poles.

Get some welding torches.

Get in there.

No place like home, nero.

Here's another torch.

Put a blanket over the glass.

You can tell that this ain't the pay line.

You want water, you can get it here.
Busted water line.

It's pretty bad in there.
Where's the doctor?

He was in the privilege car when we hit.

I can hear them.
They're around here somewhere.

Come on, boys. Get me out of this junk.

Hey, Mike, get some men
and round up the cats

before they smell blood.

Right, Mr. Braden.

Somebody check the gorilla cage.
The glass will be broken. Board it up.

- Okay, boss.
- Keep those babies warm.

How many killed, Jack?

Don't know yet.

Is that the doctor?
Yeah. He's out cold.

Is that the doctor?

Well, we've got to get
some doctors here.

Stu? Yes.

Check the walkie-talkie in my Jeep.
See if it's okay.

Sure, Brad.

Come on, boys.
Get this stuff off me, can't you?

Hello, angel.
What's the score in your car?

It's turned over. A lot of the girls...

Brad, you're bleeding.

No dice, Brad. We gotta rig something.

I know the rig to get.

Tell them to get out the work bulls.
We'll need them.

Come on.

Watch out, watch out.
Don't let him into the car.

He's coming back.

There he goes!

Samson!

Don't worry, minnie.

You'll be walking on your hands
in a week.

Well, my teeth are okay.

Bite off a band-aid.
Minnie's got a broken arm.

Hold still. Let her lean against you.

- Hurry up with that first aid kit.
- Here.

Give me the stick.
Come on, minyak. Come on!

Come on, minyak!

Minyak, this way.

Get the wagons down to the highway.
Everyone on the road.

You can't move the circus, Brad.
This wreck's scattered over five acres.

Half the animals are loose.

And we're rolling into cedar city.

Broken poles
and canvas cut to ribbons?

Then we'll sidewall, play without a tent.

All right, take the strain on that pry.

- Come on. Get with it.
- Drop her down, will you?

Easy, now.

I wish I could do this
like buttons did it. He did a...

Say, where is buttons?

Bring that first-aid kit over, please.

I send her for a doctor
and she comes back with an elephant.

You'd better leave the little pixie
to Phyllis

if you want to say goodbye
to our boyfriend.

- Come on.
- Goodbye to our...

Brad.

Here. Finish minnie's arm.

The rail won't move.

Hook it on a cage.

Take it away.

No, that's no good, len.
You'll pull our whole car over.

Brad. I didn't know.

I'm glad you're okay, pigeon.

We may miss the matinee,
but we'll make the night show.

Oh, Brad.

- Get that block out of the way.
- Here, I'll take it.

All right, minyak, come on, pick it up.

Pick it up. Okay. Here we go.

Stand it on its side.

Come on. Pick it up. Up.

All right, let's take him over here.

We'll put it over there.

Brad, you're bleeding like a stuck fish.

- Birdie!
- Easy now.

Birdie, hurry with that first-aid kit!

Give me something to put on it.

Here. Here, Brad.

Birdie! Hurry!

Thank you, sugar. Thank you.

Birdie. Birdie, come on!
Don't move like a snail!

Birdie, get the gauze.

We'll make a compression bandage,
pack it in.

More of it. More of it.

What are you doing here, birdie?

- Here.
- Go see what's left of your costumes.

We can't give a show without wardrobe.

We'll give a show, boss,
if I have to put them in horse blankets.

Holly.

Here, hold.

Hank, any horses hurt?

The horses are okay, Brad,
but you're not.

I'm all right.

I've seen all kinds of accidents
on the lot, Holly.

That's an artery.

Every time his heart beats,
it pumps blood out of him.

What are we going to do? The doctors...

He'll bleed to death
if we don't get someone to him.

- I know someone.
- Good.

- Have you seen buttons?
- No.

Birdie! Birdie, have you seen buttons?

He just went by.

Get the zoppes' costumes next.

- Buttons!
- All right, throw them down!

Buttons! Buttons! Buttons.

Brad's hurt. He's bleeding.
They can't stop it.

Well, get the doctor working on him,
Holly. I gotta go.

The doctor's knocked out.
He was in the same car.

Buttons, that newspaper about the
doctor who killed the girl he loved...

Yeah, well, Brad told me something
about a detective

being on the train
looking for that fellow.

Look, I don't know if you're the man
they're looking for,

- but if you are, you can save Brad.
- No.

Remember you told me once
about killing the thing you loved?

Well, maybe you killed someone
because you loved her so much.

If you are him,
you could save someone I love.

Oh, buttons. I've always loved him.

Please, please don't let him die,
if you are the man.

Are you, buttons?

Yeah, I'm the man, Holly.
Come on. Let's go.

See if they can set up a cook tent.
Everyone could use some coffee.

Okay, Brad.

Find out what performers are hurt.

Let me know what acts we can't use.

Lie still, Brad.

Here's the doctor's bag. I found it.

Fine, fine.
Get something to put it on, will you?

We've got to get the big top rigged
somehow and put on a performance.

Lie still, will you?

You'll finish this performance
under god's big top.

Buttons.

If that detective sees you doing this,
he won't need fingerprints.

Well, the circus needs a boss right now.

Besides, I kind of like you.

Brad, please do what buttons says,
for me.

What are you trying to do,
make my last moments happy?

Is that you, Chuck?

Chuck, how many seed wagons
are okay?

- About half.
- Set them up.

Use planks for what's missing.

You have got sawdust in your veins.
You can't even die decently.

Take it easy, Holly.
This isn't sawdust he's bleeding.

You're gonna have to have
a blood transfusion right quick.

You were in the army, Brad.
What's your blood type?

Sa

Which rh?

- Negative.
- Negative? Are you sure?

Yeah, I'm sure.
We're out of luck, buttons.

- What does that mean?
- Well, it's hard to find.

There must be a blood bank
in cedar city.

We don't have any time for that.

Now, look, some of you go out and see

if you can find somebody
that has ab blood.

- There must be somebody in this show.
- There is someone.

Me. I have it.

- Sebastian.
- Not him.

You're not gonna put
that guy's blood in me.

You don't have enough blood in you now
to quibble about it.

Sit down here. Roll up your left sleeve.
Get his wristwatch off.

- All right.
- I think I can rig it with this.

Buttons, find somebody else.

You'll be dead in 20 minutes
without him.

Here, soak this in alcohol.

All right, but just take enough
till you can get some other guy.

It hurts me as much as it does you,
but noblesse oblige.

You ought to be grateful.

Grateful? To him?

I've had nothing but trouble
ever since you joined the show.

They warned me about you,
but I had to find out the hard way.

Big stuff in the air.

Upsetting the whole circus,
chopping down your net.

Now you want to be a hero, save my life.

I don't want any part of you.

I do not want to give you my good blood,

but what it will do for you...

Hasn't done much for you.

If he should make love well after this,
pay no attention. It will be me.

- I can't see. Give me the light over here.
- I'll take it.

Go ahead, doctor.

Yes. Take all you want.

It will make of him a better man.

He will have more fire,
more of what women love.

They may even want to marry you.

And each time you look at
one of your children, boss man,

you will see me.

If any kid of mine ever...

Brad. Yeah?

It's the end of the line. We're licked.

We ain't got no big top,
and our lighting's all shot.

- I'm not quitting. We'll give a show.
- Brad, take it easy, will you?

- Where's my hat?
- Buttons.

- Give me that stethoscope.
- What is it, buttons?

Put the ear tips in my ears.

Keep count
of these plunger strokes here.

Now put that over his heart.

A little lower. A little lower.
Right there.

His heart's going so fast,
I can hardly count.

- It must be over 130.
- 130...

Well, I guess that's it.

- I'll get word out we're canceling.
- No, we're not.

We couldn't even get into town
on a junk wagon.

- We'll bring the town out here.
- Five.

Sell tickets to see the wreck?

- That's not a bad idea.
- Are you nuts?

Maybe. We'll get the crowd out here
if we have to drag them by the hair.

If you're putting on this act for Brad,
he can't hear you.

- What's the matter with...
- Now stop shaking the stand

or he'll never hear anybody.

What's the matter with all of you?

Brad said we'd give a show,
and we're going to give it.

We got no big top.

We'll sidewall it, set up in the open.

- Where?
- Over there. It's an open field.

I got you, birdbrain. You struck oil.

Jack, get everything together
that can walk, crawl, or run,

floats, midgets, clowns,
anything that can stand.

Tell them it's cherry pie.

Hank, fix up everything on wheels.

If the horses can't pull them, we can.

You're doing fine, doc.

- Hurry up, do what I said.
- Come on, Bob.

Fred, tell Lloyd to stake out.

- What about the big top?
- Don't argue with me.

Emmett. Emmett, patch up
the clowns for a parade.

- Parade?
- Yes, parade.

- Hey, are you kidding?
- No, I'm not kidding.

Rig my trapeze in a wagon.

Gertrude. Gertrude, help birdie
with the wardrobe. Hurry.

Dave. Dave, find merle.
Tell him to get the band together.

But they can't play without...

If the instruments are busted,
tell him they can sing.

Here. Never mind the wreck.
Get the show rolling. Hurry.

- I can beat a drum, even with one hand.
- Not until I'm through with you.

You're doing all right
where you are, sugar.

What are you doing?

Will you two stop it?
You'll kill this man.

Twenty-five.

So long, Brad.

I'll bring all the elephants
that can walk,

and the ones that can't, I'll carry.

You keep him going, buttons.
We'll roll the show.

God bless you.

Thirty.

Buttons,

which one are you trying
to save him for?

Scars covered by grease paint,

bandages hidden by funny wigs,

the spangled pied Piper limps into town.

Come on, folks,
tie yourself to a balloon!

Float out and see the circus!

Come on, come on! Follow us!

Come to the circus!

This is the first time
I've been alone with you

since that wonderful night
in Paris, and I love it.

Look, sugar,
I love you because you're rh negative.

Not to you, chérie.

- Come on!
- Come on!

We've got them, merle.

They're coming with us.
Hit the circus song.

Come fo the circus

the greatest show on earth

come fo the circus

see the circus

if we're not very careful

life can overwork us

so take today

and make it gay

for there are too many
tears along the way

so come to the circus

it's circus day today

come see the barkers

and the gawkers

the bareback riders

and the fearless tightrope walkers

the cuddly bears do their routine

the greatest extravaganza

the world has ever seen

the big Calliope will play

and 50 pachyderms will play

you'll see a hawker dressed in gray

shouting,
"peanuts, popcorn and lemonade”

the human cannonball will zoom

as trumpets blare
ahd bass drums boom

to entertain your mom and pop

as we go under the great big top

Working on the rig.

Get them ready for the show.

Is that the flying comets' rig?

Yeah.

We've only got four poles.

Rig it over ring three.

- Hey, Russ.
- Yes, boss?

Have whitey climb up
and see if they're in sight yet.

- How do you feel?
- Never mind that. Just take off.

- And see if the menagerie...
- Brad, Brad, take it easy.

Doc, maybe you can keep him quiet.
I give up.

You did a great job, buttons.
A great job.

Thank you, doc. It's my last.

Looks like you ran into a little trouble.

If I were in the junk business,
I might make you an offer.

Vultures even follow train wrecks.

Braden,

- you're all washed up.
- We'll give a show.

Without an audience?

Hey, you hear that?

Brad? You hear it?

The pied Piper.

What's that?

That's a ratcatcher, Mr. Henderson.

What?

You know, great rats, small rats,
lean rats, scrawny rats,

brown rats, black rats,
gray rats, tawny rats.

They made it. Listen to that band.

Hey, whitey, can you see them yet?

I see them, Brad!

Wow! Look at them come!

They got the whole town with them!

Thank god.

Think I'll go have a look.

I'll say this much for you, Braden.
You're good circus.

I'll wait till you're back
on your feet again,

then I'll knock you off them for good.

Why don't you stay and see
the show, Henderson?

There'll be standing room.

I'm sorry, doc.

I couldn't take a chance
with that crowd coming.

Yeah, yeah. I know.

I'd kind of like to shake
your hand before...

You're all right.

Buttons...

What can a man say?

Well, take care of yourself, Brad.

Tell Holly I'm going to keep that date
with that girl she knows about.

Where's my hat?

Here's a present for you.

Come on, squeaker.

Do you want a bite
of my candy bar, buttons?

No, thanks, honey. I'm not very hungry.

Squeaker likes candy, don't you?

- I'll tell you, why don't you take him?
- Don't you want him?

Yeah, I want him,
but I can't take him where I'm going.

Here. Don't feed him too much popcorn
or he'll pop.

Thanks.

- Well, keep the show rolling, Brad.
- Hey, buttons, what's this...

And why don't you tell Holly
Brad wants to see her?

Come on. Let's go.

You kids want popcorn? Yeah!

Merle, spot the band
between those seat wagons.

We got the webs rigged
to the star boom, Holly.

Keep them out of the way
of the alzana wire.

Antoinette, take your web girls
up to the big pole.

Lou, you work the center ring
with loni and the chaludis.

Honey, use my trapeze.
Yours is busted.

Give them a hula bubble bath, Phyllis.

Yes. In the elephant tub.

Hey, rusty. Follow captain high.

Right, Sebastian.

Well, what happened to you, sugar?

You must have gotten
some of Brad's blood.

You walking people,
get back by the bubble float.

Holly, Brad wants you!

Okay. Coffee, everybody,
after the spec at the grease joint.

Ladies and gentlemen,

we bring you a new innovation.

The greatest assembly
of artists in the world

will entertain you under the blue canopy
of the open sky.

Golly, Brad, you sure look better
than when I saw you last.

- Yeah, sure, but...
- No, no! Put the idnavies in the center!

Brad, what I said last night. I'm sorry.
I didn't mean it.

- Well, I'm not. Listen...
- Brad, aren't you proud of me?

You should have seen us.
We panicked them.

We're not gonna have enough seats
out there to hold them.

I nearly folded last night.

It made me see what I've been missing.

You know what I'm gonna do?
We're gonna parade around the track...

Would you listen to what I'm trying
to tell you? I love you.

- I know, but we're ready to start.
- Holly...

After the show, huh, Brad?

Judas priest!

You got nothing but sawdust
in your veins!

Children of all ages,

the big show is about to commence.

Well, looks like we're out in the cold.

Perhaps we should keep
each other warm, huh?

Listen, sugar, the only way
you can keep me warm

is to wrap me up in a marriage license.

Why not?
That would be something new.

Let her go, Holly!

Roll it, merle!
Plenty of brass and make it loud!

Come fo the circus

come on along and see

hooray for lions

and the camels

you'll have fun
and look at all the other mammals

come see the clowns

who play their part

they'll wear a smile
that hides a broken heart

tremendous

stupendous

the circus show shall be

the bengal tiger

and the lion

the trapeze artist does a leap

that's death-defyin'

a land of mirth

your money's worth

come on along to the circus

the greatest show on earth

that's all, ladies and gentlemen.
That's all.

Come again
to the greatest show on earth.

Bring the children. Bring the old folks.

You can shake the sawdust
off your feet,

but you can't shake it out of your heart.

Come again, folks.

The greatest show on earth!

Come again.