# Circus-themed party music

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-themed-party-music/793336>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 11, 2017, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-themed-party-music/793336 "2017-08-11T14:53:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-themed-party-music/793336/41 "2017-08-12T22:42:43Z")

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One more, from James “Moondoggie” Darren:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/_vQN-zWELWg/maxresdefault.jpg "James Darren - Goodbye Cruel World") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vQN-zWELWg)

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-themed-party-music/793336/42 "2017-08-12T23:08:31Z")

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The Band: [W.S. Walcott Medicine Show](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPFuS-lw-sI)

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**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-themed-party-music/793336/43 "2017-08-14T09:52:05Z")

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Three Dog Night version of ‘The Show Must Go On’ already mentioned, but co-written by Leo Sayer, who [dressed in clown makeup](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6gEkfwozhE) at this stage in his career, when he had a reasonable hit with the song.

Also [Gypsies Tramps and Thieves](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsFaVxcUMhQ) by Cher should count as the saga of a girl born in the wagon of a travelling show.

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-themed-party-music/793336/44 "2017-08-14T13:10:47Z")

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> [@Rebo](#):
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> Highwire by Leon Russell

This should be _Tightrope_ by Leon Russell.

:smack:

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-themed-party-music/793336/45 "2017-08-14T13:16:51Z")

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> [@digs](#):
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> Dar Williams does a song about running away to join the circus. It’s on Cry Cry Cry… (side project band she was in)

So does Kim Richey. _The Circus Song._

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**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-themed-party-music/793336/46 "2017-08-16T14:26:23Z")

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[Don’t Stop the Carnival](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTJKpV0JJwY) - Alan Price Set (1968)  
and [Simon Smith and his Amazing Dancing Bear](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8zI5xjwKYw) also by the Alan Price Set (1967) sort of fits, too!

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