Capo 3
Intro:
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Emmanuel Zucchini 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
Solo:
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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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Emmanuel Zucchini Senior
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The Human Cannonball
