Folk Songs About the Circus and Acrobats

Walking On A Wire Richard & Linda Thompson
Richard Thompson's "The Great Valerio"
Patty Griffin's Trapeze
Katy Moffatt's "The Greatest Show on Earth" (later changed to Evangeline Cafe)
Carol Chapelle made a slightly risque record called "I Married an
Acrobat" sometime in the 1940s or 1950s. (covered recently by Dust Poets)
Paul Simon's "Graceland,"
Annie Gallup has two circus songs
Jonatha Brooke's,  Back in the Circus

Additional song suggestions? Email Richard Gillmann