Biography:
Donald Peers was a music hall artist born in Wales, 10th July 1908, and one of five children.He came to prominence on BBC radio after the 1939/45 war when he had his own half-hour programme on a Sunday. He had a number of top ten records in the U.K. but lost popularity after a reported marital scandal as his target audience was mainly female. Also the advent of rock and roll in the early fifties didn't help his career. he died 9th August 1973.
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Verse 1]
D7 G E7 C
Oh, once I was happy, but now I'm forlorn,
D7 G D7
Like an old coat that is tatter'd and torn.
G E7 C
I'm left in this wide world to fret and to mourn,
D7 G
Betrayed by a maid in her teens.
[Verse 2]
Em B7 Em
Now this girl that I loved, she was handsome and swell,
Em B7 Em
And I tried all I knew her to please;
Em B7 Em A7
But I never could please her one quarter so well,
A7 D7
As that man on the flying trapeze.
[Chorus]
G E7 A7
Oh, he flies thro' the air with the greatest of ease,
D7 G D7
The daring young man on the flying trapeze.
G E7 A7
His movements are graceful; all girls he does please,
D7 G
And my love he has purloined away.
D7 G E7 C
Oh, once I was happy, but now I'm forlorn,
D7 G D7
Like an old coat that is tatter'd and torn.
G E7 C
I'm left in this wide world to fret and to mourn,
D7 G
Betrayed by a maid in her teens.
[Verse 2]
Em B7 Em
Now this girl that I loved, she was handsome and swell,
Em B7 Em
And I tried all I knew her to please;
Em B7 Em A7
But I never could please her one quarter so well,
A7 D7
As that man on the flying trapeze.
[Chorus]
G E7 A7
Oh, he flies thro' the air with the greatest of ease,
D7 G D7
The daring young man on the flying trapeze.
G E7 A7
His movements are graceful; all girls he does please,
D7 G
And my love he has purloined away.
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