Biography:
Loudon Wainwright III (born 5 September 1946 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA) is an American songwriter, folk singer, humorist, and actor. He is the father of Rufus Wainwright and Martha Wainwright , children of his marriage to the late Kate McGarrigle. In 1970 he acquired a record deal with Atlantic Records, who released his first album.
A graduate of St. Andrew's School, Wainwright is best known for a 1972 novelty song hit Dead Skunk (in the Middle of the Road)
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Other songs:
- Daughter
- Dead Shunk In The Middle Of The Road
- Dead Skunk In The Middle Of The Road
- Drinking Song
- Got A Ukulele
- Hard Day On The Planet
- Tip That Waitress
- When You Leave
- A Year
- Black Uncle Remus
- Cardboard Boxes
- Dead Man
- Dilated To Meet You
- Donations
- Dreaming
- Four Mirrors
- Ghost Blues
- Glad To See Youve Got Your Religion
- Good Ship Venus
- Grey In La
- Grown Man
- Harlan County
- Heaven
- High Wide Handsome
- Hollywood Hopeful
- Homeless
- Human Cannonball
- I Had A Dream
- I Know Im Unhappy
- I Suppose
- Im Alright
- In C
- Iwiwal
- Love And I Hate It
- Lullaby
- Man And Dog
- Men
- Motel Blues
- Muse Blues
- New Paint
- One Man Guy
- Over The Hill
- Pretty Good Day
- Primrose Hill
- Prince Hals Dirge
- Reciprocity
- Road Ode
- School Days
- So Damn Happy
- Sometimes I Forget
- Strange Weirdos
- Strange Wierdos
- Suddenly Its Christmas
- Surviving Twin
- Swimming Song
- The Days That We Die
- The Picture
- The Shit Song
- Therapy
- Turkish Revelry
- Unfriendly Skies
- Unhappy Anniversary
- Unrequited To The Nth Degree
- Valley Morning
- What Gives
- White Winos
- You Cant Fail Me Now
- Your Mother And I
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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
Am F C
The Human Cannonball
Intro:
C F Am F C
C F
Emmanuel Zucchini Senior
Am F C
The Human Cannonball
C F Am
Died in Sarasota Monday
F G
Eighty-four was all
F Am
From Italy in Thirty-four
F G
John Ringling brought him here
C F
Broken neck in Fifty-one
Am F C
Ended his career
C F Am
But in those years in between
F C
Seventeen in all
C F Am
Few flew as fast or as far
F G
As the Cannonball
F Am
Fifty-eight yards and one foot
F G
Was the distance that he went
C F Am
Fifty-four miles in an hour
F C
The speed that he was sent
Solo:
C F Am F C
C F Am F G
F G F Am
C F Am F C
C F Am
Two of his brothers and two daughters
F C
Nine grandchildren in all
C F Am
And the one great grandchild
F G
Survive the Cannonball
F Am
He died on Monday where he lived
F G
It happens to us all
C F Am
Shot through the air expecting nets
F C
A flight and then a fall
C F
Emmanuel Zucchini Senior
Am F C
The Human Cannonball
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