<P> The following century, the song inspired the 1934 short story The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze by William Saroyan . The film Man on the Flying Trapeze came out in 1935, starring W.C. Fields and Mary Brian . </P> <P> This song is sometimes associated with Emmett Kelly, who performed as a trapeze artist before becoming famous as a clown . </P> <P> Comedian Walter O'Keefe recorded the song in 1934, which became his theme song whenever he appeared on radio or television . It was later recorded by Don Redman & His Orchestra (1936), Eddie Cantor, Burl Ives, Cliff "Ukulele Ike" Edwards, Spike Jones, Ian Whitcomb, Les Paul & Mary Ford, Bing Crosby (for his 1962 album On the Happy Side), Alvin and the Chipmunks, Crispin Hellion Glover, Graham Parker, and Bruce Springsteen, among others . It also appeared (as "Fying Beat") on the MGM album The Beatles with Tony Sheridan & Guests, performed by The Titans . In 1994, the people at Disney wrote their own lyrics of this song for the Mickey's Fun Songs home video: "Let's Go to the Circus". JibJab also used this song to reflect the events that occurred in the year 2010, dubbed as "So Long To Ya, 2010". </P> <P> A version preceding the Fields film was performed by the Our Gang (Little Rascals) kids as the International Silver String Submarine Band in the 1934 short film Mike Fright . A second Our Gang rendition, by Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, was later included in the 1939 short Clown Princes . </P>

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