How about this, to the tue of "The Teddy Bears' Picnic"

A Funeral Service for Shorty

If you go down to Springfield today
You're in for a big surprise
The sights you'll see in Springfield today
You'll never believe your eyes
For circus folk from far and from near
Will smile and laugh, perhaps shed a tear
Today's the day, a funeral service for Shorty

If you can see the Big Top today
There's music and flags and drums
Elephants pulling a hearse today
They're cheering as Shorty comes
He died on the road, from friends far away
They kept him on ice for this special day
Today's the day, a funeral service for Shorty.

Shorty groomed the elephants
He fed and tended the elephants for fifty years
Four foot seven tending elephants
Buffing their tusks, combing their tails and cleaning their ears
Shorty's whole life was elephants
In Florida, and Texas, and on TV shows too
Though now he's dead, the show must go on
Let jugglers juggle, and clowns toot a horn
Today's the day, a funeral service for Shorty.

If you go down to Springfield today
The ringmaster with his whip
The tightrope walkers, acrobats too
Will jump with a double flip
The horses prance, the lions roar loud
There's never been such a great circus crowd
Today's the day, a funeral service for Shorty.