Circus Song: Here comes the....

Subject: Oh how much I love the circus
From: GUEST,circus fan
Date: 01 May 11 - 11:50 PM

Hello,

I remember in gradeschool, we used to sing a song that went something like this:

Here comes the marching band
Tra la tra la tra ta Tra la la
Here comes the marching band
Tra la tra la tra LA
Zing zing tra la la la
Zing zing tra la la la
Oh how much I love the circus tra la la boom boom!

And then it would go on to other verses (something like "here come the dancing bears, tra la...etc.).

A google search has yielded no results.

Has anyone heard/sang this song before? Do you know it's name/if there a recording out there?

Any help is appreciated, thanks!

Subject: RE: Circus Song
From: GUEST,circus fan
Date: 08 May 11 - 04:00 PM

No one has any ideas on this? :(

Subject: RE: Circus Song
From: clueless don
Date: 09 May 11 - 10:19 AM

Was it sung to the traditional circus tune? I believe the actual title of the tune is "The Entrance (or Entry) of the Gladiators".

Don

Subject: RE: Circus Song
From: GUEST
Date: 31 May 11 - 04:05 AM

Thank you for the reply! Unfortunately, no it, wasn't to the tune of entrance of the gladiators :/.

Subject: RE: Circus Song: Here comes the....
From: GUEST,circus fan
Date: 15 Jan 12 - 05:18 AM

For anyone who cares about this, I finally found the song! It's apparently called Circus Parade by Milton Kaye. I found it at the following site, and I had some of the lyrics wrong (not surprising, since I probably sang the sang around 20 years ago in school):

http://www.wadsworthmedia.com/marketing/sample_chapters/0534528260_ch05.pdf

The lyrics are:

Oh here comes the circus band
Ta ra ra ra, Ta ra ra ra ra
Here comes the circus band
Ta ra ra ra ra
Zing zing ta ra ra ra
Zing zing ta ra ra ra
Oh how much I love the circus ta ra ra boom boom!