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Carnival of the Poisoned Rose

Spoken
Ladies and gentlemen welcome to the Carnival of the Poisoned Rose.
Before I introduce your hostess, I’d like to remind you that as you watch the show…
Don’t look away

Dancing bears and acrobats
Tiny dwarfs with great big hats
Lion tamers tigers too
Elephants and petting zoos

Sideshow folk and crazy clowns
Horsemanship of great renown
Games of skill and if you dare
The fortune teller’s over there

A trapeze act you won’t believe
Such fearlessness you’ve never seen
A strong man that could lift a house
An ape and his pet cotton mouse

Carnival has just begun
Come on in and have some fun
Admission is just twenty cents
Buy a dream you won’t forget

Spoken
Bring your boys and girls, your sweethearts and your spouses
May they never meet
We have something for everyone!
From low to high to high to low, from Madagascar to the fields of Wyoming
We bring you the exotic

Magic acts & sleight of hand
A fire breather leads the band
Dancing girls & tasty treats
We’ve got it all so take your seats


Carnival has just begun
Come on in and have some fun
Admission is just twenty cents
Buy a dream you won’t forget

We’ve traveled far and everywhere
To find talent beyond compare
We’re mystical, a little strange
All of this for some pocket change

Carnival has just begun
Come on in and have some fun
Admission is just twenty cents
Buy a dream you won’t forget

Spoken
Ladies and Gentlemen, as promised
It is my very great honor to present to you
The owner and master of this most entertaining show on earth
The lovely namesake of the carnival herself
Rosie

Now you’re here the curtains close
Welcome to the poisoned rose
We have delights don’t look away
It’s time that we get underway

Come and see the center ring
The one that you’re all here to see
(her) Name is Madame de la Vie
The reigning queen of the trapeze

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from Carnival of the Poisoned Rose, released June 17, 2014

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Founded by Robert Hazelton, formerly of Abney Park, and Erica Hazelton, DNBS is a goth rock dark wave project.

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