DESCRIPTION:
America's most famous sideshow attraction, who stole the hearts of the world and became the inspiration for Pepper on American Horror Story!

lyrics:

Released from a mental institute
To a sword swallower who took pity
Taken by the hand
And returned to the city
Oh, Schlitzie, you were free!
Free to entertain
But, Schlitzie
Did you ever show your pain?

Traveled the world wide over
On screen and stage
Seven decades of performances
Debuted three years of age
Oh, Schlitzie, they banned that film of yours
In England for thirty years
But, Schlitzie
Did they ever hide your tears?

Passed from one owner to another
Sold from one promoter to the next
In side shows, carnivals, circuses and freak shows
Billed as the last of the Aztecs
Is it a pinhead, a missing link, is it a monkey,
Is it a girl, is it a boy?
But, Schlitzie
No one ever guessed your joy?

Schlitzie's smile, oh, Schlitzie's smile
All the wonder of a child
I've never seen anything beguile
Like Schlitzie's smile