这首歌乃出自史帝芬．桑代姆（Stephen Sondheim)于1973年为百老汇音乐剧《小夜曲（A Little Night Music)》所作，"Send in the Clowns"经由Judy Collins的美声诠释之后成为这出戏里最受欢迎的歌曲，而史帝芬．桑代姆也因这首歌的获奖而名列当代音乐剧大师之一。

后此曲经过多人演绎，如：

Julie Andrews 、Glenn Close 、Vivian Blaine、Barbra Streisand 、Judy Collins

Send in the Clowns

Isn’t it rich?

Are we a pair?

Me here at last on the ground,

You in mid-air.

Send in the clowns.

Isn’t it bliss?

Don’t you approve?

One who can’t move.

Where are the clowns?

Send in the clowns.

Just when I’d stopped opening doors,

Finally knowing the one that I wanted was yours,

Making my entrance again with my usual flair,

Sure of my lines,

No one is there.

Don’t you love farce?

My fault I fear.

I thought that you’d want what I want.

Sorry, my dear.

But where are the clowns?

Quick, send in the clowns.

Don’t bother, they’re here.

Isn’t it rich?

Isn’t it queer,

Losing my timing this late

my career?

And where are the clowns?

There ought to be clowns.

Well, maybe next year.

在2010温哥华冬奥会花样滑冰短节目的比赛上，德国选手萨维琴科、索尔科维选用了乐曲《小丑进场》。