A fantasy love song set in a blimp, 1904
words by Ren Shields
music by George Evans
A vaudeville favorite by the writers of In the Good Old Summer Time (1902). The airship was invented in 1852. This pilot has advanced skill and can even date and propose in flight.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- I love a sailor, the sailor loves me
And sails every night to my home
He’s not a sailor that sails o’er the sea
Or over the wild briny foam
For he owns an airship and sails up on high
He’s just like a bird on the wing
And when the shadows of evening draw nigh
He’ll sail to my window and sing
Chorus
Come, take a trip in my airship
Come, take a sail ‘mong the stars
Come, have a ride around Venus
Come, have a spin around Mars
No one to watch while we’re kissing
No one to see while we spoon
Come, take a trip in my airship
And we’ll visit the man in the moon
- One night, while sailing away from the crowds
We passed through the milky white way
Just idly sailing and watching the clouds
He asked me if I’d name the day
And right near the dipper I gave him my heart
The sun shines on our honeymoon
We swore from each other we never would part
And teach all the babies this tune
Sung here by Fred Feild: