A popular song from 1909.
Words by Junie McCree.
Music by Albert Von Tilzer.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- When sweet Molly Ryan declared
That aeroplane riding she dared
Her sweetheart began to think of a plan
Where they could be wed overhead, so he said
“I will get an airship right away
A neat one to hold about two”
Then smiling with joy, she said to her boy
“You’re the captain and I am the crew”
Chorus
Take me up, up, up with you dearie
Away up to the sky
Sail around the moon for a quiet spoon
Just the parson you and I
Let us float, float, float through the clouds
And just have a lot of fun
We’ll go up, up, up as two
And then come down as one
- Now Molly goes up ev’ry day
While Barney her sweetheart must stay
Alone down below where messages go
Of wireless love to his dove far above
And then Molly replies “Don’t you see
Just three letters C Q and D
Their meaning is clear, it’s come quickly dear”
Then he answers, “Oh, please wait for me”
Sung here by Vancha March: