Come, take a trip in my air ship by Geo. Evans and Ren Shields

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Object Details

Author

Evans, George 1870-1915

Robinson, Ethel

Shields, Ren 1868-1913

Starmer

Bella C. Landauer Collection of Aeronautical Sheet Music (Smithsonian Institution. Libraries) DSI

Chas. K. Harris (Firm)

Robert Teller Sons & Dorner

Subject

Evans, George 1870-1915

Robinson, Ethel

Shields, Ren 1868-1913

Notes

"Introduced & sung by Ethel Robinson"

"Teller, Sons & Dorner, New-York."--Colophon

First line of chorus: Come, take a trip in my air-ship

For voice and piano

Illustrated title page depicts couple flying in an airship with an American flag at night with moon and stars in the sky. Inset photos of George Evans, Ren Shields and Ethel Robinson. Cover by Starmer (cropped?)

Publisher's advertisement on page [2], with first page of music of Fairy moon by Chas. K. Harris, and on verso of page 5, containing musical incipits of 11 other songs, chiefly by Chas. K. Harris

Words by Ren Shields, music by George Evans

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Date

1904

1901-1910

1900-1910

Call number

M1 .B4

Type

Songs and music

Portraits

Physical description

1 score (5 pages) 34 cm

Place

United States

Data Source

Smithsonian Libraries

Topic

Airships

Love songs

Popular music

Songs with piano

Flags--American

Moon

Night

Stars

American

Metadata Usage

CC0

Record ID

siris_sil_978472