Taking A Trip Up The Hudson - Billy Murray (1904)
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"Taking A Trip Up The Hudson"
Words and music by William M. Redmond.
The song is from 1902.
"Taking A Trip Up The Hudson" is about travelling up the Hudson River in eastern New York State on a steamboat. One would start on a wharf in New York City and travel north.
Hudson River steamboats were developed by Robert Fulton around the time Americans and British fought the War of 1812.
Hudson River steamboats have two paddlewheels located in the center of the boat on either side. So they are called "sidewheel steamers." Mississippi River steamboats have a single, wide paddlewheel at the rear or stern of a vessel.
When the summer's aglow, and the wealthy folk go,
Seeking pleasure in lands o'er the foam,
Ev'ry laddie and lass, of the poor working class,
Find plenty of pleasure near home;
For the world has no sight, like the Hudson by night,
Even Switzerland cannot compare.
With its mountains serene, looking down on the scene,
How I wish once again I were there.
Taking a trip up the Hudson,
Gracefully gliding along,
Watching the beautiful mountains,
Soft winds ahumming a song;
Sweethearts are whispering love words,
'Neath the pale moon's silv'ry light,
Taking a trip up the Hudson on a moonlight night.
"Taking A Trip Up The Hudson" Billy Murray cylinder Taking a trip up the Hudson on a moonlight night
Words and music by William M. Redmond.
The song is from 1902.
"Taking A Trip Up The Hudson" is about travelling up the Hudson River in eastern New York State on a steamboat. One would start on a wharf in New York City and travel north.
Hudson River steamboats were developed by Robert Fulton around the time Americans and British fought the War of 1812.
Hudson River steamboats have two paddlewheels located in the center of the boat on either side. So they are called "sidewheel steamers." Mississippi River steamboats have a single, wide paddlewheel at the rear or stern of a vessel.
When the summer's aglow, and the wealthy folk go,
Seeking pleasure in lands o'er the foam,
Ev'ry laddie and lass, of the poor working class,
Find plenty of pleasure near home;
For the world has no sight, like the Hudson by night,
Even Switzerland cannot compare.
With its mountains serene, looking down on the scene,
How I wish once again I were there.
Taking a trip up the Hudson,
Gracefully gliding along,
Watching the beautiful mountains,
Soft winds ahumming a song;
Sweethearts are whispering love words,
'Neath the pale moon's silv'ry light,
Taking a trip up the Hudson on a moonlight night.
"Taking A Trip Up The Hudson" Billy Murray cylinder Taking a trip up the Hudson on a moonlight night