Up in a Balloon (II)

DESCRIPTION: "I am, as you know, a Madison belle, Who did captivate once a magnificent swell." They court, they agree to marry -- but all his money has gone "up there" -- "up in a balloon." The wedding goes ahead -- but the groom has flown away
AUTHOR: H. B/ Farnie (source: Spaeth-ReadEmAndWeep)
EARLIEST DATE: 1869 (source: Spaeth-ReadEmAndWeep)
KEYWORDS: love courting wedding money humorous abandonment | balloon disappearance
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Spaeth-ReadEmAndWeep, pp. 62-63 "Up in a Balloon" (1 text, 1 tune)
Old-Clowns-Whoa-January-Songster, pp. 34-35, "Up in das Palloon" (1 text, a "Dutch" parody of this)
Roud #38008
NOTES [38 words]: Spaeth-ReadEmAndWeep calls this "The forerunner of all modern automobile and flying-machine songs."
The "Up in a Palloon" version is clearly a parody, but it's so close in plot that I'd still consider it mostly the same song. - RBW
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