Up In A Balloon - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
UP IN A BALLOON. 
One night I went up in a balloon, On a voyage of discovery, to visit the moon, Where an old man lives, so some people say, "Through cutting up sticks on a Sunday. Up went the balloon quickly, higher and higher, Over house-top and chimney-pot, tower and spire; I knock'd off the monument's top very nigh, And caught hold of the cross of St. Paul's going by. 
Chorus. Up in a balloon, up in a balloon, All among the little stars, sailing 'round the moon; Up in a balloon, up in a balloon, It's something awful jolly to be up in a balloon. 
Up I was borne, with terrible power, At the rate of ten thousand five hundred an hour; The air was cold, the wind blew loud-I narrowly escaped being choked by a cloud; Still up I went, till surrounded by stars, The big and the little Bear loudly did growl, And such planets as Jupiter, Venus And Mars; And the Dog-Star on seeing me set up a howl.-Chorus. 
I met shooting stars who were bent upon sport, But who "shot" in a very strange manner, I thought; And one thing beat all, by chalks, I must say, That was when I got into the milky way; I collided the stars, till at last I thought I'd found out how much they were worth by the quart; An unpolite "aerolite." who ran 'gainst my car, Wouldn't give e'er a light to light my cigar.-Chorus. 
Next a comet went by, 'midst fire like hail, To give me a lift I seized hold of his tail, To where he was going I didn't euquire; We'd gone past the moon till we couldn't get higher; Yes, we'd got to the furthermost-don't think I joke-When somehow I felt a great shock-I awoke! When, instead of a balloon, moon and planets, I saw I'd tumbled from off my bed unto the floor.-Chorus.