Come Take a Trip in my Airship (1904)

Rendition by Welsh-born baritone singer J. W. Myers of a song composed in 1904 by fellow countryman George "Honey Boy" Evans and written by the American Ren Shields. The song would go on to be recorded, with slight variations, by a string of popular musicians including Jonny Cash and more recently Natalie Merchant.

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