Take Me Up to Palisades Park (1909)

The Music of
Palisades Amusement Park

Take Me Up To Palisades Park words and music by Nate Walker

(c) 1909 Nate Walker

respectfully dedicated to the memory of Mr. A.H. Dexter

Said Carrie to Larry
Now don't be contrary,
I'm not going down to the Isle.
It's too far to roam and I've got to get home.
I can only stay out for a while.
We'll just take a ferry. Go up in the airy,
High up on the old Palisade.
There's always a breeze
In the "Park with the Trees",
We'll roam through the woods in the shade.

Take me up, up, up, up,
High up to Palisades Park
For up there we can spoon by the light of the moon.
The best place I know for a lark.
Whirl me 'round, 'round, 'round, 'round,
Thro' a waltz or a two-step we'll glide.
With the cooing and wooing there's now something doing,
On the Jersey side.

Some say that it's slow, o'er in Jersey you know,
But I'll tell you Kid on the square.
For having some fun, why this place takes the bun.
You will say that I'm right when you're there.
We'll take a joy ride see the airship beside.
We'll act like two fool kids if we please
We'll go spend the day
Right in sight of Broadway
Up there in the "Park with the Trees".

Take me up, up, up, up,
High up to Palisades Park
For up there we can spoon by the light of the moon.
The best place I know for a lark.
Whirl me 'round, 'round, 'round, 'round,
Thro' a waltz or a two-step we'll glide.
With the cooing and wooing there's now something doing,
On the Jersey side.