Blossom Dearie - The Surrey With The Fringe On Top

Chicks and ducks and geese better scurry
When I take you out in the surrey,
When I take you out in the surrey with the fringe on top!
Watch that fringe and see how it flutters
When I drive them high steppin' strutters.
Nosey pokes'll peek thru' their shutters and their eyes will pop!

The wheels are yeller, the upholstery's brown,
The dashboard's genuine leather,
With isinglass curtains y' can roll right down,
In case there's a change in the weather.

Two bright sidelight's winkin' and blinkin',
Ain't no finer rig I'm a-thinkin'
You c'n keep your rig if you're thinkin' 'at I'd keer to swap
For that shiny, little surrey with the fringe on the top!

~~~♫♫♫~~~

The sun is swimmin' on the rim of the hill;
The moon is takin' a header,
And just as I'm thinkin' all the earth is still,
A lark'll wake up in the medder.

Hush, you bird, my baby's a-sleepin'!
Maybe got a dream worth a-keepin'
Whoa! you team, and just keep a-creepin' at a slow clip clop.
Don't you hurry with the surrey with the fringe on the top!

I'll take you out in the surrey
I'll take you out in the surrey
I'll take you out in the surrey with the fringe on top!

I'll take you out in the surrey
I'll take you out in the surrey
I'll take you out in the surrey with the fringe on top!