The Surrey With The Fringe On Top Lyrics - Blossom Dearie

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 yellow, 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 sidelights winkin' and blinkin' 

Ain't no finer rig I'm a thinkin' 

You can keep your rig if you're thinkin' 

'At I'd care to swap 

For that shiny little surrey 

With the fringe on the top 

Did you say the fringe was made of silk 

Wouldn't have no other kind but silk 

Has it really got a team of snow white horses 

One's like snow, the other's more like milk 

So y' c'n tell them apart 

All the world 'll fly in a flurry 

When I take you out in the surrey 

When I take you out in the surrey 

With the fringe on top 

When we hit that road hell for leather 

Cats and dogs 'll dance in the heather 

Birds and frogs 'll sing altogether 

And the toads 'll hop 

The wind 'll whistle as we rattle along 

The cow 'll moo in the clover 

The river 'll ripple out a whispered song 

And whisper it over and over 

Don't you wisht it'd go on forever 

Don't you wisht it'd go on forever 

Don't you wisht it'd go on forever 

And it'd never stop 

In that shiny little surrey 

With the fringe on top 

I can see the stars gettin' blurry 

As we ride back home in the surrey 

Riding slowly home in the surrey 

With the fringe on top 

I can feel the day gettin' older 

Feel a sleepy head near my shoulder 

Noddin', droopin' close to my shoulder 

'Til it falls ker-plop 

The sun is swimmin' on the rim of a 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 meader 

Hush you bird my baby is sleepin' 

Maybe got a dream worth a keepin' 

Whoa you team, just keep a creepin' 

At a slow clip-clop 

Don't you hurry with the surrey 

With the fringe on the top