The Day I Jumped From Uncle Harvey’s Plane Lyrics - Roger Miller

Me 'n' Oliver 'n' Virgil was in the drugstore killing time 

When my eyes fell upon this magazine 

And I got to reading this article on sky-diving and parachuting 

And it said jumping out of air-planes was the thing 

Now being raised down on a farm and always ready for adventure 

I knew that I could figure out a way 

I said "Well Delmer Gill's got a parachute and Uncle Harvey's got an air-plane" 

So I said "Call the boys together, today's the day" 

Well I found out too late what Uncle Harvey called an air-plane 

Was nothing but an engine and a wing 

And I could feel my fear a-rising as Delmer packed the parachute 

'Cos he kept telling me I was doing the right thing 

Ron McLoughlin shook my hand as JD strapped me in the harness 

And Tildon brought a jug and passed it around 

I took one look at that parachute and that whisky and that air-plane 

And I turned that bottle up and drank it down 

Well I was drunker'n Cooter Jones when they poured me in the plane 

The engine coughed and headed for the clouds 

But I was sober as a judge by the time they opened up the door 

And I've never known my heart to beat so loud 

I said, "Harvey, I can't do it" as he kicked me out the door 

And I wrapped my hands around the landing gear 

And I was holding on real good 'til Harvey stepped down on my fingers 

And Virgil said he heard me scream from way down there 

Well I thanked God and Delmer Gill when my parachute finally opened 

I said "Well, hell there ain't no use in being afraid" 

And I went crashing through the hen house, scattering chickens and breaking eggs 

And I kissed the ground and fainted dead away 

Now friends I've done some fighting, and I've been shot at once or twice 

And I've durn near been run over by a train 

But I don't think I remember being any more afraid 

Than the day I jumped from Uncle Harvey's plane