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1943 HITS ARCHIVE: The Surrey With The Fringe On Top - Alfred Drake (“Oklahoma!” cast album)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Alfred Drake
Alfred Drake
Performer
Jay Blackton
Jay Blackton
Conductor
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Oscar Hammerstein II
Oscar Hammerstein II
Lyrics
Richard Rodgers
Richard Rodgers
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jack Kapp
Jack Kapp
Producer

Lyrics

When I take you out tonight with me
Honey, here's the way it's gonna be
You will set behind a team of snow-white horses
In the slickest gig you'll ever see
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 an' see how it flutters
When I drive them high-steppin' strutters
Nosy pokes'll peek through their shutters and their eyes will pop
The wheels are yellow, the upholstery's brown
The dashboard's genuine leather
With isinglass curtains you 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 yer rig if yer thinkin' that I'd care to swap
Fer that shiny little surrey with the fringe on the top
I can see the stars gittin' blurry
When we ride back home in the surrey
Ridin' 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—kerplop
The sun is swimmin' on the rim of the hill
The moon is takin' a header
And jist as I'm thinkin' all the earth is still
A lark'll wake up in the meader
Hush, you bird, my baby's a sleepin'
Maybe got a dream worth a keepin'
Whoa, you team, an' jist keep a creepin'
At a slow clip clop
Don't you hurry little surrey
With the fringe on the top
Written by: Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers

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