Surrey With the Fringe on Top
Rodgers Lyrics

When I take you out, tonight, with me
I'm taking you out tonight, honey

Honey here's the way it's goin' to be
Here's what's going to happen

You will set behind a team of snow white horses
You'll sit behind a team of beautiful white horses

In the slickest gig you every see
In the fanciest carriage you've ever laid your eyes on

Chicks and ducks and geese better scurry
The animals will move out of the way when they see us coming

When I take you out in the surrey
When I take you out in the carriage

When I take you out in the surrey with the fringe on top
When I take you out in the fancy carriage with the decorative fringes

Watch the fringe and see how it flutters
Look at how the decorative fringes move in the wind

When I drive them high steppin' strutters
When I drive those majestic horses

Nosey pokes will peek thru their shutters and their eyes will pop
People will peek out of their windows to see us and be amazed

The wheels are yeller, the upholstery's brown
The wheels are yellow and the seats are brown

The dashboard's genuine leather
The dashboard is made of real leather

With isinglass curtain's you can roll right down in case there's a change in the weather
There are curtains made of a clear waterproof material that we can roll down if it starts raining

Two bright sidelights winking and blinking
There are two bright lights on the sides that twinkle

Ain't no finer rig I'm a thinking
I don't think there's any better carriage than this one

You can keep your rig if you thinking that I'd keer to swap
You can keep your carriage if you think I'd want to trade it for anything

Fer that shiny surrey with the fringe on the top!
For this shiny carriage with the decorative fringes!

All the world will fly in a flurry
Everyone will be amazed and astonished

When we hit that road, hell for leather, cats and dogs will dance in the heather
When we start driving fast, animals will be so happy they'll dance around in the fields

Birds and frogs will sing all together and the toads will hop!
The birds and frogs will sing joyfully while the toads hop around

The wind will whistle as we rattle along.
The wind will blow and make a whistling sound as we drive

The cows will moo in the clover
The cows will be so happy they'll make a mooing sound while they eat in the fields

The river will ripple out a whispered song,
The river will make a soft sound like it's singing a song

And whisper it over and over.
It will keep repeating the song over and over again

Don't you wish you'd go on forever
Don't you wish this moment could last forever

And you'd never stop
That it would never end

In that shiny little surrey with the fringe on the top!
In this beautiful carriage with the decorative fringes!

I can see the stars getting blurry
I can see the stars getting dim as the night wears on

When we drive back home in the surrey
When we drive back home in the carriage

Driving slowly home in the surrey with the fringe on top!
Driving slowly home in the beautiful carriage with the decorative fringes!

I can feel the day getting older,
I can feel the day coming to an end

Feel a sleepy head on my shoulder
Feeling you falling asleep on my shoulder

Noddin' droopin' close to my shoulder, till it falls kerplop!
Nodding and drooping until you suddenly fall asleep

The sun is swimmin on the rim of a hill
The sun is setting behind a hill

the moon is takin' a header
The moon is starting to rise

And jist as I'm thinkin' all the earth is still, a lark will make up in the medder
Just when I think everything is quiet, a lark starts singing in the meadow

Hush, you bird, my baby's a sleepin'
Quiet down, bird, my love is sleeping

Maybe got a dream worth a keepin'
Maybe you're having a dream worth holding on to

Whoa! you team, and jist keep a creepin' at a slow clip clop
Whoa there, horses, let's keep moving slowly with a gentle clip clop

Don't you hurry with the surrey with the fringe on the top!
Don't rush with the fancy carriage with the decorative fringes!