When I take you out, tonight, with me,
Honey, here's the way it's
You will set behind a team
In the slickest gig you ever see!
When I take you out in the surrey,
When I take you out in the surrey
Watch that fringe and see how it flutters
Nosey pokes'll peek thru' their shutters
The dashboard's genuine leather,
With isinglass curtains y'
In case there's a change in the weather.
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
Fer that shiny, little surrey with the fringe
the fringe was made of silk
Wouldn't have no other kind
Does it really have a team of
One's like snow, the other's
All the world'll fly in a flurry
When I take you out in the surrey,
When I take you out in the surrey
When we hit that road, hell fer leather,
Cats and dogs'll dance in the heather,
Birds and frogs'll sing all together
The wind'll whistle as we rattle along,
The cows'll moo in the clover,
The river will ripple out a whispered song,
And whisper it over and over:
Don't you wisht y'd go on forever?
Don't you wisht y'd go on forever?
Don't you wisht y'd go on forever
little surrey with the fringe on the top!
I can see the stars gettin' blurry,
Drivin' slowly home in the surrey
I can feel the day gettin' older,
Feel a sleepy head on my shoulder,
Noddin', droopin' close to my shoulder,
The moon is takin' a header,
And jist as I'm thinkin' all the earth is still,
A lark'll wake up in the medder.
Hush, you bird, my baby's
Whoa! you team, and jist keep a- creepin' at a slow clip clop.
Don't you hurry with the surrey with the fringe on the top!