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
Those epochs'll peek
through the shutters
And their eyes will pop
The wheels are yellow,
the upholstery's brown
The dashboard's genuine leather
With eyes and glass cur tains
you can roll right down
In case there's a change
in the weather
Two bright side lights
winking and blinking
Ain't no finer rig, I'm a -thinking
You can keep your rig if you're thinking
That I'd care to swap
For that shiny little Surrey
With a fringe on the top
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
All the world will 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 bent for leather,
cats and dogs will dance in the heather,
birds and frogs will sing all together
and the toads will hop
the wind will whistle as we rattle along
the cows will moo in the clover
the river will ripple out
a whispered song and whisper
it over and over
don't you wish to go on forever
don't you wish to go on forever
don't you wish to go on forever
and it nev er stopped
in that shiny little surrey