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 nosey pokes ll peek thru their shutters and their eyes will pop the wheels are yellow the upholstery s brown the dashboard s genuine leather with isinglass curtains y 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 your rig if you re thinkin at i d care to swap for that shiny little surrey with the fringe on the top did you say the fringe was made of silk wouldn t have no other kind but silk has it really got a team of snow white horses one s like snow the other s more like milk so y c n tell them apart all the world ll 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 hell for leather cats and dogs ll dance in the heather birds and frogs ll sing altogether and the toads ll hop the wind ll whistle as we rattle along the cow ll moo in the clover the river ll ripple out a whispered song and whisper it over and over don t you wisht it d go on forever don t you wisht it d go on forever don t you wisht it d go on forever and it d never stop in that shiny little surrey with the fringe on top i can see the stars gettin blurry as we ride back home in the surrey riding 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 ker plop the sun is swimmin on the rim of a hill the moon is takin a header and just as i m thinkin all the earth is still a lark ll wake up in the meader hush you bird my baby is sleepin maybe got a dream worth a keepin whoa you team just keep a creepin at a slow clip clop don t you hurry with the surrey with the fringe on the top