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 would 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 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 will dance in the heather birds and frogs ll sing all together and the toads will hop 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 wish you d go on forever don t you wish you d go on forever don t you wish you d go on forever and you d never stop in 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 fallskerplop 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