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 rig you 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 and see how it flutters when i drive them high steppin strutters nosy pokes ll peek through their shutters and their eyes ll 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 is a change in the weather two bright sidelight s winkin and blinkin ain t no finer rig i m a thinkin you can keep your rig if you re thinkin that i d care to swap for the shiny little surrey with the fringe on the top the sun is swimmin on the rim of a hill the moon s takin a header just as i m thinkin all the earth is still a lark ll wake up in the meadow hush you bird my baby s a 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 don t you hurry with the surrey with the fringe on the top