Roger Miller The day I Jumped from Uncle
Harvey”S Plane Lyrics:
Me 'n' Oliver 'n' Virgil was in the
drugstore killing time When my eyes fell upon this
magazine And I got to reading this article on
sky-diving and parachuting And it said jumping out
of air-planes was the thing

Now being raised down on a farm and always ready
for adventure I knew that I could figure out a way
I said "Well Delmer Gill's got a parachute and
Uncle Harvey's got an air-plane" So I said
"Call the boys together, today's the day"

Well I found out too late what Uncle Harvey called
an air-plane Was nothing but an engine and a wing
And I could feel my fear a-rising as Delmer packed
the parachute 'Cos he kept telling me I was
doing the right thing

Ron McLoughlin shook my hand as JD strapped me in
the harness And Tildon brought a jug and passed it
around I took one look at that parachute and that
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whisky and that air-plane And I turned that bottle
up and drank it down

Well I was drunker'n Cooter Jones when they
poured me in the plane The engine coughed and
headed for the clouds But I was sober as a judge
by the time they opened up the door And I've
never known my heart to beat so loud

I said, "Harvey, I can't do it" as he kicked
me out the door And I wrapped my hands around the
landing gear And I was holding on real good 'til
Harvey stepped down on my fingers And Virgil said
he heard me scream from way down there

Well I thanked God and Delmer Gill when my
parachute finally opened I said "Well, hell
there ain't no use in being afraid" And I went
crashing through the hen house, scattering
chickens and breaking eggs And I kissed the ground
and fainted dead away

Now friends I've done some fighting, and I've
been shot at once or twice And I've durn near
been run over by a train But I don't think I
remember being any more afraid Than the day I
jumped from Uncle Harvey's plane
Lyrics: The day I Jumped from Uncle Harvey”S Plane,
Roger Miller [end]