(The Day I Jumped) From Uncle Harvey's Plane-Roger Miller

[ti:(The Day I Jumped) From Uncle ] [ar:Roger Miller] [al:The Best Of Roger Miller Volum] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00](The Day I Jumped) From Uncle Harvey's Plane - Roger Miller [00:05.71]Me 'n' Oliver 'n' Virgil was in the drugstore killing time [00:10.02]When my eyes fell upon this magazine [00:14.08]And I got to reading this article on sky-diving and parachuting [00:17.77] [00:18.39]And it said jumping out of air-planes was the thing [00:22.53]Now being raised down on a farm and always ready for adventure [00:27.08]I knew that I could figure out a way [00:29.59] [00:30.64]I said “Well Delmer Gill's got a parachute and Uncle Harvey's got an air-plane” [00:35.08]So I said “Call the boys together today's the day” [00:38.52] [00:41.77]Well I found out too late what Uncle Harvey called an air-plane [00:45.70]Was nothing but an engine and a wing [00:49.46]And I could feel my fear a-rising as Delmer packed the parachute [00:53.71]'Cos he kept telling me I was doing the right thing [00:56.00] [01:06.26]Ron McLoughlin shook my hand as JD strapped me in the harness [01:10.51]And Tildon brought a jug and passed it around [01:14.32]I took one look at that parachute and that whisky and that air-plane [01:17.70]And I turned that bottle up and drank it down [01:22.57]Well I was drunker'n Cooter Jones when they poured me in the plane [01:26.76]The engine coughed and headed for the clouds [01:30.69]But I was sober as a judge by the time they opened up the door [01:35.20]And I've never known my heart to beat so loud [01:41.26]I said “Harvey I can't do it” as he kicked me out the door [01:45.57]And I wrapped my hands around the landing gear [01:49.26]And I was holding on real good 'til Harvey stepped down on my fingers [01:53.88]And Virgil said he heard me scream from way down there [01:56.57] [01:57.63]Well I thanked God and Delmer Gill when my parachute finally opened [02:02.26]I said “Well hell there ain't no use in being afraid” [02:05.88]And I went crashing through the hen house scattering chickens and breaking eggs [02:09.95]And I kissed the ground and fainted dead away [02:12.76] [02:14.26]Now friends I've done some fighting and I've been shot at once or twice [02:18.20]And I've durn near been run over by a train [02:22.57]But I don't think I remember being any more afraid [02:25.83] [02:26.39]Than the day I jumped from Uncle Harvey's plane