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