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

Me 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 So i said 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 Ron mcloughlin shook my hand as jd strapped me in the harness And tildon brought a jug and pa**ed 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, And i wrapped my hands around the landing gear And i was holding on real good 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 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