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
Wuttin' nothin but an engine and a wing
And I could feel my fear a-rising as Delmer packed the parachute
'Cuz he kept telling me I's 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
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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 cain'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, scatterin' chickens and breakin' 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