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Uncle Harvey’s Plane
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Roger Miller
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Well me 'n' Oliver 'n' Virgil's in the feedstore killing time When my eyes fell upon this magazine I got to reading this here article about sky-diving and parachutes And it said jumping out of airplanes was the thing Being raised down on a ranch n always ready for a little adventure I knew that I could figure out a way Well Delmer Gill's got a parachute and Uncle Harvey's got an airplane So I said Call the boys together, today's the day I found out too late what Uncle Harvey called an airplane Wasn't nothing but an engine and a wing And I could feel my fear a-rising as Delmer packed the parachute 'Cause he kept telling me I was doing the right thing John 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 airplane and at that parachute and that whiskey And I tipped that bottle up and drank it down Well I was drunk as Cooter Jones when they poured me in the airplane And the engine coughed and headed for the clouds But I was sober as a judge by the time they opened up that door I've never known my heart to beat so loud I said, Tildon, 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 that sucker stepped down on my fingers TJ said he heard me yell from way down there I thanked God and Delmer Gill when my parachute finally opened I said Well, heck 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 dang near got run over by a train But I don't ever once remember being any more afraid Than the day I jumped from Uncle Harvey's plane
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