Dave Stamey - Uncle Harvey's Plane Lyrics
When my eyes fell upon this magazineI got to reading this here article about sky-diving and parachutsAnd it said jumping out of air-planes was the thingBeing raised down on a ranch n always ready for a little adventureI knew that I could figure out a wayWell Delmer Gill's got a parachute and Uncle Harvey's got an air-planeSo I said Call the boys together, today's the dayI found out too late what Uncle Harvey called an air-planeWudn't nothing but an engine and a wingAnd I could feel my fear a-rising as Delmer packed the parachute'Cos he kept telling me I was doing the right thingJohn McLoughlin shook my hand as JD strapped me in the harnessAnd Tildon brought a jug and passed it aroundI took one look at that air-plane and at that parachute and that whiskyAnd I tipped that bottle up and drank it downWell I was drunk as Cooter Jones when they poured me in the planeAnd the engine coughed and headed for the cloudsBut I was sober as a judge by the time they opened up that doorI've never known my heart to beat so loudI said, Tildon, I can't do it as he kicked me out the doorAnd I wrapped my hands around the landing gearAnd I was holding on real good 'til that sucker stepped down on my fingersTJ said he heard me yell from way down thereI thanked God and Del Gill when my parachute finally openedI said Well, heck there ain't no use in being afraidAnd I went crashing through the hen house, scattering chickens and breaking eggsAnd I kissed the ground and fainted dead awayNow friends I've done some fighting, and I've been shot at once or twiceAnd I've dang near got run over by a trainBut I don't ever once remember being any more afraidThan the day I jumped from Uncle Harvey's plane
