Me 'n' Oliver 'n' Virgil was in the drugstore killing timeWhen my eyes fell upon this magazineAnd I got to reading this article on sky-diving and parachutingAnd it said jumping out of air-planes was the thingNow being raised down on a farm and always ready for adventureI knew that I could figure out a wayI 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-planeWas 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 thingRon Mcloughlin shook my hand as jd strapped me in the harnessAnd Tildon brought a jug and passed it aroundI took one look at that parachute and that whisky and that air-planeAnd I turned that bottle up and drank it downWell I was drunker'n Cooter Jones when they poured me in the planeThe engine coughed and headed for the cloudsBut I was sober as a judge by the time they opened up the doorAnd I've never known my heart to beat so loudI said, "Harvey, 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 Harvey stepped down on my fingersAnd Virgil said he heard me scream from way down thereWell I thanked God and Delmer Gill when my parachute finally openedI said "Well, hell there ain't no use in being afraid"And 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 durn near been run over by a trainBut I don't think I remember being any more afraidThan the day I jumped from Uncle Harvey's plane
