Everything about The Surrey With The Fringe On Top totally explained
"
The Surrey With the Fringe on Top" is a
show tune from the 1943
Rodgers and Hammerstein musical
Oklahoma!. It is the second song of the show, following the famous opening number sung by Curly "
Oh What a Beautiful Mornin'".
When Curly asks Laurey to go to the box social with him, he uses this song to persuade her with the prospect of going in a fancy rented ride after she asks how he's going to take her. In the movie version, the
surrey (a four wheel covered carriage, in this case pulled by two horses) is initially seen in a brief fantasy sequence, but appears for real at the end when Curly and Laurey ride off in it to their honeymoon.
An exchange from this
duet:
Laurey: "
Has it really got a team of snow white horses?'"
Curly: "
One's like snow, the other's more like milk."
Pop culture
In the film
When Harry Met Sally..., Harry sings a
karaoke version of "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top".
Laura Love borrows a few of Hammerstein's lyrics for her song "I Was Wondering".
As jazz standard
Versions of the song were recorded by
Ahmad Jamal,
Miles Davis,
Sonny Rollins,
Betty Carter,
Blossom Dearie and
McCoy Tyner, among others. One of the most unusual and rich arrangements is the up tempo treatment by the
J. J. Johnson and
Kai Winding Trombone Octet.
Further Information
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