The Surrey with the Fringe on Top - Wikipedia The Surrey with the Fringe on Top This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( December 2009 ) `` The Surrey with the Fringe on Top '' Song Published 1943 Genre Showtune Composer ( s ) Richard Rodgers Lyricist ( s ) Oscar Hammerstein II `` 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 opening number, `` Oh What a Beautiful Mornin '. '' When Curly asks Laurey to go to the box social with him, he uses this song to persuade her by offering the prospect of taking her in a fancy rental carriage. 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. Contents 1 As jazz standard 2 Pop culture 3 References 4 External links As jazz standard Versions of the song were recorded by Bing Crosby with Helen O'Connell, Nat King Cole, Mel Tormé, Ahmad Jamal, Ellis Marsalis, Tori Amos, Marlene Dietrich, Joshua Redman, Miles Davis, Julian `` Cannonball '' Adderley, Janis Siegel, Nancy LaMott, Sonny Rollins, Betty Carter, Blossom Dearie and McCoy Tyner, Wes Montgomery, Wynton Kelly, Johnny Smith, Peggy Lee, Julie Hamelin, Beverly Kenney, Mary Stallings, Stacey Kent, Vikki Carr, Ray Brown, Barney Kessel, Joe Brown, The Hi - Lo 's and the J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding Trombone Octet, Andy Williams, and King Crimson ( as part of their track `` Moonchild '' ). Pop culture In the film When Harry Met Sally..., Harry and Sally sing a karaoke version of `` The Surrey with the Fringe on Top ''. Laura Love borrows a few of Hammerstein 's lyrics for her song `` I Am Wondering ''. In the West Wing episode 100,000 Airplanes, the lyrics of part of the song are mentioned by two of the main characters. As well, during the same episode, the song, as a jazz arrangement, is played on piano during a cocktail party. In Twin Peaks Episode 15, Leland Palmer sings the lyrics of `` The Surrey with the Fringe on Top '' while wildly driving his convertible. In ER season 6, episode 13, `` Be Still My Heart '', Dr. Mark Greene listens to the song on the radio and sings the lyrics while shaving in front of a mirror. Stan Ridgway recorded this song as an outtake, during the sessions for his album of standards, `` The Way I Feel Today ''. An arrangement of the song is used as a segment of the area music for Main Street U.S.A in the Magic Kingdom park of Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. In the `` Ducklahoma ! '' segment of the Tiny Toon Adventures episode `` Buster 's Directorial Debut '', there is a parody of this song called `` Anvil With the Tablecloth ''. In 1979, Frank Sinatra did a rehearsal of that song with Vinnie Falcone and his orchestra at Reprise Records. The Kinks song Oklahoma U.S.A. from their 1971 album Muswell Hillbillies describes a downtrodden British worker who dreams of `` walking on the surrey with the fringe on top '' and an idyllic life in the United States. References Jump up ^ `` The Surrey with the Fringe on Top ''. Accordion MIDI Melody. External links Lyrics Rodgers and Hammerstein Stage musicals Oklahoma ! Carousel Allegro South Pacific The King and I Me and Juliet Pipe Dream Flower Drum Song The Sound of Music A Grand Night for Singing State Fair Cinderella Productions I Remember Mama Annie Get Your Gun Happy Birthday John Loves Mary Show Boat The Happy Time Burning Bright Films State Fair ( 1945 ) Oklahoma ! Carousel The King and I South Pacific Flower Drum Song State Fair ( 1962 ) The Sound of Music Cinderella Television Cinderella The Sound of Music Live ! Songs `` Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin ' '' `` The Surrey with the Fringe on Top '' `` Kansas City '' `` I Cai n't Say No '' `` Many a New Day '' `` It 's a Scandal ! It 's a Outrage ! '' `` People Will Say We 're in Love '' `` Lonely Room '' `` The Farmer and the Cowman '' `` All Er Nuthin ' '' `` Oklahoma '' `` If I Loved You '' `` Soliloquy '' `` You 'll Never Walk Alone '' `` It Might as Well Be Spring '' `` That 's for Me '' `` A Fellow Needs a Girl '' `` So Far '' `` Some Enchanted Evening '' `` There Is Nothing Like a Dame '' `` Bali Ha'i '' `` I 'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair '' `` I 'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy '' `` Younger Than Springtime '' `` Happy Talk '' `` You 've Got to Be Carefully Taught '' `` I Whistle a Happy Tune '' `` Hello, Young Lovers '' `` Getting to Know You '' `` We Kiss in a Shadow '' `` Something Wonderful '' `` I Have Dreamed '' `` Shall We Dance ? '' `` No Other Love '' `` I Enjoy Being a Girl '' `` The Sound of Music '' `` Maria '' `` My Favorite Things '' `` Do - Re-Mi '' `` Sixteen Going on Seventeen '' `` The Lonely Goatherd '' `` Climb Ev'ry Mountain '' `` So Long, Farewell '' `` No Way to Stop It '' `` Edelweiss '' Related articles `` Something Good '' The Sound of Music ( 1965 soundtrack ) The Sound of Music : Music from the NBC Television Event Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II 's Oklahoma ! ( 1943 ) Source Lynn Riggs ' Green Grow the Lilacs Adaptations Oklahoma ! ( 1955 film ) Music Act 1 `` Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin ' '' `` The Surrey with the Fringe on Top '' `` Kansas City '' `` I Cai n't Say No '' `` Many a New Day '' `` It 's a Scandal ! It 's a Outrage ! '' `` People Will Say We 're in Love '' `` Lonely Room '' Act 2 `` The Farmer and the Cowman '' `` All Er Nuthin ' '' `` Oklahoma ! '' This show tune - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. 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Question: what is surrey with the fringe on top
Answer: a show tune from the 1943 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma!