I saw this movie when I was 16 years old. I had managed to get a date with a really beautiful girl, Anne, and that evening was one of the highlights of my teenage years. At the age of 18 I had to do two years in the RAF (National Service) and when I was demobbed she had found another guy. I am a man, 90 years of age now, and I have just watched this film again.....at the risk of being called "A Wuss" i freely admit that it brought back some fantastic memories, and I shed a couple of tears remembering those lovely days and the beautiful Anne.
I'm a senior, too and, yes, one got away. Her name was Laura. I've always wondered ... does she remember me? Good health to you, sir, from Canada. I'll have a pint in your honour tonight.
@@coldlakealta4043 Hey man hanks for he honour of having a pint to celebrate my good health, I reciprocated this lunchtime as a gesture of thanks to you for your good wishes. Cheers!!!
I agree! I finally watched this movie a couple weeks ago and loved it all around, but I especially love Gordon's voice. They couldn't have picked a better lead.
When I was a kid, musicals were still a thing, and I thought they were corny. People always busting out in song whenever. I thought MacRae was corny. But when I heard this song again about 10 years ago, MacRae's voice. I almost fell over. It's like honey, or butter. And he's not just singing. At the end, he's making love to her. Extraordinary. Exquisite.
My parents bought musicals for us on those old laser disc players that you had to flip over halfway through. We watched them over and over and over, and we thought they were corny too; but there were only two snowy television stations in my tiny town in Maine, so if you wanted to see something, it was those musicals. My five siblings and I would sing those songs all through the house. When I was 19 and in college, I auditioned for Oklahoma! solely because it was the film my parents went to see together on their first date. It opened on my 20th birthday, and I though it would be a cool gift to them if I could land a role in the chorus, so they could come see me on my 20th birthday. I had no idea that all of those years of watching Oklahoma! meant I already knew the entire play. I quickly landed the role of Curly McLean, which began fifteen-year run playing leads in musical theater up through my mid thirties. And I'm pretty sure its entirely because my parents exposed me to musicals as a kid. I had a friend in college who said he didn't like musicals because nobody just stops what they are doing to break out in song. And then we grew up and had families--he had four girls--and we both found out that kids do, in fact, just break out in song randomly and that adults would be happier if they did the same. Now he does musicals with them in their community theater, and I love it.
You can tell a great actress by the way she reacts without saying a word. Shirley Jones made each man, woman and child know how she felt while being serenaded by the marvelous Gordon. Great direction but there was no need to film the dream surrey. The chemistry by the two leads enabled the viewer something more spectacular.
Just saw this film for the first time last week, and I'm no stranger to "old movies", me being a senior. I loved it. Gordon and Shirley, what a twosome!!! Now it's on to Carousel and the other R&H musicals.
I saw "Gone with the Wind" at the Regent Theatre in Melbourne a few years ago. The movie was projected onto an old-time stage, like they must have been done nearly 80 years ago when the movie first came out. The room was packed! It was wonderful seeing it that way. I'd love to see other old time classics the same way.
Don Harden I saw that in Melbourne- the theatres really should start showing ALL the classic movies- might get some of a younger generation watching them- if only with their parents...
I think people who appreciate how well these old musicals were written and performed would appreciate seeing them on a big movie screen. I know I would enjoy it.
Oh what wonderful memories. I'm sure you have all heard it many times before but ...they don't write songs like this any more. Rodgers & Hammerstein songs will live for ever.
@@manuelorozco7760 I love The King and I movie. I watch it at least twice a year. It was the first movie I ever saw at the cinema; I was six years old.
@@AussieJohnny That’s sweet! As much as I love Lin Manual Miranda’s music, I’m addicted on and off to R+H. It’s weird how I haven’t seen Oklahoma, State Fair or King & I as much as The Sound Of Music
Shirley was just 18. So beautiful and what a voice. But Gordon. Seriously, I have heard very few voices that come close to his magnificence. Gorgeous man, too.
You need to move to Oklahoma. Just about every high school stages this musical once every four years. Everyone has seen the musical before, but desire to see what the new crop of kids will perform... Me, I enjoy seeing the new stage props every show, especially the surrey with the fringe on the top...
I’ve been to the latest Matrix movie, alone. My wife and my daughter would not come with me (I get their point). Then, my daughter, Japanese and only Japanese speaker gets hook to this and wants me to sing it or play it when she is having a bath. What a beautiful nightmare! I’m a music freak. Actually I’m a pro, that’s what they say. I’m just someone else, but I co-wrote my first musical song a few months ago and premiered a couple of weeks ago. Both Osaka and Tokyo were fully booked, kinda 1000 people per session. Then I play this song again and I feel I’m no one. It is just too beautiful. And the performance is mindblowing. No wonder why my daughter’s addicted to it.
You would have to have a good plan. An old theater protected by the historical society and the patrons dress up in period costumes with prizes for best costume etc. could generate revenue selling food authentic to the period. Especially if it is in jars for later…
I don't know how this number could be any more perfect. And part of the perfection is Aunt Emma, with that knowing look on her face through the whole thing...With her teasing: "Would you say the fringe is made of silk...?" She knows EXACTLY what he's up to. In a way Aunt Emma is a surrogate for us, the audience; as she patiently watches the foibles of the young play out.
I want to express my gratitude to the late Cliff and Mary Schimmels for sharing this piece with me back in 1992 when I was their student in Ukraine. It instilled in me a deep love for the culture and people of Oklahoma. I share it now with my students in Spain.
My great aunt gave me this album for my birthday present. I was mad that she didnt give me Elvis instead. She was an old maid school teacher and knew a lot more than i did back then. I love this show (saw it on Broadway and saw this version of the film) and now, as an old lady myself, i can still sing every song (badly) and get all the lyrics perfect.😁 Thank you Auntie. RIP.
Saw Shirley Jones play Aunt Ella at the Cape Cod theatre maybe 15 years ago. I’m not one to spend money on live theatre, but I just had to go to see her and was privileged that my daughter (who now lives in OK-who knew?) came with me.
We need more of this. These songs make me so happy and lift my spirits, and the sad ballads touch my heart. Clean musical theater needs to make a come back. I had almost all of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musicals on VHS when my kids were little. They were raised on them and love them to this day. The songs stay in your head and in your heart. I wish I had them on DVD.
There's a really good Rogers and Hammerstein pack available on both dvd and blu ray. I have the blu ray version. It includes 6 of Rogers and Hammerstein's best musicals: Carousel, The King and I, State Fair, Oklahoma, The Sound of Music & South Pacific.
Chicks and ducks and geese better scurry When I take you out in the surrey When I take you out in the surrey With the fringe on top Watch that fringe and see how it flutters When I drive them high steppin' strutters Nosey pokes'll peek thru their shutters And their eyes will pop The wheels are yellow, the upholstery's brown The dashboard's genuine leather With isinglass curtains y' can roll right down In case there's a change in the weather Two bright sidelights winkin' and blinkin' Ain't no finer rig I'm a thinkin' You can keep your rig if you're thinkin' 'At I'd care to swap For that shiny little surrey With the fringe on the top Did you say the fringe was made of silk Wouldn't have no other kind but silk Has it really got a team of snow white horses One's like snow, the other's more like milk So y' c'n tell them apart All the world 'll fly in a flurry When I take you out in the surrey When I take you out in the surrey With the fringe on top When we hit that road hell for leather Cats and dogs 'll dance in the heather Birds and frogs 'll sing altogether And the toads 'll hop The wind 'll whistle as we rattle along The cow 'll moo in the clover The river 'll ripple out a whispered song And whisper it over and over Don't you wisht it'd go on forever Don't you wisht it'd go on forever Don't you wisht it'd go on forever And it'd never stop In that shiny little surrey With the fringe on top I can see the stars gettin' blurry As we ride back home in the surrey Riding slowly home in the surrey With the fringe on top I can feel the day gettin' older Feel a sleepy head near my shoulder Noddin', droopin' close to my shoulder 'Til it falls ker-plop The sun is swimmin' on the rim of a hill The moon is takin' a header And just as I'm thinkin' all the earth is still A lark 'll wake up in the meader Hush you bird my baby is sleepin' Maybe got a dream worth a keepin' Whoa you team, just keep a creepin' At a slow clip-clop Don't you hurry with the surrey With the fringe on the top
Whenever I listen to this song, I feel like a child and I can imagine myself hopping and leaping as I go along humming the tune lifting my spirits up! Such a lively wholesome music by Rodgers & Hammerstein!
ian bentley sorry release police. I wasn’t born when the movie was released. My memories stem from my exposure to it in the 60’s along with many other magical Rodgers & Hammerstein productions. Ease up buckerooo. Don’t sweat the small stuff. ✌️
Watching these over and over again with my mom. Good memories. Never will see wonderful movies like this again. No one out there today to do this. Gordon had a powerful voice, and Shirley Jones, well, an angel.
Absolutely wonderful and it was my GREAT pleasure to meet Shirley Jones after her concert at the Arts Theatre in London in March 2010 when she kindly came out onto the stage afterwards and met the audience. I had my photo taken with her too and she was every bit as charming as her screen persona, a memory I shall NEVER forget.
Gordon MacRae had such beautiful control over his voice at this time in his life and the way he 'acts' this song is flawless. How I wish he'd been offered more movies like this but he opted for TV and nightclubs instead when the musicals dried up. I found an interview recently when he was still making this picture where he said he was only interested in making one more film, he didn't name it but I think it was Carousel because that was the one he wanted. Much as I like Frank Sinatra, I'm glad he pulled out of the picture, leaving it for Gordon. The Soliloquy is just stunning from Carousel.
@@Sparkina But Gordon was perfect, e.g., had the tender operatic tenor to baritone voice and idealistically handsome young buck physicality to act Curly and Billy Bigelow.
Hello from Yorkshire Uk July 10th. 2020. Don’t know what brought me here, but I’m so glad I came. I was 1 year old when this film was made! Oh boy how time flies.
There's a younger generation than still knows how precious this is. I can watch it over and over again. I'll never get tired of this song neither the footage. Im writing from a recording studio and it sounds just amazing. 10 out of 10;
Back in the 60s my friends and I would gather round the record player and listen to the Soundtrack from different musicals and sing along. Sometimes four, five, or 6 of us. Oklahoma was probably our favorite followed by West Side Story... Gee, Officer Krupke...😁🎼🖤
I woke up with this glorious song in my head this morning. I have a juke box in my head of all my favorites and this morning it was "Surrey with the Fringe On Top". I'm a caregiver to my 81 yr old Mom with Dementia, and most days I don't have time to watch movies. But thank God I have songs and clips like these to make me smile and remember a simpler time. Don't get me wrong, I know this time with Mami is a gift, but it can be quite daunting at times. It's nice to be able to hear something beautiful and be still, for a short while. God bless whoever posts these glorious songs on you tube. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
my mother in law famous words I hold to heart. " Have some culture about yourself" in other words learn about different things. I think of musicals and classic quality books and movies. Rodegers& Hammerstein meet those standards.
This song has been stuck in my head for weeks. I began singing it (mangling the lyrics), playing it on the piano, then finally I pulled up this lovely clip. Subtle, beautiful, and moving. Wow.
@@manuelorozco7760 Bloomin` `eck, the pandemic must have started in the 1980s where you live, `cause I havent heard music a quarter as good as the "Old Musicals" since those days.
@@manuelorozco7760 I am almost 90 years of age, but I can still appreciate music and stage productions from people whi actually died in the 16/1700s. Quality is ageless.
Great actors, if they are fortunate, can have long and varied careers , but there is something special about seeing them when they are young and on top of their game ,like a great pro athlete you see perform. Like this clip with Shirley Jones and Gordon MacRae.
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Yeah, Yul Brynner as The King; Robert Preston as Harold Hill in THE MUSIC MAN; and even though I don't like hiim, Rex Harrison as Prof. Henry Higgins in MY FAIR LADY.
The best ever in 70 millimeters Technicolor widescreen 6 tracks rendering outstanding spectacle in Hollywood historical archives! Merci beaucoup from Paris France. 70 millimeters is the best way to be! Our dreams in widescreen! Emmanuel
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Most movies today are out of your head shortly after you see them. Movies like this, West Side Story, Fiddler on the Roof, Grease, Sound of Music, having you humming or singing tbe tunes for weeks. These bigger than life actors and actresses are just not around.
I was about 10 years old when I first saw Oklahoma live at Theatre Under the Stars in Stanley Park in Vancouver BC , enchanting. I also remember when I first saw the movie on TV as a young girl, winter time, Burnaby BC , sitting on living room floor eating home made fudge, mesmerized.
Who are the 38 haters did give this a thumbs down?? This movie is awesome With amazing musical performances. Shirley Jones, Joel McRae, Rod Steiger! Loved it
Curly: When I take you out, tonight, with me, Honey, here's the way it's goin' to be: You will set behind a team of snow white horses, In the slickest gig you ever see! Chicks and ducks and geese better scurry When I take you out in the surrey, When I take you out in the surrey with the fringe on top! Watch that fringe and see how it flutters When I drive them high steppin' strutters. Nosey pokes'll peek thru' their shutters and their eyes will pop! The wheels are yeller, the upholstery's brown, The dashboard's genuine leather, With isinglass curtains y' can roll right down, In case there's a change in the weather. Two bright sidelight's winkin' and blinkin', Ain't no finer rig I'm a-thinkin' You c'n keep your rig if you're thinkin' 'at I'd keer to swap Fer that shiny, little surrey with the fringe on the top! Aunt Eller: Would y' say the fringe was made a' silk? Curly: Wouldn't have n' other kind but silk. Laurey: Has it really got a team of snow white horses? Curly: One's like snow, the others more like milk.
This brings back memories and a few tears for a time in place where the collective memory that once experienced the extraordinary art as this will soon be gone. The tapestry of words, orchestration, voice and it's modulation in this song is unalloyed joy.
I saw this movie when I was 16 years old. I had managed to get a date with a really beautiful girl, Anne, and that evening was one of the highlights of my teenage years. At the age of 18 I had to do two years in the RAF (National Service) and when I was demobbed she had found another guy. I am a man, 90 years of age now, and I have just watched this film again.....at the risk of being called "A Wuss" i freely admit that it brought back some fantastic memories, and I shed a couple of tears remembering those lovely days and the beautiful Anne.
There is nothing wrong with shedding tears.
I'm a senior, too and, yes, one got away. Her name was Laura. I've always wondered ... does she remember me? Good health to you, sir, from Canada. I'll have a pint in your honour tonight.
@@coldlakealta4043 Hey man hanks for he honour of having a pint to celebrate my good health, I reciprocated this lunchtime as a gesture of thanks to you for your good wishes. Cheers!!!
God Bless you. How very nice. 😊
Man I bet you got some stories from the RAF then the swinging sixties, through the 70s and 80s to today. Great time to be alive back then I bet
Gordon McRae was born for this role. He had outstandong control over his singing voice and handsome looks to match.
Yes, he did. I couldn't agree more 😊
Yaaaaasssssssssss I’m 31 and grew up watching these old classics :) I completely agree!!!
Dude's Baritone is insane
@@famousdave7219 The chiseled jaw doesn't hurt either.
Am I right on saying Gordon contracted facial cancer later in his ife..I dearly hope I am wrong ?
Gordon MacRae has the smoothest, most mellifluous voice I've ever heard in a male singer.
I agree! I finally watched this movie a couple weeks ago and loved it all around, but I especially love Gordon's voice. They couldn't have picked a better lead.
Shirley Jones made her film debut as Laurey, and her vocal and dramatic chracterization of the role is a tour de force performance!
The look of bliss on Shirley's face as he is describing the horses is amazing. Such simple pleasures.
Rob Maxwell beat me to it. I noticed that, too. She is really lovely with that look.
She had a crush on him.
Yes, this is a very romantic moment!
She was awesome!
When I was a kid, musicals were still a thing, and I thought they were corny. People always busting out in song whenever. I thought MacRae was corny. But when I heard this song again about 10 years ago, MacRae's voice. I almost fell over. It's like honey, or butter. And he's not just singing. At the end, he's making love to her. Extraordinary. Exquisite.
Exactly. It isn't just singing, but telling a story
My parents bought musicals for us on those old laser disc players that you had to flip over halfway through. We watched them over and over and over, and we thought they were corny too; but there were only two snowy television stations in my tiny town in Maine, so if you wanted to see something, it was those musicals. My five siblings and I would sing those songs all through the house.
When I was 19 and in college, I auditioned for Oklahoma! solely because it was the film my parents went to see together on their first date. It opened on my 20th birthday, and I though it would be a cool gift to them if I could land a role in the chorus, so they could come see me on my 20th birthday. I had no idea that all of those years of watching Oklahoma! meant I already knew the entire play. I quickly landed the role of Curly McLean, which began fifteen-year run playing leads in musical theater up through my mid thirties. And I'm pretty sure its entirely because my parents exposed me to musicals as a kid.
I had a friend in college who said he didn't like musicals because nobody just stops what they are doing to break out in song. And then we grew up and had families--he had four girls--and we both found out that kids do, in fact, just break out in song randomly and that adults would be happier if they did the same. Now he does musicals with them in their community theater, and I love it.
Omg. I Love musical's 😂
He was completely romancing her & they were still both clothed.
I prefer Hugh Jackman
Happy 102nd Birthday Gordon McRae!! It's impossible to feel in a bad mood watching this charming video clip🙏💕🎁🎈🎈🎈🎈🎁🎉🎉🎉🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊
You can tell a great actress by the way she reacts without saying a word. Shirley Jones made each man, woman and child know how she felt while being serenaded by the marvelous Gordon. Great direction but there was no need to film the dream surrey. The chemistry by the two leads enabled the viewer something more spectacular.
Just saw this film for the first time last week, and I'm no stranger to "old movies", me being a senior. I loved it. Gordon and Shirley, what a twosome!!! Now it's on to Carousel and the other R&H musicals.
State Fair is their best movie! But ironically I’ve seen TSOM more times than the others
I would love to see this at a movie theater again! More theaters should start showing just the classics, wouldn't that be sooo cool?
I saw "Gone with the Wind" at the Regent Theatre in Melbourne a few years ago. The movie was projected onto an old-time stage, like they must have been done nearly 80 years ago when the movie first came out. The room was packed! It was wonderful seeing it that way. I'd love to see other old time classics the same way.
Don Harden I saw that in Melbourne- the theatres really should start showing ALL the classic movies- might get some of a younger generation watching them- if only with their parents...
carrie wilder They do in my state. WA has a theatre called The Pickford Cinema.
Oh what a beautiful morning
I think people who appreciate how well these old musicals were written and performed would appreciate seeing them on a big movie screen. I know I would enjoy it.
They look so beautiful side by side. Such handsome people, and the voices on those two. Heavenly
That was before Hollywood felt it was necessary to hire performers who could not sing and had to be dubbed.
Oh what wonderful memories. I'm sure you have all heard it many times before but ...they don't write songs like this any more. Rodgers & Hammerstein songs will live for ever.
I’ve been a fan of them since Brandy played Cinderella. But it was The King & I that made me seek out more of their work.
@@manuelorozco7760 I love The King and I movie. I watch it at least twice a year. It was the first movie I ever saw at the cinema; I was six years old.
@@AussieJohnny That’s sweet! As much as I love Lin Manual Miranda’s music, I’m addicted on and off to R+H. It’s weird how I haven’t seen Oklahoma, State Fair or King & I as much as The Sound Of Music
He would've been 100 this year this past week! Handsomest Curly of them all! Bless him xo
Hugh Jackman was no slouch either in this role (London version-PBS)!
@@dalehoward3704 I love Hugh Jackman as Curly
@@joshuajinkins9939 Alfred Drake played it first. Apologies for being such a purist.
Shirley was just 18. So beautiful and what a voice. But Gordon. Seriously, I have heard very few voices that come close to his magnificence. Gorgeous man, too.
Real life Ken and Barbie
Indeedy. Gordon was gorgeous
Gordon was the very very best in voice and actor. Yes, magnificent!
I thought Shirley was 21 because she was born in 1934 and this movie was made in 1955
@@calvintang6520 Actually, the film was shot in 1954, so SHirley was 20 when the film was made.
Gordon MacRae had a great voice, one of the best in musical movies
Yes, why don’t movie theaters start showing classics like this? What great music and lyrics!
You need to move to Oklahoma. Just about every high school stages this musical once every four years. Everyone has seen the musical before, but desire to see what the new crop of kids will perform... Me, I enjoy seeing the new stage props every show, especially the surrey with the fringe on the top...
Because Ted Turner owns the majority of the musicals everyone would like to see. Stingy won't release them unless on TCM.
I’ve been to the latest Matrix movie, alone. My wife and my daughter would not come with me (I get their point). Then, my daughter, Japanese and only Japanese speaker gets hook to this and wants me to sing it or play it when she is having a bath. What a beautiful nightmare! I’m a music freak. Actually I’m a pro, that’s what they say. I’m just someone else, but I co-wrote my first musical song a few months ago and premiered a couple of weeks ago. Both Osaka and Tokyo were fully booked, kinda 1000 people per session. Then I play this song again and I feel I’m no one. It is just too beautiful. And the performance is mindblowing. No wonder why my daughter’s addicted to it.
You would have to have a good plan. An old theater protected by the historical society and the patrons dress up in period costumes with prizes for best costume etc. could generate revenue selling food authentic to the period. Especially if it is in jars for later…
This premiered on Broadway in the middle of WW2. God, we needed it.
That was a reflection of what an amazing country we were.
I grew up with all the classics. Wish todays kid could appreciate it. 😅
I really like this song and I’m 15. ❤ from India
I don't know how this number could be any more perfect. And part of the perfection is Aunt Emma, with that knowing look on her face through the whole thing...With her teasing: "Would you say the fringe is made of silk...?" She knows EXACTLY what he's up to. In a way Aunt Emma is a surrogate for us, the audience; as she patiently watches the foibles of the young play out.
My mom used to sing this in the kitchen making dinner. She had a wonderful voice I inherited.
Greatest number in all of musical theater, IMO. Can't hear this without losing it. Pure magic it surely is!
I just listened to it and started crying. His voice was so mesmerizing.
The skills of Gordon’s voice were brought out by Rogers and Hammerstein’s masterful lyrics.
I want to express my gratitude to the late Cliff and Mary Schimmels for sharing this piece with me back in 1992 when I was their student in Ukraine. It instilled in me a deep love for the culture and people of Oklahoma. I share it now with my students in Spain.
My mother, Alice introduced me to this great musical. Every time I watch or listen I think of her. ❤
Gordon MacRae's voice: WOW!!!!!!
He really is quite good
He definitely Nails it. Shirley Jones too!!
The last few lines of the song requires very good voice control, and man, he really had it.
WOW!!!!! Is absolutely the right comment.
I was about the same thing, or words to the same effect. Gordon MacRae's voice is just beautiful to listen to, and wonderfully expressive.
Simply wonderful.
One of the best musicals by the genus duo Rodgers and Hammerstein.
What marvellous singers Gordon McCrae and Shirley Jones are. Pitch perfect in these very very difficult songs.
They were such a beautiful couple........ The song.......Takes me away....
I have a feeling you're gayer than a unicorn fart....Your statement was serious????
My great aunt gave me this album for my birthday present. I was mad that she didnt give me Elvis instead. She was an old maid school teacher and knew a lot more than i did back then. I love this show (saw it on Broadway and saw this version of the film) and now, as an old lady myself, i can still sing every song (badly) and get all the lyrics perfect.😁
Thank you Auntie. RIP.
Saw Shirley Jones play Aunt Ella at the Cape Cod theatre maybe 15 years ago. I’m not one to spend money on live theatre, but I just had to go to see her and was privileged that my daughter (who now lives in OK-who knew?) came with me.
I saw this when it was first out and always loved it.
We need more of this. These songs make me so happy and lift my spirits, and the sad ballads touch my heart. Clean musical theater needs to make a come back. I had almost all of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musicals on VHS when my kids were little. They were raised on them and love them to this day. The songs stay in your head and in your heart. I wish I had them on DVD.
There's a really good Rogers and Hammerstein pack available on both dvd and blu ray. I have the blu ray version. It includes 6 of Rogers and Hammerstein's best musicals: Carousel, The King and I, State Fair, Oklahoma, The Sound of Music & South Pacific.
I’m almost a fan of the classics as I am of contemporary works
So sweet...the culture is currently sick. May God help us become better in this Nation! ❤🇱🇷
In Malaysia?
Oklahoma, South Pacific, and Show Boat are my personal favorites. 😊
All songs with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein. A genius if there ever was one.
@@robinleebraun7739He sure knew how to write clever and playful lyrics
Gordon McCrea and Shirley Jones are just perfect in Oaklahoma great singers in a great musical
These classic musicals never get old, love these two together ❤️
Chicks and ducks and geese better scurry
When I take you out in the surrey
When I take you out in the surrey
With the fringe on top
Watch that fringe and see how it flutters
When I drive them high steppin' strutters
Nosey pokes'll peek thru their shutters
And their eyes will pop
The wheels are yellow, the upholstery's brown
The dashboard's genuine leather
With isinglass curtains y' can roll right down
In case there's a change in the weather
Two bright sidelights winkin' and blinkin'
Ain't no finer rig I'm a thinkin'
You can keep your rig if you're thinkin'
'At I'd care to swap
For that shiny little surrey
With the fringe on the top
Did you say the fringe was made of silk
Wouldn't have no other kind but silk
Has it really got a team of snow white horses
One's like snow, the other's more like milk
So y' c'n tell them apart
All the world 'll fly in a flurry
When I take you out in the surrey
When I take you out in the surrey
With the fringe on top
When we hit that road hell for leather
Cats and dogs 'll dance in the heather
Birds and frogs 'll sing altogether
And the toads 'll hop
The wind 'll whistle as we rattle along
The cow 'll moo in the clover
The river 'll ripple out a whispered song
And whisper it over and over
Don't you wisht it'd go on forever
Don't you wisht it'd go on forever
Don't you wisht it'd go on forever
And it'd never stop
In that shiny little surrey
With the fringe on top
I can see the stars gettin' blurry
As we ride back home in the surrey
Riding slowly home in the surrey
With the fringe on top
I can feel the day gettin' older
Feel a sleepy head near my shoulder
Noddin', droopin' close to my shoulder
'Til it falls ker-plop
The sun is swimmin' on the rim of a hill
The moon is takin' a header
And just as I'm thinkin' all the earth is still
A lark 'll wake up in the meader
Hush you bird my baby is sleepin'
Maybe got a dream worth a keepin'
Whoa you team, just keep a creepin'
At a slow clip-clop
Don't you hurry with the surrey
With the fringe on the top
He sings "eisenglass curtains", as is correct.
What a great score in “Oklahoma”. Gordon McCrae sings this song so well-so much emotion.
Loved Gordon Macrae’s voice. The chemistry between these two is pslsbke.
Whenever I listen to this song, I feel like a child and I can imagine myself hopping and leaping as I go along humming the tune lifting my spirits up! Such a lively wholesome music by Rodgers & Hammerstein!
first&eldest nothing can compare to these marvelous musicals of the 60’s.
@@whattttf4170 this was 50s
ian bentley sorry release police. I wasn’t born when the movie was released. My memories stem from my exposure to it in the 60’s along with many other magical Rodgers & Hammerstein productions. Ease up buckerooo. Don’t sweat the small stuff. ✌️
Always loved this movie Gordon and Shirley were awesome
I was delighted by his beautiful voice in Carousel; best male voice.
Watching these over and over again with my mom. Good memories. Never will see wonderful movies like this again. No one out there today to do this. Gordon had a powerful voice, and Shirley Jones, well, an angel.
A classic never to be forgotten. I love this. So beautiful...
Absolutely wonderful and it was my GREAT pleasure to meet Shirley Jones after her concert at the Arts Theatre in London in March 2010 when she kindly came out onto the stage afterwards and met the audience. I had my photo taken with her too and she was every bit as charming as her screen persona, a memory I shall NEVER forget.
It doesn't get any better than this. Magnificent.
gordon kemp Damon Daunno.
👏👏👏👏👏👏
"The sun is swimmin' on the rim of a hill". Oscar Hammerstein was a true poet
My dad's favorite ...Oklahoma and Carousel
Pure magic... the blending of Shirley Jones and Gordon McRae's voices is perfection!
One of the greatest films ever made....Geniuses....!!!!
This is my favorite song
Perfection.
Indeed. No matter how many times I watch it. It’s just prefect.
Gordon MacRae had such beautiful control over his voice at this time in his life and the way he 'acts' this song is flawless. How I wish he'd been offered more movies like this but he opted for TV and nightclubs instead when the musicals dried up. I found an interview recently when he was still making this picture where he said he was only interested in making one more film, he didn't name it but I think it was Carousel because that was the one he wanted. Much as I like Frank Sinatra, I'm glad he pulled out of the picture, leaving it for Gordon. The Soliloquy is just stunning from Carousel.
I agree. He has great control. The performance hasn't aged as some have.
Gordon and Frank were pals
@@Sparkina But Gordon was perfect, e.g., had the tender operatic tenor to baritone voice and idealistically handsome young buck physicality to act Curly and Billy Bigelow.
Hello from Yorkshire Uk July 10th. 2020. Don’t know what brought me here, but I’m so glad I came. I was 1 year old when this film was made! Oh boy how time flies.
There's a younger generation than still knows how precious this is. I can watch it over and over again. I'll never get tired of this song neither the footage. Im writing from a recording studio and it sounds just amazing. 10 out of 10;
my literal dream guy right here! I love his voice its so soothing
Seen this at 14 years old and...watched it again. Usually go to meet girls, watch westerns Elvis movies but this moved me.
They were such a perfect couple for this marvellous film .
You're so right!! 💖
Gordon MacRae and Howard Keel my two Favorite Male Musical Men
You 'very got great taste. Gordon MacRae was my favorite Curly. Loved Howard Keel's voice.
The two of them together are priceless :)
Happy 85th Birthday Shirley Jones
the best laurey and curly ever
I loooove his voice!!!
My parents had the soundtrack on vinal and I used to sing along with the actors! I think I wore it out!😁
Same here!! played and sang to that damn thing til I wore it out!
JESUS christ what a gorgeous voice Gordon has
Not to mention his equally gorgeous face!
Fabulous! Mr McCrae's voice is sublime!
Mr. McRae
@@krissywalters219 MacRae :)
Heavenly.
This sing was on everyone’s lips in 1960s. ❤
Haven't seen this movie since I was a kid. That was decades ago. Still like the music. Good movie.
Back in the 60s my friends and I would gather round the record player and listen to the Soundtrack from different musicals and sing along. Sometimes four, five, or 6 of us. Oklahoma was probably our favorite followed by West Side Story... Gee, Officer Krupke...😁🎼🖤
I woke up with this glorious song in my head this morning. I have a juke box in my head of all my favorites and this morning it was "Surrey with the Fringe On Top". I'm a caregiver to my 81 yr old Mom with Dementia, and most days I don't have time to watch movies. But thank God I have songs and clips like these to make me smile and remember a simpler time. Don't get me wrong, I know this time with Mami is a gift, but it can be quite daunting at times. It's nice to be able to hear something beautiful and be still, for a short while. God bless whoever posts these glorious songs on you tube. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
my mother in law famous words I hold to heart. " Have some culture about yourself" in other words learn about different things. I think of musicals and classic quality books and movies. Rodegers& Hammerstein meet those standards.
She sounds like a smart woman, and I would agree with you sir about your view.
American legend.
This song has been stuck in my head for weeks. I began singing it (mangling the lyrics), playing it on the piano, then finally I pulled up this lovely clip. Subtle, beautiful, and moving. Wow.
I was singing it just a week ago and amazed a friend that I knew the lyrics so well…what you learn at 10 years old sticks!
i like listening and singing along to this while swerving erratically on the road.
Jack Cox ok Leland.
I heard you got a new set of golf clubs. Mind if I check em out?
Mood
I love humming it when I'm Cooper or his Doppelganger & or a Tulpa of his. Otherwise never heard it, 4REALz.
@2:16 the real Whisper Song.
Terrific technicolor print and production levels not possible in todays indolent Hollywood.
It’s driving me crazy how pure cinema has declined somewhat since the Pandemic!
@@manuelorozco7760 Bloomin` `eck, the pandemic must have started in the 1980s where you live, `cause I havent heard music a quarter as good as the "Old Musicals" since those days.
@@terrywright7470 To each their own I guess. Generation gap and I’m only 31
@@manuelorozco7760 I am almost 90 years of age, but I can still appreciate music and stage productions from people whi actually died in the 16/1700s. Quality is ageless.
@@terrywright7470 You don’t say
In my opinion Oklahoma and Carousel are two of the best musical films ever.
Great actors, if they are fortunate, can have long and varied careers , but there is something special about seeing them when they are young and on top of their game ,like a great pro athlete you see perform. Like this clip with Shirley Jones and Gordon MacRae.
A great classic ever, a dream came true! Thanks, Merci beaucoup . Emmanuel from Paris
One of the best ever Hollywood musical in 70 millimeters cinema history ! Merci beaucoup for this Stereophonic TechiColor rendering rendition rendez-vous! Merci beaucoup from Paris France
My Dad and his brothers sang this whole album at thier Mums funeral. Beautiful.
wOw beautiful
Heartwarming
That voice he has just amazing when he sings if only i could pull off something like that
Pure magic. Period.
I love this song!! ❤
Has anyone ever owned a role like MacRae owned this one?
Hugh Jackman
Yeah, Yul Brynner as The King; Robert Preston as Harold Hill in THE MUSIC MAN; and even though I don't like hiim, Rex Harrison as Prof. Henry Higgins in MY FAIR LADY.
My friend would always sing this when we were kids and I never knew the exact words but I knew the chorus and I randomly sing it at times
Beautiful . American treasure . Voices beautiful . Wow
The best ever in 70 millimeters Technicolor widescreen 6 tracks rendering outstanding spectacle in Hollywood historical archives! Merci beaucoup from Paris France. 70 millimeters is the best way to be! Our dreams in widescreen! Emmanuel
Albert Gordon MacRae, RIP (March 12, 1921 - January 24, 1986).
Shirley Jones is just so adorable in this movie!
This is the kind of movie that makes you fall in love with musicals if you didn't love them already
My first live action movie musical was Mary Poppins. So I know what you mean. Even if Oklahoma is not on MP’s level of beauty
I would go and see nearly all of today's movies if they had songs like this!
So would I. I usually prefer musicals on stage. But the movie has to partially entice me with who’s in charge of the soundtrack.
The best ever historical Hollywood rendering historical experience in 70 millimeters widescreen original masterpiece, TechniColor and StereoPhonic Outstanding rendering SOUND EVER. Merci beaucoup from Paris FRANCE. Out with this incrediblle US president, a great historical shame for all of us. Hurray with the New One, We all wish yu the BEST EVER. Merci beaucoup from Paris France. Emmanuel
Most movies today are out of your head shortly after you see them. Movies like this, West Side Story, Fiddler on the Roof, Grease, Sound of Music, having you humming or singing tbe tunes for weeks. These bigger than life actors and actresses are just not around.
I agree. But why not The Greatest Showman? It’s a great modern musical movie
@@manuelorozco7760 That was good too.
@@elaineteut1249 Thank you! I mean I’m a fan of Grease, West Side Story and TSOM as well. But I’m speaking from a different generation.
I was about 10 years old when I first saw Oklahoma live at Theatre Under the Stars in Stanley Park in Vancouver BC , enchanting. I also remember when I first saw the movie on TV as a young girl, winter time, Burnaby BC , sitting on living room floor eating home made fudge, mesmerized.
Who are the 38 haters did give this a thumbs down?? This movie is awesome With amazing musical performances. Shirley Jones, Joel McRae, Rod Steiger! Loved it
The actor is Gordon MacRae, and I 100% agree with you :)
Aww, don't pay no mind to them folks they just ain't got themselves no culture that's all.!!
@@audimanuk Or soul or style or taste or ability to appreciate melody and great singing and beauty ect. ect......
Haters are blind and deaf. If they object they should scroll and leave us lovers alone.
Curly:
When I take you out, tonight, with me,
Honey, here's the way it's goin' to be:
You will set behind a team of snow white horses,
In the slickest gig you ever see!
Chicks and ducks and geese better scurry
When I take you out in the surrey,
When I take you out in the surrey with the fringe on top!
Watch that fringe and see how it flutters
When I drive them high steppin' strutters.
Nosey pokes'll peek thru' their shutters and their eyes will pop!
The wheels are yeller, the upholstery's brown,
The dashboard's genuine leather,
With isinglass curtains y' can roll right down,
In case there's a change in the weather.
Two bright sidelight's winkin' and blinkin',
Ain't no finer rig I'm a-thinkin'
You c'n keep your rig if you're thinkin' 'at I'd keer to swap
Fer that shiny, little surrey with the fringe on the top!
Aunt Eller:
Would y' say the fringe was made a' silk?
Curly:
Wouldn't have n' other kind but silk.
Laurey:
Has it really got a team of snow white horses?
Curly:
One's like snow,
the others more like milk.
Perfect transcript.
I saw the film of OKLAHOMA! in 70 mm at Hollywood's Egyptian Theater in the mid-90s. Incredible visual and
sound!
What a voice.. sad he died so young!
This brings back memories and a few tears for a time in place where the collective memory that once experienced the extraordinary art as this will soon be gone.
The tapestry of words, orchestration, voice and it's modulation in this song is unalloyed joy.
Excelente
Amazing! Brings back happy days and memories!
I can sing this like him. I've listened to this song for 30 years. I love it
What happened to this world? This is so romantic. How could they not fall in love?