Surrey (wagon)
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A Surrey is a horse-drawn four-wheeled, light wagon with two or four simple seats and a light fabric roof. It has an almost level floor. The name is derived from the southern county of Surrey , where this type of carriage was first built.
The Surrey was introduced to the United States in 1872. This term is also used for pedal-powered quadricycles and early automobiles that looked similar to a Surrey carriage. The Fore-Seat Surrey is a body for carriages or early automobiles with a rear or underfloor engine . A bench seat was integrated into the front bulkhead , accessible by opening a two-part cover. After opening the same, the upper part of this cover formed the backrest and the lower part of the footboard with leg support. Often a blanket could be attached, which offered the passengers on this drafty seat, at least from the waist down, a makeshift protection from wind and weather.
Trivia
The songwriting team Rodgers and Hammerstein made the vehicle in the 1943 musical Oklahoma! immortal. The song with the title The Surrey with the Fringe on Top (roughly: "The coach with the fringed roof") developed into a popular standard as a result of the film adaptation of 1955 , which was often interpreted, among others by Frank Sinatra (1945) , Miles Davis (1956), Grant Green (1963) and Wes Montgomery with the Wynton Kelly Trio (1965).
See also
Single receipts
- ^ " Surrey ", Encyclopædia Britannica
- ^ Frank Sinatra: The Surrey With The Fringe On Top
- ↑ Martin Williams : The Jazz Tradition . 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press, 1993, ISBN 978-0-19-507815-2 , pp. 203 (English, archive.org ).
- ^ Grant Green: Surrey With The Fringe On Top
- ↑ Wes Montgomery feat. Wynton Kelly Trio: The Surrey With The Fringe On Top