"Watch that line, now." "Watch that line." "PoLazarus" " Po Lazarus!" "PoLazarus..." "Well,thehighsheriff, he told the deputy" "Won'tyougo out and bring me Lazarus?" "Well,thehighsheriff, he told the deputy" "Won'tyougo out and bring me Lazarus?" "Oh,bringhimdeadoralive" "OLord" "Bringhimdeadoralive" "Well,thedeputy, he told the high sheriff" "Well,I ain'tgonnamess with Lazarus" "Well,thedeputy, he told the high sheriff" "SaidI ain'tgonnamess with Lazarus..." "Pick up that hammer there, boy." "Well,he'sadangerousman" "OLord,he 'sadangerousman..." "Go on, hit it!" "Go!" "Oneeveningas thesun wentdown" "Andthejunglefirewasburning" "Downthetrackcameahobohikin'" "Andhesaid,boys,I'mnotturning" "I'mheadedforaland  that's far away" "Besidethecrystalfountains" "Socomewithme, we'llgoandsee the big rock candy mountains" "Inthebigrockcandymountains" "There'sa land that's fair and bright" "Wherethehandoutsgrowonbushes" "Andyousleepout everynight" "Wheretheboxcarsall are empty" "Andthesunshineseveryday" "Onthebirdsand the bees and the cigarette trees" "Thelemonadesprings where the bluebird sings" "Inthebigrockcandymountains" "Inthebigrockcandymountains" "Allthecopshavewoodenlegs" "Andthebulldogs all have rubber teeth" "Andthehenslay soft-boiledeggs" "Thefarmers'trees are full of fruit" "Andthebarnsare fullofhay" "Oh,I 'mboundto go  where there ain't no snow" "Wheretheraindon 'tfall, the wind don't blow" "Inthebigrockcandymountains" "Inthebigrockcandymountains" "Youneverchangeyoursocks" "Andthelittlestreamsofalcohol" "Comea-tricklingdownthe rocks" "Thebrakemenhavetotiptheir hats" "Andtherailroadbullsareblind" "There'sa lakeof stew and of whiskey, too" "Youcanpaddleall around'em in a big canoe" "Inthebigrock candy mountains..." "Thejailsaremadeoftin" "Andyoucanwalkrightoutagain" "Assoonas youare in" "Thereain'tno  short-handle shovels" "Noaxes,sawsorpicks" "I'ma-goin'to stay where you sleep all day" "Wheretheyhungthe jerk that invented work" "Inthebigrockcandymountains" "I'llseeyouall thiscomin'fall" "Inthebigrockcandymountains" "Say, any of you boys smithies?" "Or if not smithies per se were you otherwise trained in the metallurgic arts before straitened circumstances forced you into a life of aimless wandering'?" "Jesus!" "Can't I count on you people?" "Sorry, Everett." "Well, all right." "...we take off through that bayou..." "Wait a minute!" "Who elected you leader of this outfit?" "Pete, I figured it should be the one with the capacity for abstract thought, but if that ain't the consensus' view, then hell, let's put it to a vote." "Suits me!" "I'm votin' for yours truly." "Well, I'm votin' for yours truly, too." "OK, I'm with you fellas." "Mind if we join you, old-timer?" "Join me, m'son." "Join me." "You work for the railroad, Grandpa?" "I work for no man." " You got a name, do you?" " I have no name." "That right there may be the reason you had difficulty finding employment." "Y'see, in the mart of competitive commerce..." "You seek a great fortune, you three who are now in chains." "You will find a fortune, though it will not be the fortune you seek." "But first... first you must travel a long and difficult road, a road fraught with peril, mm-hmm." "You shall see things... wonderful to tell." "You shall see a... a cow... on the roof of a cotton house, ha." "And, oh, so many startling sights." "I cannot tell you how long this road shall be, but fear not the obstacles in your path, for fate has... vouchsafed your reward." "Though the road may wind, and yea, your hearts grow weary, still shall ye follow them, even unto your salvation." "No, the treasure's still there, boys, believe me." "But how did he know about the treasure?" "I don't know, Delmar." "The blind are reputed to have sensitivities reputedly possess sensitivities compensating for their lack of sight, even to the point of developing paranormal psychic powers." "Clearly, seeing into the future would fall neatly into that category." "It's not so surprising then that an organism deprived of its earthly vision..." "He said we wouldn't get it." "We wouldn't get the treasure we seek, on account of our obstacles." "What the hell does he know?" "He's an ignorant old man." "Jesus, Pete." "I told you I'd buried it myself." "If your cousin still has this here horse farm a forge and some shoeing impedimenta to restore our liberty of movement..." "Hold it right there!" "You men from the bank?" "You Wash's boy?" "Yes, sir." "And Daddy told me I'm to shoot whoever's from the bank!" "Well, we ain't from the bank, young fella." "Yes, sir." "I'm supposed to shoot folks serving' papers!" " We ain't got no papers, neither." " I nicked the census man." "Now, there's a good boy." "Is... is your daddy about?" "Hello, Pete." "Who are your friends?" "Pleased to make your acquaintance, Mr. Hogwallop." " My name's Ulysses Everett McGill..." " And I'm Delmar O'Donnel." "How you been, Wash?" "Been what, 12, 13 years?" "Yeah..." "I expect you want them chains knocked off." "They foreclosed on Cousin Vester." "He hanged hisself a year come May." "And Uncle Ratliff?" "The anthrax took most of his cows." "The rest don't milk." "He lost a boy to mumps." "Where's Cora, Cousin Wash?" "Couldn't say." "Mrs. Hogwallop up and R-U-N-N-O-F-T." "She must have been lookin' for answers." "Possibly." "Good riddance, as far as I'm concerned." "I do miss her cooking, though." " This stew's awful good." " You think so?" "I slaughtered this horse last Tuesday." "I'm afraid she's startin' to turn." "Youaremy sunshine" "Myonlysunshine" "Youmakeme happy" "Whenskiesaregrey" "You'llneverknow,dear" "HowmuchIloveyou" "Pleasedon'ttake my sunshine away" "Well, that winds up tonight's:" "Pass The Biscuits, Pappy O'Daniel Flour Hour." "This is Pappy O'Daniel, hopin' you folks have been enjoyin' that old-timey music." "And remember:" "When you're fryin' up some flapjacks, or baking a mess of biscuits, use cool, clear water, and good, pure, Pappy O'Daniel flour." "Well, guess I'll be turnin' in." "Say, uh, Cousin Wash," "I suppose it'd be the acme of foolishness to enquire if you had a hairnet?" "I got a bunch in yond bureau." "Mrs. Hogwallop's, as a matter of fact." "Help yourself." "I won't be needing them." "Youaremy sunshine" "Myonlysunshine" "Youmakeme happy" "Whenskiesaregrey..." " All right, boys!" "How's my hair?" "It's the authorities!" "We got you surrounded." "Damn, we're in a tight spot." "Just come on out and grab at air!" "And don't try nothin' fancy." "Your situation is pretty nigh hopeless." " Damn!" "We're in a tight spot!" " What in the Sam Hill...?" "Pete's cousin turned us in for the bounty." "What the hell you sayin'?" "!" "Wash is kin!" "Sorry, Pete!" "I know we're kin, but they got this depression on." "I got to do for me and mine." "I'm gonna kill you!" "Judas Iscariot Hogwallop!" "You miserable, horse-eatin' son of a bitch!" "Damn!" "We're in a tight spot." "Damn his eyes!" "Pa always said, "Never trust a Hogwallop"." "Come and get us, coppers!" "You boys ain't leaving' us no choice but to smoke you out." "Damn!" "We're in a tight spot." "Light her up!" "Hold on, boys!" "Ain't you ever heard of negotiating?" "Maybe we can talk this thing out." "I hate fire." "You lousy, low-down, yellow-bellied skunks!" "Pete, we gotta speak with one voice here." "Careful with that fire, boys!" "Light the loft, son." "Aah!" "I hate fire!" "Gapped-toothed, carpetbaggin', motherless spawn of hell!" "Step back." "Damn it." "Look out." "Holy Saint Christopher!" "Get away from that vehicle, champ." "She's lickin' fire." "Take cover, boys!" "That ain't popcorn!" "Scatter, boys!" "God damn it!" "Get in, boys!" "I'm gonna R-U-N-N-O-F-T!" "Come on, boys!" "Come on!" "Come on!" "What are you doing here?" "You ought to be in bed, clump snatcher." "You ain't the boss of me!" "You candy-butted, car-thievin' so-and-sos!" "I curse your names!" "Go back home and mind your pa!" "What's the damn problem?" "I can get the part from Bristol." "It'll take two weeks." "Here's your pomade." "Two weeks?" "That don't do me no good." "Nearest Ford auto man's in Bristol." "Hold on." "I don't want this pomade, I want Dapper Dan." "I don't carry Dapper Dan." "I carry Fop." "Well, I don't want Fop." "Goddamn it!" "I'm a Dapper Dan man!" "Watch your language, young fellow, this is a public market." "Now, if you want Dapper Dan, I can order it so you'll have it in a couple of weeks." "Ain't this a geographical oddity!" "Two weeks from everywhere." "Forget it." "Just a dozen hairnets." "Well, didn't look like a one-horse town, but try finding a decent hair jelly." " Gopher, Everett?" " And no transmission belt for two weeks." "Huh?" "They dam that river on the 21st." " Today is the 17th." " Don't I know it." "We got but four days to get to that treasure." "After that, it'll be at the bottom of a lake." "We ain't gonna make it walkin'." " That's right..." " Gopher, Everett?" "But the old tactician's got a plan." "For the transportation, that is." "I don't know how I'll keep my coiffure in order." "How's this a plan?" "How we gonna get a car?" "Sell that." "I figure you can only have painful association for Wash." ""To Washington Bartholomew Hogwallop, from his lovin' Cora."" " "Amor fidel..." "lis."" " It was in his bureau," "I reckon it'll fetch us enough cash for a good auto voiture and a little leftover besides." "Whoo!" "You got light fingers, Everett." " Gopher?" " You miserable little snake." "You stole from my kin!" "Who was fixin' to betray us." "You didn't know that at the time." "So I borrowed it till I did know." "That don't make no sense!" "It's a fool who looks for logic in the chambers of the human heart." "Now..." "What the hell is that singing?" "Appears to be some kind of a... congregation." "Care for some gopher?" "No, thank you, Delmar." "A third of a gopher'd only arouse my appetite without bedding' her back down." "Oh, you can have the whole thing." "Me and Pete already had one." "We ran across a whole..." "gopher... village." "Obrothers,let'sgodown" "Let'sgodown,comeondown" "Comeon,brothers,let 'sgodown" "Downintherivertopray" "AsI wentdown in the river to pray" "Studyin'aboutthatgoodoldway" "Andwhoshallwear the starry crown" "GoodLord,showmetheway" "Ofathers,let'sgodown" "Let'sgodown,comeondown" "Ofathers,let'sgodown" "Downintherivertopray" "AsI wentdown in the river to pray" "Studyingaboutthatgoodoldway" "Andwhoshallwear the robe and crown" "Goodlord,showmetheway" "Omothers,let'sgodown" "Comeondown, don't you wanna go down?" "Comeon,mothers, let's go down..." "Well, I guess hard times flush the chumps." "Everybody's lookin' for answers." "Where the hell's he going?" "The Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost." "GoodLord,showmetheway" "Osinners,let'sgodown ..." "Well, I'll be a son of a bitch." "Delmar's been saved." "Well, that's it, boys." "I been redeemed." "The preacher done washed away all my sins and transgressions." "It's the straight and narrow from here on out." "And heaven everlasting's my reward." "Delmar, what are you on about?" "We got bigger fish to fry." "The preacher said all my sins is washed away, including that Piggly Wiggly I knocked over in Yazoo." "I thought you said you were innocent of those charges?" "Well, I was lying." "And the preacher said that that sin's been washed away, too." "Neither God nor man's got nothin' on me now." "Come on in, boys." "The water is fine." "Come on, boy." "There, boy." "Good doggy." "All right, boys, we got the scent." " The preacher said it absolved us." " For Him, not for the law." "I'm surprised." "I gave you credit for more brains than Delmar." " But there were witnesses seen us redeemed." " That's not the issue, Delmar." "Even if it did put you square with the Lord, the state of Mississippi's a little more hard-nosed." "You shoulda joined us, Everett." "It couldn'a hurt none." "Hell, at least it woulda washed away the stink of that pomade." "Joining you fools in a ridiculous superstition?" "Thank you, anyway." "And I like the smell of my hair treatment, the pleasing' odour's half the point." "Baptism." "You two are dumber than a bag of hammers." "Well, I guess you're just my cross to bear." "Pull over, Everett." "Let's give that coloured boy a lift." "You folks going past Tishomingo?" "Sure, hop in." "How you doin', son?" "Name's Everett." "These two soggy sons of bitches are Pete and Delmar." "Keep your fingers away from Pete's mouth, he ain't eaten for 13 years, 'cept prison food, gopher, and a little greasy horse." "Thanks for the lift, sir." "My name's Tommy." "Tommy Johnson." "How you doin', Tommy?" "Say, I haven't seen a house out here for miles." "What are you doing out in the middle of nowhere?" "Well I had to be at that there crossroads last midnight." "Sell my soul to the Devil." "Ain't it a small world, spiritually speaking'?" "Pete and Delmar have just been baptized and saved." "I guess I'm the only one that remains unaffiliated." "This ain't no laughin' matter, Everett." "What'd the Devil give you for your soul, Tommy?" "Well, he taught me to play this here guitar real good." "Oh, son, for that you traded your everlasting soul?" "Well, I wasn't using' it." "I've always wondered, what's the Devil look like?" "Well, of course there are all manner of lesser imps and demons, Pete, but the great Satan himself is red and scaly with a bifurcated tail," " and carries a hayfork." " Oh, no." "No, sir." "He's white." "As white as you folks." "With empty eyes and a big, hollow voice." "He loves travel around with a mean old hound, that's right." "He told you to go to Tishomingo?" "Well, no, sir." "Why, that was my idea." "I heard there's a man down there, he pays folks money to sing into his can." "They say he pays extra if'n you play real good." "Tishomingo, huh?" "How much he pay?" "All right, boys, follow my lead." "Hello?" " Who's the honcho around here?" " I am." "Who are you?" "Well, sir, I'm Jordan Rivers, and these here are the Soggy Bottom Boys, out of Cottonillia, Mississippi." "Songs of salvation to salve the soul." "Uh, we hear that you pay good money to sing into a can." "Well, that all depends." "You boys do Negro songs?" "Um..." "Well, uh, sir, we are Negroes." "All except for our accomp... accomp..." "the fella that plays the guitar." "Yeah, well, I don't record Negro songs." "No, I'm lookin' for some old-timey material." "You see, people can't seem to get enough of it since we started broadcasting it on the Pappy O'Daniel Flour Hour, so thank you for stopping by..." "Sir, the Soggy Bottom Boys have been steeped in old-timey material." " Heck, we're silly with it, ain't we, boys?" " That's right." "That's right." "We ain't really Negroes." "Except for our accompanist." "Iamaman" "Ofconstantsorrow" "I'veseentroubleall mydays" "Ibidfarewell" "TooldKentucky" "TheplacewhereI" "Wasbornandraised" "Theplacewherehe" "Wasbornandraised" "Forsixlongyears" "I'vebeenin trouble" "Nopleasurehere" "OnEarthIfound" "Forinthisworld" "I'mboundto ramble" "Ihaveno friends" "Tohelpme now" "Hehasno friends" "Tohelphimnow" "Maybeyourfriendsthink" "I'mjustastranger" "Myfaceyounever" "Willseeno more" "Butthereis onepromise" "Thatisgiven" "I'llmeetyouon" "God'sgoldenshore" "He'llmeetyouon" "God'sgoldenshore" "Whoo!" "Hot damn, son!" "I do believe you did sell your soul to the Devil!" "Whoo-ee!" "Boy, that was some mighty fine a-pickin' and a-singin'." "I'll tell you what." "Ahem." "You come on in here, you... you sign these papers here, I'm gonna give you $10 apiece." "Uh, OK, sir, but Mert and uh..." "Aloysious'll have to sign X's." " Only four of us can write." " That'd be fine." " Ha ha!" " Whoo!" "Hey, mister, I don't mean to be telling tales out of school, but there's a fella in there'll pay you $10 if you sing into his can." "I'm not here to make a record, you dumb cracker." "They broadcast me on the radio." "That's Governor Menelaus, "Pass the Biscuits, Pappy O'Daniel"." "And he'd appreciate it if you ate his farina and voted him a second term." " Finest governor we ever had in Mississippi." " In any state." "Lord, yes, every parish or precinct." "He was making a bigger point." "Ain't you gonna press the flesh, Pappy?" "Do some politicking'?" "I'll press your flesh, you dim-witted son'bitch." "Don't tell your Pappy how to court the electorate." "We ain't one-at-a-timin' here." "We're mass communicating'!" "Oh, yes, that's a powerful new force." "Shake a leg, Junior." "Thank God your mammy died giving' birth." "If she'd seen you she'd have died of shame." "Well, hi there!" "How you doin'?" "Hardtimeyearnin' where you go" "Timesisharder than ever been before" "Andthepeopleare driftin'" "Fromdoorto door" "Can'tfindno heaven" "Idon'tcarewherethey go" "Mm-hmm,mm-hmm" "Mm-hm,mm-hmm" "Sayyouhadmoney" "Youbetterbe sure" "Thesehardtimeswilldriveyou" "Fromdoorto door" "Uh-hmm" "Mm-hmm" "Uh-hmm,mm-hmm..." "Let's bed down here for the night." "Yeah, it stinks in that old barn." "Suits me." "Pretty soon it'll be nothin' but featherbeds and silk sheets." "Mm-hm..." "A million dollars." "Million point two." " 500,000 each." " 400, Delmar." "Pete, what are you gonna do with your share of the treasure?" "Go out west somewhere." "Open a fine restaurant." "I'm gonna be the maitre d'." "Greet all the swells." "Go to work every day in a bow tie, tuxedo." "And all the staff say "yes, sir" and..." ""no, sir"... and "in a jiffy, Pete"." "And all my meals for free." "What about you, Delmar, what are you gonna do with your share of that dough?" "I'm gonna visit them foreclosin' son of a guns down at the Indianola Savings and Loan." "Slap that money on the barrel head and buy back the family farm." "You ain't no kind of man if you ain't got land." "What about you, Everett?" "What you have in mind when you stole it in the first place?" "Ahem." "I... didn't have no plan." "Well, that hardly sounds like you." "All right, boys!" "It's the authorities!" "Your situation is pretty hopeless!" "Damn, they found our car." "We ain't got the time and nary the inclination to chat with you boys any further." "Damn, we got to skedaddle." "I left my pomade in the car." "Maybe I can creep up." "Don't be a fool, Everett." "We got to R-U-N-N-O-F-T." "Where's Tommy?" "Already lit out, scared out of his wits." "Let's go!" "Well, hell, it ain't square one." "Ain't no one gonna pick up three filthy unshaved hitchhikers." "And one of them a know-it-all who can't keep his trap shut." "Pete, the personal rancour reflected in that remark I don't intend to dignify with comment." "But I would like to address your general attitude of hopeless negativism." "Consider the lilies of the goddam field." "Or, hell, look at Delmar here as your paradigm of hope." "Yeah." "Look at me." "You may call it an unreasoning optimism, you may call it obtuse, but the plain and simple fact is that we got close to... three days before they dam that river." "Is this the road to Itta Bena?" "Uh..." "Itta Bena?" "Itta Bena?" "If you stay on this here road." "That ain't right, I was thinking of, uh..." " Take this road." " Nah, that ain't right." "Seems to me there's a road..." "Cow road that used to lead all the way..." "Well, most of the way..." "Er, that ain't right, either." " Hop in while you give it a think." " Right." "Delmar." "Any of you boys know your way around a Walther PPK?" "Well, see, that's where we can't help ya." "I don't believe it's in Mississippi." "Friend, some of your folding money has come unstowed." "Just stuff it down that sack, will you?" "You boys aren't bad men, I take it?" "Well, it's funny you should ask." "I was bad till yesterday, but me and Pete here have been saved." "I'm Delmar, and that there is Everett." "George Nelson." "It's a pleasure." "Grab the tiller, will you, buddy?" "Hand me that chopper." "Say, what line of work you in, George?" "Ha ha ha ha!" "Come and get me, coppers!" "You flatfooted, lame-brained, soft-ass sons of bitches!" "Ah ha ha ha ha!" "No one can catch me!" "I'm George Nelson!" "I'm bigger than any John, live or limp!" "I'm ten an' a half feet tall and ain't yet fully grown!" "Cows." "I hate cows worse than coppers!" "Oh, George..." "Not the livestock." "Come on, you miserable salaried sons of bitches!" "Come and get me!" "Come on, boys, we're going for the record." "Three banks in two hours!" "OK, folks, hold the applause and drop your drawers!" "I'm George Nelson, and I'm here to sack the city Itta Bena!" "He's a live wire, though, ain't he?" "All the money in a bag." "What are you lookin' at, grandpa?" "Pardon me, George, you got a plan for getting outta here?" "Sure, boys." "Here's my plan." "Ha ha ha ha!" "They ain't never seen ordnance like this!" "Thank you, folks." "And remember, Jesus saves, but George Nelson withdraws!" "Go fix the auto voiture, Pete." "That's Babyface Nelson." "Who said that?" "What ignorant, low-down, slanderisin' son of a bitch said that?" "!" "My name is George Nelson, get me?" "!" "She didn't mean nothin' by it, George." "George Nelson!" "Not Babyface!" "You remember!" "And you tell your friends!" "I'm George Nelson." "Born to raise hell." "Well, that was some fun, now, wasn't it, George?" "Yeah." "Almost makes me wish I hadn'ta been saved." "Jacking up banks." "I can see how a fella'd derive a whole lot of pleasure and satisfaction out of it." " It's OK." " Hoo, dawgies!" "Well..." "I'm takin' off." "You boys might as well keep my..." "share of the riches." "Well, where are you going, George?" "I don't know." "Who cares?" "Now, what do you suppose is eatin' George?" "Well, they say that with the thrill-seeking personality, what goes up must come down." "Top of the world one minute, haunted by megrims the next." "Yes, sir, it's as if our old friend George is a alley cat and his own damn humours are swingin' him by the tail." "I wouldn't worry, Delmar." "He'll be back on top again." "I don't think we've seen the last of George Nelson." "Don't be saps for Pappy." "Homer Stokes for governor." "Let's sweep this state clean." "Vote for Stokes, brother." "...meetwiththedarkness and strive" "Thesunnysideyou alsomayview" "Keeponthesunnyside" "Alwaysonthesunnyside" "Aw, shh shh." "Hang on!" "I'm gonna slap one on here." "Folks, here's my cousin Ezra's niece," "Eudora from out of Greenwood, doin' a little number with her cousin Tom-Tom, which I predict you gonna enjoy thoroughly." "Now, what can I do you for, Mr. French?" "How can I lay a hold of them Soggy Bottom Boys?" "Soggy Bottom." "I don't precisely recollect them." "They cut a record a few days ago, an old-timey harmony thing, with a guitar accomp... accomp..." "Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, I remember them." "Coloured fellas, I believe." "Yes, sir, they a fine bunch of boys." "They sang into yonder can, then skedaddled." "Well, that record is just goin' through the goddam roof." " They playin' it far away as Mobile." " No." "Whole damn state's goin' apey." "Well, it was a powerful air." "Hot damn, we gotta find them boys and sign 'em to a big fat contract." "Hell's bells, Mr. Lund, if we don't, the goddam competition will." "Oh, mercy, yes, we got to beat that competition." " Yes, sir." " Yes, sir." "Flyaway" "Likea bird, from these prison walls I'll fly" "I'llflyaway,fly away" "I'llflyaway,fly away,oglory" "I'llflyaway,fly away" "Inthemornin'" "WhenI die, hallelujah by and by" "I'llflyaway,fly away" "Justa fewmorewearydays  and then" "I'llflyaway,fly away" "Toa landwherejoys" "Woo hoo, whoo!" "willneverend..." "I'llflyaway,fly away..." "I'llflyaway,fly away,oglory" "I'llflyaway,fly away" "Inthemornin'" "WhenI diehallelujahbyandby" "I'llflyaway,fly away" "Whentheshadows of this life have gone" "I'llflyaway,fly away" "Likea birdfrom these prison walls I'll fly" "I'llflyaway,fly away..." "Delmar!" "Over here!" "Do you have the Soggy Bottom Boys performing "Man of Constant Sorrow"?" "No, ma'am." "We got a new shipment in yesterday." "Sorry, but we just can't keep 'em on our shelves." "I'llflyaway,fly away,oglory" "I'llflyaway,fly away" "Inthemornin'" "WhenI die,hallelujahbyandby" "I'llflyaway,fly away" "Justa fewmorewearydays  and then" "I'llflyaway,fly away" "Toa landwherejoys will never end" "I'llflyaway,fly away" "I'llflyaway,fly away,oglory" "I'llflyaway,fly away" "How are you?" "Inthemornin'" "Delmar, come on." "Go." "WhenI die,hallelujahbyandby" "I'llflyaway,fly away" "I'llflyaway,fly away" "Inthemornin'" "Gotosleep,you littlebaby" "Shut up, Delmar." "Ohh!" "Pull over!" "Pull over!" "Guess old Pete's got the itch." "Gotosleep,you littlebaby" "Gotosleep,you littlebaby" "Yourmama'sgoneaway, and your daddy's gonna stay" "Didn'tleavenobodybut the baby" " Howdy do, ladies?" "Name of Pete." "Gotosleep,you littlebaby" "Gotosleep,you littlebaby" "Everybody'sgone in the cotton and the corn" "Didn'tleavenobody but the baby..." "You gonna introduce us?" "I don't know their names." "I seen 'em first!" "You'resweet,littlebaby" "Honeyintherock, and the sugar don't stop" "Gonnabringabottletothebaby" "Don'tyouweep,prettybaby" "Don'tyouweep,prettybaby" "She'slonggone with her red shoes on" "Gonnaneedanother lovin' baby..." "Ladies, my name is Ulysses Everett McGill, and, well, you three ladies are about the... the prettiest..." "Youandme  and the Devil makes three" "Don'tneedno other lovin' baby..." "Water lilies, uh..." "Goto sleep,you littlebaby ..." " Corn liquor." "Gotosleep,you littlebaby" "Youandme  and the Devil makes three" "Don'tneedno otherlovin'baby" "Gotosleep,you littlebaby" "Gotosleep,you littlebaby" "Yourmama'sgoneaway, and your daddy's gonna stay" "Didn'tleavenobodybut the baby" "Gotosleep,you littlebaby" "Gotosleep,you littlebaby" "Comelayyourbones on the alabaster stones" "Andbemy everlovin'baby" "Everett." " Everett." " My hair!" "Look at this." "Pete!" "Where the heck are you?" "!" "Pete!" "We ain't got time for hide-and-seek!" "We ain't got time for shenanigans!" "Sweet Jesus, Everett." "They left his heart!" "Delmar, what the heck's got into you?" "Can't you see it, Everett?" "Them sirens did this to Pete." "They loved him up and turned him into a... horny toad." "Pete!" "Pete!" "Pete!" "Pete!" "Pete!" "Pete!" "Pete!" "Pete, it's me..." "Delmar." "It's me..." "Delmar." " Everett." " Delmar, what the...?" "!" "What are we gonna do?" "!" "I'm not sure that's Pete." "Of course it's Pete." "Look at him." "We got to find some kind of..." "wizard can change him back." "I'm just not sure that's Pete." "You can't display a toad in a fine restaurant like this one." "The good folks'd go off their feed." "Hey." "I just don't think it's right keeping him under wraps, like we was ashamed of him." "If it is Pete, I am ashamed of him." "The way I see it, he got what he deserved." "Fornicatin' with some whore of Babylon." "These things don't happen for no reason, Delmar." "It's obviously a judgment on Pete's character." "Well, the two of us was fixin' to fornicate." "You're going to have to excuse my rusticated friend, unaccustomed as he is to city manners and all." "Hmm?" "I guess we'll have ourselves a couple of steaks and some, uh, gratinated potatoes, and wash it down with your finest bubbly wine." "Oh, I don't suppose you have any nits or grubs back in the pantry?" "Maybe the chef could prepare..." "No, just bring us a couple of leaves of raw cabbage." " Yes, sir." " Thank you." "I don't believe I've seen you boys around here before." "Allow me to introduce myself." "Name of Daniel Teague, known Known in these precincts as Big Dan Teague," "Or, pressed for time, Big Dan!" "Tout court!" "How you doing, Big Dan?" "My name's Ulysses Everett McGill." "This is my associate, Delmar O'Donnel." "I detect, like me, you're endowed with the gift of gab." "I flatter myself that such is the case." "In my line of work, it's plum necessary." "The one thing you don't want is air in the conversation." "Once again, we find ourselves in agreement." "What kind of work do you do, Big Dan?" "Sales, Mr. McGill, sales!" "And what do I sell?" "The truth." "Every blessed word of it." "From Genesis on down to Revelations." "That's right, the word of God, which, let me tell you, there's damn good money in during these times of woe and want." "People are looking for answers, and Big Dan sells the only book that's got 'em." "And what do you do, you and your, uh, tongue-tied friend?" "We, uh..." "We're adventurers, sir, currently pursuing a certain opportunity, but we're open to others as well." "I like your style, young man." "So I'm going to propose you a proposition." "You cover my bill so I won't have to go back upstairs, get your waitress to wrap your dinner picnic-style and we shall retire to more private environs, where I'll tell you of the vast amounts of money" "in the service of God Almighty." "Well, why not?" "If nothing else, I could use some civilised conversation." "Don't forget your shoe box, friend." "Damn shame!" "Goddam campaign is lagging!" "We need a shot in the arm." "You hear me, boys?" "In the goddam arm!" "If the election was held tomorrow, that sumbitch Stokes would win in a walk!" "He's the reform candidate, Daddy." " Yeah?" " People like that reform." "Maybe we should get us some." "I'll reform you, you soft-headed son of a bitch." "How we gonna run reform when we're the damn incumbent?" "!" "Is that the best idea you boys can come up with?" "Reform?" "!" "Weepin' Jesus on the cross." "That's it!" "You may as well start drafting my concession speech right now." "OK, Pappy." "I'm just making a point, you stupid son'bitch." " Give me back that hat!" "Harry up!" " Pappy's just makin' a point." "Shut up!" "Thank you boys for that fricassee." "I'm a man of large appetites." "Even with lunch under my belt, I was feelin' a mite peckish." "It's our pleasure, Big Dan." "Thank you, as well, for the conversational hiatus." "I generally refrain from speech during gustation." "There are those who attempt both at the same time." "I find it coarse and vulgar." " Where were we?" " Making money in the Lord's service." "You don't say much friend, but when you do, it's to the point and I salute you for it." "Yes, Bible sales." "Now, the trade is not a complicated one." "There are but two things to learn." "One: being able to find a wholesaler," "The word of God in bulk, as it were." "Two: how to recognise your customer." "Who are you dealing with?" "It's an exercise in psychology, so to speak." "And it is that which I propose to give you a lesson in right now." "I like to think I'm a pretty astute student of the human scene too, Big Dan." "No doubt, brother." "I figured as much back at the restaurant." "That's why I invited you all out here for this advanced tutorial." "What's going on, Big Dan?" "It's all about the money, boys!" "That's the answer!" "Gol... durned... money!" "I don't get it, Big Dan." "Raah!" "Now, I'll just take your show cards." "Yaah!" "And whatever you got in the hole." "What the... there ain't nothin' but a damn toad." "No, you don't understand." "That's Pete." "Pete." "You know these things give you warts?" "End of lesson." "So long, boys." "Hee hee hee!" "See you in the funny papers." "Y'all seen the end of Big Dan Teague." "Where are they?" "Talk, you unreconstructed whelp of a whore!" "Where they headed?" " Aah!" " Your screams ain't gonna save your flesh." " Aah!" " Only your tongue is, boy." " Where they headed?" " Aah!" "Whoa, hound." "Sweet summer rain." "Like God's own mercy." "Your two friends have abandoned you, Pete." "They don't seem to care about your hide." "OK." "Stairway to heaven, Pete." "We shall all meet by and by." "God damn it!" "God forgive me!" "Hold." "Believe me, Delmar, he would have wanted us to press on." "Pete, rest his soul, was one sour-ass son of a bitch and not given to acts of pointless sentimentality." "It just don't seem right, diggin' up that treasure without him." "Maybe it was for the best that he was squished." "Why, he... was barely a sentient being and." "As soon as we get ourselves cleaned up, get a little smell'um in our hair, we're going to feel 100% better about ourselves, and about..." "life in general." "Must be near Parchment Farm." "Sorry sons of bitches." "Seems like a year ago we busted off the farm." "Pete got a brother?" "Not that I'm aware." "Heat must be getting to me." "Oh,thestormand its fury raged today" "Crushinghope that we cherished so dear" "Thecloudandstorm will in time pass away" "Andthesunagain will shine bright and clear" "Keeponthesunnyside" "Alwaysonthesunnyside" "Keeponthesunnyside oflife" "Itwillhelpuseveryday" "Itwillbrightenall the way" "Ifwe'llkeepon the sunny side of life" "Ifwe'llkeepon the sunny side of life" "That was wonderful." "That sure was." "Yes." "Now, I know The Sunnysiders would agree with me when I say that the great state of Mississippi cannot afford four more years of Pappy O'Daniel!" "Four more years of cronyism!" "Nepotism!" "Rascalism!" "Of service to the interests!" "Now, the choice, she's a clear." "Pappy O'Daniel, slave of the interests." "Homer Stokes, servant of the little man." "Right, little fella?" "He ain't lying'!" "And ladies and gentlemen, the little man has admonished me to grasp the broom of reform and sweep this state clean!" "It's gonna be, "Back to the flour mill, Pappy"!" "The interests can take care of themselves!" "Come Tuesday, we're gonna sweep the rascals out!" "Clean government is yours for the asking!" "Folks, now the little Wharvey gals!" ""Wharvey gals"?" "Did he just say "Little Wharvey gals"?" "Come here, girls." "What y'all gonna sing for us?" ""In the Highways"." " God damn it all!" " You know them gals, Everett?" "Inthehighways" "Inthehedges" "Inthehighways" "Inthehedges" "Inthehighways" "Inthehedges" "I'llbesomewhere a-working for my Lord" "I'llbesomewherea-working" "I'llbesomewherea-working" "I'llbesomewhere a-working for my Lord" "I'llbesomewherea-working" "I'llbesomewherea-working" "I'llbesomewhere a-working for my Lord" "Hey, girls!" "Daddy!" "Daddy!" "Ha ha ha!" "Daddy?" "He ain't our daddy." "Hell I ain't." "What's this Wharvey gals?" "Your name's McGills." "No, sir, not since you got hit by that train." "What are you talkin' about?" "I wasn't hit by a train." " Mama says you was hit by a train." " Blooey!" "Nothin' left." "Just a grease spot on the L  N." "Damn it, I wasn't hit by any train!" "That's right, Mama's got us back to Wharvey." " That's her maiden name." " You got a maiden name, Daddy?" "No, Daddy don't have a maiden name..." "That's your misfortune." " That's right." "And now mama's got a new beau." " He's a suitor." "Yeah, I heard about that." "Mama says he's bona fide." "Mmm." "He give her a ring?" "Yes, sir." "A big 'un." " Gold and gems." " Mama checked it." " It's bona fide." " He's a suitor." " What's his name?" " Vernon T Waldrip." " Uncle Vernon." " Till tomorrow." "Then he's gonna be Daddy." "I am the only daddy you got." "I am the damn pater familias." "But you ain't bona fide." "Where's your mama?" " At the Five-and-dime." " Buying nipples." "Thisway" "Totakeme home" "Kissmemore..." " Daddy!" " Hello, sugar!" "Ha ha!" "How's my little girl?" "Hi." " Who the hell's that?" " Starla Wharvey." "Starla McGill, you mean." " How come you never told me about her?" " Cos you was hit by a train." "That's another thing." "Why are you telling our gals I was hit by a train?" "Lots of respectable people have been hit by trains." "Judge Hobby, over in Cookeville, was hit by a train." "What was I supposed to tell them?" "That you were sent to the penal farm and I divorced you from shame?" "I take your point." "But it does put me in a damn awkward position vis-á-vis my progeny." "Hello, Penny." "Is this gentleman bothering you?" "You Waldrip?" "Uh-huh." "That's right." "Hmm." "You been using my hair treatment?" "Your hair treatment?" "Excuse me." "I got news for you." "In case you hadn't noticed, I wasn't hit by a train, and I have travelled many a weary mile to be back with my wife and my six daughters." " Seven, Daddy!" " That ain't your daddy, Alvanelle." "Your daddy was hit by a train." "Penny, you stop that!" "You stop it!" "Vernon here's got a job." "Vernon's got prospects." "He's bona fide." "What are you?" "I'll tell you what I am..." "I'm the pater familias, and you can't marry him!" "I can, I am and I will, tomorrow." "I gotta think about the Wharvey gals." "They look to me for answers." "Vernon can buy 'em lessons on the clarinet." "The only good thing you ever did for the gals was get hit by that train!" "Well, you lying, unconstant succubus." "Whoa, whoa, whoa!" "You can't swear at my fiancée!" "Oh, yeah?" "Well, you can't marry my wife!" "Who is that man?" "He's not my husband." "Just a drifter, I guess." "Just some no-account drifter." "And stay out of the Woolsworth!" "I'll bet she does imitations, too." "Deceitful, two-faced she-wolf." "Never trust a female, Delmar." "Remember that one simple precept and your time with me won't have been ill-spent." " OK, Everett." " "Hit by a train"." "Truth means nothing to a woman, Delmar." "Triumph of the subjective." "You ever been with a woman?" "Well, I've..." "I got to get the family farm back before I can start thinking about that." "That's right." "If then." "Believe me Delmar, woman's the most fiendish instrument of torture ever devised to be Devil the days of man." "Everett, I never figured you for a pater familias." "Ohh, yes." "I have spread my seed." "And look what it's..." "God damn it." "What the hell...?" "OK, boys." "Enjoy your picture show." "Ihaveno money,honey" "HowcanIchange?" "Do... not... seek the treasure." "Do not... seek the treasure." "It's a bushwhack." "They're fixin' an ambush." "Do not seek the treasure." "We... we thought you was... a toad." "We... thought..." "you... was... a... toad." "Do not seek the treasure." "Quiet there!" "Watch the picture!" "I signed that bill." "I signed a dozen agriculture bills." "Everyone knows I'm a friend of the farmer." "What I gotta do, start diddling livestock?" "We can't do that, Daddy." "We might offend our constituency." "We ain't got a constituency!" "Stokes got a constituency!" "Well, it's a well-run campaign." "Midget and broom and whatnot." " Devil his due." " Hell of an organisation." " Say, I got an idea." " What's that, Junior?" "We can hire us a little fella even smaller than Stokes's." "You slump-shouldered sack of nuts!" "Why, we'd look like a bunch of johnny-come-latelys." "Bringin' out our own midget." "Don't matter how stumpy!" "And that's the goddam problem, right there." "people think Stokes has got fresh ideas." "He's au courant and we're the past!" "It's a problem of..." " Perception." " That's right." " He's pulling our pants down." " Gonna paddle some behind." "Ain't gonna paddle it." "Gonna kick it." "Real hard." " No, I believe he's gonna paddle it." " I don't believe that's a proper description." " Well, that's how I'd characterise it." " I believe it's more of a kickin' situation." "God..." "God forgive me." "I could not gaze upon that fireshow." " Pete." " Hold still!" " Can't... stand much longer." "It was... it was a mo-moment of weakness." "Quit babbling', we gotta skedaddle." "That's all I got." "They lured me out for a bathe and then they dunked me, and trussed me up like a hog, and turned me in for the bounty." "Shoulda guessed it." "Typical womanly behaviour." "Just lucky we left before they came back for us." "We didn't abandon you, Pete." "We just thought you was a toad." "No, they never did turn me into a toad." "Well, that was our mistake, then." "And we was beat up by a Bible salesman and banished from Woolworths." "I don't know, Everett, was it the one branch or all of them?" "Well, I ain't had it easy, either, boys." "Frankly, uh, well, I..." "I spilt my guts about the treasure." "Huh?" "I'm awful sorry I betrayed you, fellas." "Must be my Hogwallop blood." "That's all right, Pete." "Awful white of you to take it like that, Everett." "I feel wretched." "Spoiling your play for a million dollar point two." "You should rip out my guts." "No, that's all right." "You boys are true friends!" "Ohh!" "You're my beaucoup friends." "Pete, I don't want you to beat yourself up about this, eh?" "I can't help it, but that's a..." "a wonderful thing to say." "Yeah." "Pete, uh..." "Well, fact of the matter is..." "Damn it..." "There ain't no treasure." "Fact of the matter is there never was." "But..." "So where's all the money from the armoured car job?" "I never knocked over no armoured car." "I was sent up for practising law without a license." " But..." " Damn it, I had to bust out." "My wife wrote me she was getting married, I gotta stop it." "I had two weeks left on my sentence." "I couldn't wait two weeks." "She's getting married tomorrow." "My added time for the escape, I don't get out now till 19... 87." "Now, I am sorry about that." "I'll be... 84 years old." "I guess they'll tack on 50 years for me, too." "Boys, we was chained together." "I had to tell you something." "Busting out alone was not an option." "I'm sorry." "84 years old." "Well, I'll only be 82." "You!" "You ruined my life!" "You ruined my life!" "I do apologize about that, Pete." "84 years old!" "I'm becoming Papillon!" "Delmar!" "Now, boys." "Boys." "Eenymeenymeinymo" "Ohhilo hi" "Ohhilo" "Ohoh-ohhhh..." "Ohdeath" "Whoadeath" "Won'tyousparemeover  till another year?" "Well,I amdeath,nonecanexcel" "I'llopenthedoor to heaven or hell" "Whoa,death,someonewouldpray" "Couldyouwaittocall me another day?" "Childrenpray..." "That's Tommy." "They got Tommy!" "Noose." "Nolongerpraying'..." "Sweet Jesus, we got to save him." "I'llfixyourfeet till you can't walk" "I'lllockyourjaw  till you can't talk" "I'llcloseyoureyes so you can't see" "It'sverydark..." " The colour guard." "Death,I cometo takethe soul" "Leavethebodyand leaveitcold" "Ohdeath" "Whoadeath" "Won'tyousparemeover  till another year?" "Brothers!" "Oh, brothers!" "We have all gathered here to preserve our hallowed culture and heritage from intrusion, inclusion and dilution of colour, of creed, and of our old-time religion." "We aim to pull evil up by the root before it chokes out the flower of our culture and heritage." "And our women, let's not forget those ladies, y'all, looking to us for protection from Darkies, from Jews, from Papists, and from all those smart-ass folks say we come descended from monkeys." " That's not my culture and heritage." " Yes!" "Is that your culture and heritage?" "No!" "And so... we gonna hang us a Negro." "Hooray!" "I ain't never harmed you, neither of you gentlemen." "Uh..." "Mm-hmm." "I ain't never harmed nobody." " Hey, hey, Tommy." " Huh?" "Tommy, we come to rescue you." "That's mighty kind of you boys, but I don't think nothing's going to save me now." "The Devil's come to collect his due." "Don't be crazy, Tommy." "You don't wanna get hanged." "Well, naw, I don't reckon I do, but that's the way it seems to be workin' out." "Listen, Tommy, I got a plan." "No!" "The colour guard is coloured." "Who made them the colour guard?" "Run, boys!" "Whoa!" "No, no, son!" "Can't let that flag touch the ground!" "Get your hand off me." "I can do this myself." "Get away from here." "I didn't tell you to sit over here." "I'm saying we should hire this man away." " That's a good idea, Pappy." " Hell of an idea." "Can't beat 'em, join 'em." "Have him join us, run our campaign, instead of that egghead's." " Enticements of power, wealth, et cetera." " No one says no to Pappy O'Daniel." " Oh, gracious, no, not with his blandishments." " And powers of persuasion." " What's his name again?" " The campaign manager?" " Waldrip." " Vernon Waldrip." " Vernon T Waldrip." " Hmm." "It's an invitation-only affair." "We'll have to sneak in at the service entrance." "Hold on." "Wait a minute." "Who elected you leader of this outfit?" "Since we've been following your lead, we got nothing but trouble." "I've gotten this close to being strung up and consumed in a fire and whipped no end and sunstroked and soggied." "And turned into a frog." "He wasn't turned into a frog." "Almost loved up, though." "So, you're against me now, too?" "Is that how it is, boys?" "The whole world and God Almighty..." "and now you?" "I guess I deserve it." "Boys..." "I know that I made some tactical mistakes, but if you just stick with me, I got a plan." "Believe me, boys, we can fix this thing." "And I'll get my wife back, and we can get out of here." "Goddam disgrace!" "Made a travesty of the entire evening." "Ohh!" "What I wouldn't give to get a hold of those agitators." "I mean, whoever heard of such behaviour, even amongst the coloured?" "Mulattos, maybe." "I suspect some miscegenation in their heritage." "How else you gonna explain it?" "Using a Confederate flag as a missile!" "Crazy!" "No one's ever gonna believe we're a real band." "This gonna work." "I just gotta get close enough to talk to her." "Coming with us has more future than marrying a guy named Waldrip." "I'm goddam bona fide." "I got the answers." "Everett, my beard itches." "Hey, hey!" ""In the Jailhouse Now", fellas." "Neighbourhood of B." "Psst!" "Penny." "Ahem." " It's me." " No." "Honey!" "IhadafriendnamedRamblin'Bob" "Heusedto steal,gambleandrob" "Hethoughthe was the smartest guy around" "Well,I ..." "We're leaving the state, pursuing opportunities in another venue." "I've got big plans." "Not minstrelsy." "This here's just a dodge." "I'm going to be a dentist." "I know this guy who'll print me up a license." "He'sinthejailhousenow" "Well,I toldhimonceortwice" "Tostopplayin'cards and a-shootin' dice" "He'sinthejailhousenow" "Ahheeyodel-lay-hee-hoo" "Yoheeeeee" "Ahdeeyodel-lay-hee" "Ohde-lotee" "Yodel-lay-heehee, yodel-lay-hee hee" "Yodel-lay-heeeee" "Boblikedto playhis poker..." "Why, that is an improper suggestion." "I-I-I can't switch sides in the middle of a campaign... especially to work for a man who lacks moral fibre." "Moral fibre?" "Why, you pasty-face son'bitch." "I invented moral fibre." "Pappy O'Daniel was displaying rectitude and high-mindedness while that egghead you work for was still messin' his drawers!" " Psst!" "Honey." " Go away." "I want to be what you want me to be, honey." "I want you and the gals to come with me." "Tostopplayin'cards and a-shootin' dice..." "What are you doing here, Pappy?" "I guess someone let on we were giving out liquor." "You'll be laughing out the other side of your face come November." "Pappy O'Daniel will be laughing then." " Not out the other side of his face, though." " No." "Just the regular side." "Yodel-lay-heehee, yodel-lay-hee hee" "Yodel-lay-heeeeee" "They're my daughters, too, Penny." "Ain't you ever heard of...?" "Inconstantsorrow" "Iamtheman" "Ofconstantsorrow" "I'veseentrouble..." "Hot damn!" "It's the Soggy Bottom Boys!" "Ibidfarewell" "TooldKentucky" "Theplacewhere I was born and raised" "Theplacewherehe" "Wasbornandraised..." "Whoo!" "Holy moly!" "These boys are a hit!" "But, Pappy, they's integrated." "Wait a minute." "Well, I guess folks don't mind integration." "You's miscegenated." "All you boys is miscegenated!" "Gimme a microphone!" "Gimme a microphone!" "Gimme a microphone!" "These boys is not white." "Hell, they ain't even old-timey." "I happen to know, ladies and gentlemen, that this band of miscreants here, this very evening, interfered with a lynch mob in the performance of its duties." "It's true!" "See, I belong to a certain secret society." "I don't believe I gotta mention its name, you know?" "Let 'em play!" "Go on!" "I wanna hear them sing." "Hmm." "And these boys here, they trampled all over our venerated observances and rituals." "Now, this here music is over, all right?" "And I have..." "No!" "Hey!" "Hey, I ain't..." "listen to me." "Folks, listen to me." "I..." "These boys desecrated a fiery cross." "We's all havin' a good time!" "And they's convicts, folks, fugitives escaped off the farm." "Now, folks, these boys gotta be remanded to the authorities." "Criminals!" "And I have it from the highest authority that that Negro sold his soul to the Devil!" "Oh!" "W-W-Wait a minute, folks." "It's true!" "It's true!" "Wait a minute." "Is you is, or is you ain't my constituency?" "No!" "Is you is, or is you ain't my constituency?" "No!" "Is you is..." "Is you is, or is you ain't my constituency?" "Oh, come on, folks." "No." "It's Homer now." "I'm a friend of the little man." "This is not fair!" "Hey!" "Come on!" "Come on, we got a little misunderstanding here." "God damn!" "It'sfairto tell" "Myonlylover" "Ineverexpect" "Toseeyouagain" "ForI 'mboundto ride" "Thatnorthernrailroad" "PerhapsI 'lldieuponthattrain" "Perhapshe'lldie upon his train..." "God damn!" "Opportunity knocks!" "Get out of my way!" "I'mjustastranger" "Incaseyouever" "Seeyourman..." "Butthereis onepromise" "Thatisgiven" "I'llmeetyouon" "God'sgoldenshore" "He'llmeetyouon" "God'sgoldenshore" "That's fine." "That's fine!" "Ladies and gentlemans, here and listening at home, the great state of Mississippi..." "Pappy O'Daniel, Governor... wants to thank the Soggy Bottom Boys for that wonderful performance." "And it looks like the only man in this great state who ain't a music lover is my esteemed opponent in the upcoming, Homer Stokes." "There ain't no accounting for taste." "Sounded to me like he was harbouring some kind of hateful grudge against the Soggy Bottom Boys on account of their rough and rowdy past." "Looks like Homer Stokes is the kind of fellow who wants to cast the first stone." "Well, I'm with you, folks." "I'm a forgive-and-forget Christian, and I say... if their rambunctiousness and misdemeanoring is behind them..." "It is, ain't it?" "Yes, sir, it is." "Well, then, I say, by the power vested in me, these boys is hereby pardoned!" "And furthermore... in the second Pappy O'Daniel administration, these boys is gonna be my brain trust!" "What's that mean, Everett?" "Well Delmar, it means you and me and Pete and Tommy are gonna be the power behind the throne, so to speak." "Oh, OK." "So, without further ado, and by way of endorsing my candidacy, the Soggy Bottom Boys is gonna lead us all in a chorus of "You Are My Sunshine"." "Ain't you, boys?" "One of our favourites." "Son... you're gonna go far." "Youaremy sunshine" "Myonlysunshine" "Youmakeme happy" "Whenskiesaregrey" "You'llneverknow,dear" "HowmuchIloveyou" "Pleasedon'ttake" "Mysunshineaway" "I guess Vernon T Waldrip is gonna be going on relief." "Maybe I can throw a little patronage his way, get him a job digging ditches or rounding up stray dogs." "So, is the marriage off, Miss Wharvey?" "McGill." "No." "The marriage will take place as planned." "With little change of cast." "Me and the little lady are gonna pick up the pieces and re-tie the knot, mixaphorically speaking." "You boys are invited, of course." "Hell, you're the best men." "I already got the rings." " Where's your ring, honey?" " I ain't worn it since our divorce came true." "Must still be in the roll-top in the old cabin." "Never thought I'd need it." "Vernon bought one, encrusted with jewels." "Now's the time to buy it off him cheap." "We ain't getting married with his ring." "You said you'd changed." " Yours is just an old pewter thing." " There ain't gonna be no wedding'." " It's just a symbol, honey." " No wedding." "We'll go fetch it with ya, Everett." "It's just..." "Shut up, Delmar." "It's just a symbol." "I've spoken my piece and counted to three." "She counted to three." "God damn it." "She counted to three." "Son of a bitch!" "You have any idea how far that cabin is?" "George?" "Hello, boys!" "Well, these little men finally caught up with the criminal of the century." "Looks like the chair for George Nelson!" "Yup, gonna electrify me." "I'm gonna go off like a roman candle!" "20,000 volts chasing a rabbit through yours truly!" "Goddamn, I'm gonna suck all the power right out of the state!" "Gonna shoot sparks out of my head and lightning from my fingertips!" "I'm George Nelson, and I'm feeling ten feet tall!" "Looks like George is right back on top again." "Cow killer!" "Well, at least you boys get to see the ancestral manse, the home where I spent so many happy day in the bosom of my family." "Refugin', if you will, with a mighty oak tree out front and a happy little tyre swing on it." "Where's the happy little tyre swing?" "End of the road, boys." " No." "Wait a minute." " Let's go, boys." "It's had its twists and turns, now it deposits you here." "Wait a minute." "You have eluded fate and you have eluded me for the last time." " Tie their hands, boys." " You can't do this, now." "Didn't know you'd be bringing a friend." "He'll just have to wait his turn, share one of your graves." "You can't do it, we just got pardoned by the Governor himself!" " It went out on the radio." " Is that right?" "Well, we ain't got a radio." "God have mercy." "You" "Gottogo" "Tothatlonesomevalley" "You" "Whoa,got..." "It ain't fitting'." "It ain't the law." " The law?" "Togo..." "The law is a human institution." "Nobodyelse" "Cangotherefor you ,no..." "Perhaps you should start making your prayers." "Whoa" "Got" "Togo..." "Oh, my God." "Everett?" "Tommy, I'm sorry we got you into this." "Good Lord..." "What do we do?" "Byyourself" "Whoa..." "Oh, Lord..." "Please look down and recognise us poor sinners." "Please, Lord." "I just want to see my daughters again." "I've been separated from my family for so long." "I know I've been guilty of pride and sharp dealing." "I'm sorry that I turned my back on you, forgive me." "We're helpless, Lord." "For the sake of my family, for Tommy's sake." "For Delmar's and Pete's." "Let me see my daughters again, Lord." "Help us, please." "Yougotto go" "Tothelonesomevalley" "Yes,sir,you,whoa" "Got" "Togo" "There" "Hey" "By" "Yourself" "Nobodyelse" "Nobodyelsecangoforyou" "You,whoa" "Got" "Togo" "There" "Ohh" "By" "Yourself" "Mmmm" "Ahh." "Ahh." " A miracle." "It was a miracle!" " Delmar, don't be ignorant." "I told you they were flooding this valley." " No!" "That ain't it!" " We prayed to God and he pitied us!" "Well, it never fails." "Once again you two hayseeds are showin' how much you want for intellect." "There's a perfectly scientific explanation for what just happened." "That ain't the tune you was singin' back at the gallows!" "Well, any human being'll cast about in a moment of stress." "No, the fact is, they're flooding this valley so they can hydroelectric up the whole darn state." "Yes, sir, the South is gonna change." "Everything's gonna be put on electricity and run on a paying' basis." "Out with the old spiritual mumbo-jumbo, the superstitions and the backward ways." "We gonna see a brave new world where they run everybody a wire and hook us up to a grid." "Yes, sir, a veritable age of reason." "Like the one they had in France." "Not a moment too soon." "Not a moment too soon." "Hey, there's Tommy." "Tommy, what you ridin' there?" "Unh!" "Whoa." "Roll-top desk." "Mylatestsun is sinking fast" "Myraceis nearlyrun ..." ""All's well that ends well", some poet said." "That's right, honey." "I don't mind telling you that I'm awful pleased my adventuring days have come to an end." "Time for this old boy to enjoy some repose." "That's good, honey." "You were right about that ring, too." "Any other wedding band wouldn't do." "This here was fore-ordained." "Fate was a-smilin' on me and you just have to have confidence..." "That's not my ring." " What?" "Not your ring?" " That's one of Aunt Herlene's." " You said it was in the roll-top desk." " I said I thought it was in the roll-top desk." " No, you said..." " Or under the mattress." " No..." " Or maybe in my chifforobe." "I don't know." "Well, I'm sorry, honey." "We need that ring." "Well, that ring is at the bottom of a pretty darn big lake." " Uh-uh." " A 9,000 hectare lake." "I don't care if it's 90,000." "That lake was not my doing." " I've counted to three." " No, wait, honey." "Findin' one little ring in the middle of all that water" " is one hell of a heroic task!" "...Andgivesme victory" "O,come,angelband" "Comeand" "Aroundmestand" "O,bearme away on your snow white wings" "Tomyimmortalhome" "O,bearme away on your snow white wings" "Tomyimmortalhome" "Mylatestsunissinkingfast" "Myraceis nearlyrun" "Mystrongesttrialsnow are past" "Mytriumphhasbegun" "O,come" "Angelband" "Comeandaroundmestand" "O,bearme away on your snow white wings" "Tomyimmortalhome" "O,bearme away on your snow white wings" "Tomyimmortalhome" "O,bearmy longing'hearttohim" "Whobledanddiedforme" "Whoseblood now cleanses from all sin" "Andgivesme victory" "O,come" "Angelband" "Comeandaroundmestand" "O,bearme away on your snow white wings" "Tomyimmortalhome" "O,bearme away on your snow white wings" "Tomyimmortalhome" "There'sa dark and a troubled side of life" "There'sa bright and a sunny side, too" "Thoughwemeetwith darkness and strife" "Thesunnysidebealso with you" "Keeponthesunnyside" "Alwaysonthesunnyside" "Keeponthesunnyside oflife" "Itwillhelpuseveryday" "Itwillbrightenall the way" "Ifwe'llkeepon the sunny side of life" "Thestormandits fury broke today" "Crushinghopes that we cherished so dear" "Cloudsandstorms again will pass away" "Andthesunwillshineagain , bright and clear" "Keeponthesunnyside" "Alwaysonthesunnyside" "Keeponthesunnyside oflife" "Itwillhelpuseveryday" "Itwillbrightenall the way" "Ifwe'llkeepon the sunny side of life" "Keeponthesunnyside" "Alwaysonthesunnyside" "Keeponthesunnyside oflife" "Itwillhelpuseveryday" "Itwillbrightenall the way" "Ifwe'llkeepon the sunny side of life" "Ifwe'llkeepon the sunny side of life"