"Because, Mr. Haines, last winter in the month of November alone... four of me parishioners took to the bed with pneumonia." " That's too bad." " It's only by a miracle that I meself pulled through." "It'll only cost $632.50, complete with an automatic damper." "Father Fitzgibbon, I didn't come here to put in new furnaces." "I think you ought to give him his furnace, Dad." "It would warm people's hearts, and maybe his collections would be bigger." "No, no, son." "Improvements are out." " Now, Father" " That was good." "What he said, that was good." "Oh, well, he's new to our business." "Now, Father" " No furnace, huh ?" " No furnace." "Now, Father, here's my business." "You owe the Knickerbocker Savings and Loan Company five payments on this mortgage." "If they're not taken care of, I'm afraid the Knickerbocker Savings and Loan Company... will have to take the necessary action, huh ?" "Why don't you make that the subject of your sermon next Sunday ?" "Tell it to your people." "The Lord loveth a cheerful giver." "Oh, I can imagine meself saying that in Mass next Sunday." "What a sermon that would be, Mr. Haines." ""The text of me sermon this morning is taken from..." " the mortgage according to Mr. Haines... from the 1st to the 23rd clause."" "Very dull, you know." "Oh, but that's your business." "Keep it bright, huh ?" "But seriously, Father, we have made a bad loan, and we want our money back." " Well, you'll get it somehow." " That's all I wanted to know." "Good day, Father." "Come on, son." "Dad, you can't foreclose." "Why, it just isn't being done." "I read up on it and there's never been... a Catholic church foreclosure in the history of New York." "There's always a first time, isn't there ?" "Don't you think you're being a little harsh with him ?" "You've got to be." "Son, never loan money to a church." "As soon as you start to close in on them, everybody thinks you're a heel." " Well, aren't you ?" " Yes." "Good morning." "Could you tell me where I'd find Saint Dominic's Church ?" " Eh ?" " I'm looking for St. Dominic's Church." " Why ?" " I'm gonna work there." "The new assistant, eh ?" "And you can't even find the church." "Well, all I can say is, young man, you're off to a mighty bad start." "What's your name ?" "Father O'Malley." "Charles Francis Patrick O'Malley." " What's yours ?" " Her name is Quimp !" "Hattie Quimp !" "You'll see a lot of her." "At St. Dominic's, she's a regular two-a-day-er." "Very religious, burns candles." "I could tell ya plenty about them too." "And if I did, they'd have to leave the neighborhood." "If you're lookin' for St. Dominic's, Father," " it's a block up and then to your left." " Thank you." " Hello." " Hello." " How's things goin' ?" " Terrible." "They never hit one to me." " Watch right field for me a minute, will ya, Father ?" " Sure." " I gotta run in the house." " Okay." " Hey, fellas, the Father's gonna take my place." " Okay, Father." "I got it !" "Got it !" "Thanks !" "Hurry up !" "Come on !" " What do you think you're doing ?" " I'm the substitute right fielder." "You ought to be ashamed of yourself, playing with kids, smashing people's windows." " A big grown-up man." " And a priest besides." " Oh, hello." " Still looking for St. Dominic's." "You just wait 'til I tell Father Fitzgibbon." "Look, you keep out of this, will ya ?" "Go on, go on." " This is between him and me." " Honestly, I'm sorry about the window." "Yeah, but bein' sorry don't fix it." " I intend to pay for it." " When ?" "Priests never have any money." "That window" "Now, wait a minute, my good man, I said I'd pay for it." "I told you I'm sorry." "What else can I say after I say I'm sorry ?" "That ain't the idea." "It's the principle of the thing." "A priest didn't ought to go around breaking people's windows." " It sets a bad example for the children." " You got me stymied there." " I'm contrite and I'm penitent." "I've told you I'm sorry." " You told me that twice." " But that don't" " That doesn't fix the broken window, I know." "I think you're just playing hard to get along with." " Maybe a little security might help." " Huh ?" "These were given to me." "Why don't you keep them 'til I've made good ?" "Maybe they'll make you feel better." " They're mother of pearl, you see ?" " Huh ?" "If that'll satisfy you, why, I'll run along." "Hey, you, here, I got no use for this." "First place, I don't believe in it." " As a matter of fact, I don't believe in anything." " I can believe that." "I'm an atheist;" "besides, I'm superstitious." "All right, then, I'm sorry about the window." "I'll have it fixed." "Can I have the ball back ?" "You even throw like an atheist." "Mrs. Carmody, did the young priest come yet ?" "He's here, but he insisted on changin' his clothes before seeing' you." "Ah, that's nice." "Tidy himself up a bit." "Hello, Father." "I'm your new curate, Father." "If you'll excuse my appearance." "No, no, it's not possible." "The Bishop may have a grudge against me." "He may think I've a mouthful of clover and can't preach, but even the Bishop wouldn't do a thing like this to me." "I see what you mean." "Young man, is that the official garb of the priests in St. Louis ?" "No, I" " Something happened to me on the way over." "I guess this just isn't my day, Father." "Do you mind if I" "Nah." "Eh !" "Oh." "Young man, as a matter of curiosity, what made you become a priest ?" " Why, I" "Hello ?" "Well, you don't say." "Huh ?" "Ya don't say." "Oh, yes, I can well believe it, yeah." "Mrs. Quimp ?" "Oh, yes, yes, indeed, Mrs. Quimp." "Yes, indeed, I appreciate your good intentions." "Yes, yes, yes." " Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye." " I guess she told you about me, huh ?" "Yeah, the garrulous old biddy." "Young man, I'm afraid you're off to a very bad start." "That's what she said." "I'm sorry, Father, I" "Smashin' people's windows." "Such conduct." "Oh, yes, that reminds me." "I wanted to ask you something." "Yeah, listen now." "Tell me, young man, how did you happen to become a priest ?" " Well, I" "Yeah, yeah." "Chuck ?" "Chuck who ?" " Father Chuck ?" " That's me." "Here, I'll take it over here." "Hello ?" "Timmy !" "Well, how are ya, Timmy ?" "I just got in." "Well, what do you know ?" "That's Father O'Dowd, an old friend of mine." "We used to go to school together." "" Hail Alma Mater Thy time honored halls "" "" Shall echo with our praise 'til we die "" "" And 'round our hearts are the ivy-covered walls "" "" Of East St. Louis "" "" High "" "Ha, ha, good, Chuck, good, good." "Can't ya talk ?" "Mmm, well, no." "All right, then, I'll do the talkin'." "How does your new pastor impress you ?" "You're a big help." "It's a little early to say." "Time will tell though." "Uh-uh, no, I think it would be better if I told you when I saw you." "Yes, it would be much better." "All right, Timmy, make it soon, huh ?" "So long." " Oh, he's a great little man." " Yeah, yeah." " Uh, what were we talkin' about ?" " Oh" " Yes, I was goin' to ask you" " You were going to ask me if I want to see the church." " Yes, that's right." " Yes." " I like this." "It's beautiful." " Thank you." " How long you been here, Father ?" " Uh, 45 years." " And the-- - 46 in October !" " The church ?" " The same." "I built it." " I can only hope someday I can say I built as much." " Ah." " This is nice." " Yeah, the birds like it." "They're good company." "Listen." " Yes, I've taken a great deal of pleasure in me garden." "It's been hard work, but it's been worth it." "I think you'll find this a very pleasant place in which to meditate." " Ya do meditate, don't ya ?" " Oh, yes, sure." "Now I'll show you the church." "What we really need is a loudspeaker system." "Hmph, for a minute I thought I found a four-leaf clover." "Guess it just isn't my day." " Would you like to see the church ?" " Oh, yes !" "Oh, Mrs. Carmody, j-just a minute." "Just a minute." " Where's Father O'Malley ?" " He left early this morning." " The young man doesn't sleep as late as you do, you know ?" " Huh ?" "Oh." " What's this ?" " His luggage." "It just arrived." "Golf, tennis, and where, may I ask, is his fish pole ?" "It's here." "Huh !" " Good mornin', Father." " Been to market, eh ?" "Mrs. Carmody could attend to that." "You should have been making parish calls." "I have." "Mrs. McGonigle, the one with the big house and rheumatism." " She sent you a present." " Oh, she did, huh ?" "Very generous of her." "A fine Christian woman, Mrs. McGonigle." "Eh, wonder what 'tis." "Something to eat, I dare say." " Jam, jam." "No, pickled pigs feet." "Possibly some brandied peaches." "If there's one thing I'm partial to, it's a nice big jar of brandied peaches." " A nice basket too." " Yes, she wants it back." "Too young, O'Malley." "Much too young to be separated from their mother." "That's what she said." "So, here's the mother." " Isn't she cute ?" " The joy of giving is indeed a pleasure." "Especially when you get rid of something you don't want." "Oh, Mrs. McGonigle is famous for these tricks." "When her husband died, she sent me his umbrella, his long flannel underwear and his mustache cup." "" Hail Alma Mater Thy time honored halls "" "" Shall echo with our praise 'til we die "" "" And 'round our hearts are the ivy-covered walls "" "" Of East St. Louis High "" " Timmy, how are ya ?" " Chuck, I'm glad to see ya." " How long is it since we've seen each other ?" " Four years." " Oh, five, anyway." " Has it been that long ?" " Yes !" " Pardon me, Father Fitzgibbon." " This is my old friend, Father O'Dowd." " How are you, Father Fitzgibbon ?" "We've been friends since we were knee-high to a niblick." " He was our local Huckleberry Finn." "Laugh and the world laughs with you, he used to say." " Cry, and you cry all by yourself." " How are you, Father ?" "I just dropped by to see if Father O'Malley could play a little golf this afternoon ?" "Oh, you did ?" "Where's your parish ?" "Right over here, St. Francis." "Well, now, about your golf." "Of course, I can't answer for you, but at St. Dominic's we've very little time... for games of golf and such like." "If you were working for me, all I can say is that you wouldn't have time for it, either." "It's lucky for me then that I'm at St. Francis." "It's my hope St. Francis can say the same." " Uh-oh, he's got you there, Timmy." " Good, Father, very good." "Say, Father, why don't you come a round with us sometime ?" "It's a grand game." "Sure, Father, we'll teach ya." "A man is never too old to learn." "Lot of nice, fresh air out on the golf course." "And profanity too." "No, a golf course is nothing... but a poolroom moved outdoors." "You mind if I use that one sometime, Father ?" "Young man, would you mind" " How did he ever become a priest ?" " Oh, well, I don't" "Father Fitzgibbon." "Excuse me." " Who is it ?" " Mrs. Quimp." "Oh !" "Does he know ?" " Does he know what ?" " That you're in charge." " How'd you know ?" " I didn't." "I gathered as much when I heard you were here." "Everybody knows that St. Dominic's is in a bad way." "Father Fitzgibbon is getting to be an old man." " This needs a young fellow" " Timmy, look." " Don't mention it to anybody." " Oh, no, no." "When I had my talk with the Bishop, it was our understanding... that Father Fitzgibbon was to remain here as pastor and I was... to try and straighten out St. Dominic's without hurting' his feelings." "I see." "You're in charge, but you're not." "I don't think I'd like an assignment like that." "But the Bishop couldn't very well put him out to pasture, could he ?" ""Pasture" ?" "What's this I hear about a pasture ?" "I was just saying to him, Father, the next time I come past your church I'm going to drop in and see ya." "Good day, Father." "So long, Chuck." " I was goin' to ask ya something." "Oh, yes, the telephone." "Mrs. Quimp just telephoned." "Her landlord is throwin' her out again." "She wants somebody to go down and see her." "You better go." " I'll go right along, Father." "Would you mind the puppies ?" " Yeah." " Thank you." " Uh," "I'll bet you're the new assistant, the one who's going to get St. Dominic's out of all its trouble." "And I'll bet you're all the trouble." "I'll wager you're the man with the mortgage." " You've heard about the mortgage ?" " All churches have mortgages." "It isn't respectable for a church not to have one." "My name is O'Malley." " Mine is Haines." " Nice meeting you." "We may have to touch you for a little more a little later on." "We're gonna need a new paint job here pretty soon." "I must run along." "You look like a man it'll be a pleasure to do business with." "Yes, uh" "Hmm." "Get out !" "Get out !" "You'll not put me out !" "I'll pay you me rent when I get it !" " Good morning, Father." " Good morning." "Hello, Father." "Mrs. Quimp and I were just discussing you." "Oh, you were ?" "As you know, I represent the Knickerbocker Savings and Loan Company." " Uh-huh." " Inasmuch as Mrs. Quimp declines to pay her rent, the Knickerbocker Savings and Loan Company refuses to offer her any further hospitality." "Is she very far in arrears ?" "Mrs. Quimp has paid us nothing for six months." "It's very nice of you to show her leniency." "Supposin' the poor old woman has no place to go ?" "The Knickerbocker Savings and Loan Company is not a charitable institution, like St. Dominic's." "With us, it's just a matter of cold-blooded business." "With you it's different." "You haven't got anything and you don't want anything." "That's your business and people respect you for it." "But I'm not in your business, see ?" "If I haven't got anything and don't want anything, I'm a bum." "Surely there must be something we can do about it." "I don't know what you're going to do about it, but I'm going to throw her right out on her ear." "Why don't you give her a break ?" "Give her a month to make good in." " St. Dominic's will guarantee it." " St. Dominic's ?" "I can see you haven't been around long, Father." "St. Dominic's is in worse shape than Mrs. Quimp." " My old man happens to own the mortgage" " Your father holds the mortgage ?" "You're darn right he does." "Confidentially, I think he'd like a way to foreclose." "He wants to tear down the church and make a parking lot of it." "Can you imagine it ?" "He's a very disliked man." "I'm sort of following in his footsteps." " Junior, eh ?" " Yeah." " It's a turkey." "Let's cut through the churchyard." " Good afternoon, boys." " Oh, hello, Father." "That's a fine, fat bird you have there." "Oh, well, we was sort of bringing' it over for ya." " It's, uh, sort of a present." "Ain't it, Herman ?" " Y-Yeah !" "Well, that's very generous of ya." "Such a fine bird and all." "Now, where, may I ask, did ya get it ?" " Ah, we got" " We won it in a raffle over to the theater." " We were lucky !" " Isn't that great, huh ?" " But, surely, your mother" " Oh, except on Christmas, Ma don't like turkey." " She don't ?" " Honest." "That's most fortunate for me." "There's nothin' I'm more partial to than a nice tom turkey." "Roasted, all with dressing." "Well, I appreciate your kindness, boys." " It ain't nothin', Father." " On the contrary, I appreciate the thought behind it." "Small luxuries, like small sacrifices, are ofttimes the most godly." "Well, bless ya both." "Thank you." "Take it i-inside, inside the kitchen to the housekeeper." "Okay, Father, we'll see ya later." "So you guaranteed Mrs. Quimp's rent, did ya ?" " Of course I did." " St. Dominic's can't afford it." "I expected you to counsel Mrs. Quimp, not to adopt her." " Hmm." " Ah, hot turkey." "Hot ?" "Of course, it's hot." "That's what I say." "Bless us, O Lord, for these Thy gifts which we are about to receive." "Amen." "Amen." "Say, Father, you know a youngster around here named Tony Scaponi ?" " Uh-huh." "What about him ?" " This afternoon" "Tony belongs to a fine, upstanding Catholic family." "Eleven children." "Oh, sure, I know Tony." " As fine a lad as there is in the parish." " Police don't think so." " Oh, they don't, huh ?" " No, if something isn't done about Tony and his pals," "I'm afraid they're gonna wind up in a reform school." " Who told you that ?" " The police." "You've been listenin' to Patrick McCarthy, no doubt." "Let me tell you that that-- That man hasn't been to Mass in the last ten years." "That may be, but I think McCarthy's right about those kids." "They're terrorizing the whole neighborhood." "Hmm." "No use talkin' like that." "To hear the police talk, you'd think that every lad in the parish was a criminal." "I'll have you know that the very food there before us... is brought to us by two of those very lads that the police are so maliciously slandering." "Ah, is that so ?" "Tony Scaponi was one of them." "I gave them both my blessing." "And they gave you the bird." " Yeah." " I'll get it." " Hello, McCarthy." " Oh, good evenin', Father." "Well, I brung 'em." "Tony Scaponi, Herman Langerhanke." "Hi, fellows." "I don't think you have to wait, McCarthy." "Well, okay, Father." "Say, uh, I understand that you fellows like baseball pretty well, huh ?" " Yeah ?" " I was thinking, Saturday... the Yanks are playing the St. Louis Browns, a doubleheader." "Would you like to go out and see the games with me ?" "St. Louis is my old hometown, you know." "Get all the passes I want." " What do you say ?" " Well, I guess so." " Yeah, sure, I guess the fellows would like that." " It's a date then." " I'll meet you here Saturday at noon ?" " That'd be good." "You run along and have your dinner." "I'll go finish my turkey." "Let me see now, uh, where was I ?" "Oh, yeah, I know." "I was goin' to ask you something." " Oh, yeah, what made me become a priest ?" " No, no, no, no." " Uh, about young Tony ?" "What was it the police accused him of ?" " Stealing." "Stealing ?" "Stealing what ?" "Turkeys." "Seems the boys hijacked a poultry truck down the street here." "There was quite a bit of excitement." "The driver reported them to the police." "Uh, did the poor man get his turkeys back ?" "All but one, Father." "Thank you." "Ah, McCarthy, how are ya ?" " Good mornin', Father." "Uh, you open for business." " Always open for business." " Come on in." " Come on." "Sit down." "Stay here." " Come right in, Pat." " I got a problem, Father." " Seems like it's more yours than mine." " Mm-hmm." "It's her." "Well, Father, it's this way." " Last night I'm walkin' me beat, see ?" " Mm-hmm." " Who do you think I runs into ?" " Her ?" " Mm-mm." "Mrs. Quimp." " Ah." ""Officer McCarthy," she says." "You know how the old stool pigeon talks." " Yes, I do." " "lf you'll go around the corner, you'll find a girl." "I've been watching her and she ain't up to no good."" "Well, Father, I goes around the corner and there like the Quimp says, I finds her." " Do you follow me, Father ?" " Oh, yes, yeah." "Well, I looks at her and sizes her up." "One of those things, I think." "I'm just about to say to her," ""Look, sister, not on my beat."" "But she turns and right away I sees I'm out of line." " You follow me, Father ?" " Mm-hmm, yeah." "Well, to get down to it, Father, I find she's broke and run away from home." "Doesn't know a soul in town." "So, instead of booking' her, I takes her home." "It's all right with the missus one night, but if she stays any longer, well" "I guess Mrs. McCarthy, good woman that she is, is no different from any other woman." " You follow me, Father ?" " Yeah, I follow you." "So, she tells us that she's run away from home on account of her folks don't understand her." "We tried arguing with her, Father, but she's a tough one." "She thinks "Honor thy father and thy mother" is a belly laugh." "Well, Father, guess I'll let you pick it up from here." " Says her name's Carol James." " All right, McCarthy." " So long, Father." "You can go in now." " Good-bye." "Come right in." "Won't you sit down over here ?" "Carol, suppose you give us your version of it, huh ?" "I guess it's just about like he said." " You don't get along with your parents ?" " No." " So you're going to leave home ?" " Oh, I've left." "Hmm." "How are you fixed for funds ?" "I haven't any." "That's how I met Officer McCarthy." "Oh, but I'll get by." "Why don't you go back home ?" "I tell you, at home my life is intolerable." " Parents ?" " We don't agree on anything." "Don't like the way I do my hair, my eyebrows, too much lipstick." "Too something or other, too long, too short." "Do you think it's too short ?" "Well, I" " I don't know." "They even object to my boyfriends." "If they do let me go out, they say, "Where are you going ?" "Come home early." " Come right home after the show." - "No drive-in."" "No matter how early I get in, it's too late." "And if I say we ran out of gas, they say I'm lying." " Are ya ?" " Sometimes." "Did you ever think of maybe havin' the boyfriends over to the house ?" "Now you talk like they do." "I can't have them over to the house because Grandma sleeps in the living room." " She does, huh ?" " By 9:00 we have to be off the couch." "She needs it for a bed." "Can you imagine ?" "Of course, you know, there might be two sides to it." "Maybe you're bein' a little unreasonable." " I'm 18." " Eighteen, huh ?" "As old as that ?" "When I was 18, I thought my father was pretty dumb." "After a while, when I got to be 21, I was amazed to find out how much he'd learned in 3 years." "Oh, well." "Now that you're in New York," " what do you propose to do ?" " I'm going to get a job." " I'm a singer." " A singer, huh ?" " You any good ?" " Of course, I'm good." " What makes you think so ?" " Well, I'm" " I'm just good, that's all." "Well, uh, would you sing something for me ?" "Maybe I can help ya." " Supposed to be a good judge." " You wouldn't know the kind of songs I know." "How do you know ?" "Oh." "Do you happen to know "Day After Forever" ?" " What key ?" " Well, do you mind dropping it just a little ?" "" All day tomorrow "" "" I'll be whisperin' your name "" "" And the day after forever "" "" I know I'll do the same "" "" Maytime or winter "" "" I won't let you out of sight "" "" And the day after forever "" "" We'll talk about tonight "" "" Your laughter is a melody "" "" That I'll remember long "" "" It plays upon my heartstrings "" "" It's my favorite song "" "" All through a lifetime "" "" I'll be loving you and then "" "" On the day after forever "" "" I'll just begin again "" "Well, what do you think ?" "Well, you got a pretty nice voice, but... instead of so much of this, you ought to think about putting a little feeling into the words." "Well, for instance, Father ?" "" All day tomorrow "" "" I'll be whispering your name "" "" And the day after forever "" "" I know I'll do the same "" "" Maytime or winter "" "" I won't let you out of sight "" "" And the day "" "" After forever "" "" We'll talk about tonight "" "I see what you mean, Father." "Supposing you try it then, huh ?" "Just speak the words." "Your laughter is a melody..." " that I'll remember long." " That's it." " It plays upon my heartstrings." " Now sing it." "" It's my favorite song "" "" All through a lifetime "" "" I'll be loving you "" "" And then on the day "" "" After forever "" "" I'll just begin "" "" Again "" "What's that ?" "" Again "" " I was imitating you, Father ?" " Did I do that ?" " Oh, definitely." " Maybe, but I didn't do that" "" And the day after forever "" "" You're my favorite song " There's no thought behind that at all." "" We'll talk about-- "" "What does that got to do with the song ?" "Hello, Father." "This, uh, young lady came to us for some help." " Oh." "So it's work you're wantin'." " Yes, Father." "Well, I think maybe I could place you." " You can ?" " What would you think of a little general housework ?" "Mrs. Scaponi, with all those children, 11-- no, 12 in October." "I think maybe she could use you." "Oh, no." "I'm not looking for that kind of work." "I don't think you understand, Father, she's a singer." "Aren't ya ?" "Well, now, and where, may I ask, are ya expectin' to find employment ?" "In some nice, cool, airy nightclub, I suppose." " Any prospects ?" " Well, no." "Not exactly." "And you're willin' to starve rather than push a broom ?" "You have a home, I presume ?" " No, she just left it, Father." " Go right back to your parents." "A fine, little girl like you singin' someplace like that, uh, Blue Goose or something." "But you've got to start someplace, Father." "Nonsense." "Bein' a good wife and mother is a good enough start for you, like your own mother." " Well, good-bye, Father." " Good-bye." "Good-bye." "Here, young lady, you go home and stay home... 'til the right man comes around." "The right man will never come near our house." "But don't worry, I'll get by." "Say, uh, Carol ?" "Wait just a minute." "Father ?" " Do you think you could let me have ten, Father ?" " Of what ?" "Ten dollars." "She's all alone." "She hasn't a thing." "Open up our hearts, huh ?" "Ten dollars." "Just a minute." " How about five ?" " Five ?" "No, no, a ten, ten." "Carol, I didn't like the way you said, "I'll get by."" " Here's a little something to tide you over." " Father" "It's all right." "It's not charity." "It's a loan." "Thanks." "I can use it." "I appreciate it." "Carol, I guess there's a lot of things I should have said to you." "Advice and one thing or another." "But you wouldn't have paid any attention." "After all, you are 18, aren't you ?" " Don't worry." "I'll be all right." " Of course, you will, Carol." " I'll get by." " Oh, don't say that." " Let us hear from you, huh ?" " All right, Father." " Bye." " Bye, Carol." "Hey, fellas." "What are we doin', hangin' around here for ?" " Yeah !" " Yeah !" " 'Cause I promised O'Malley, that's what for." " Why ?" " 'Cause I said so, see ?" " Hey, fellas, look." " Lace panty-coats." " Yeah, lace panty-coats." "First thing you know, he'll be charming' us into these things." "Yeah, makin' altar boys out of us." "Hold it." "First guy up, I kick his teeth in, see ?" "Now, look, you, O'Malley's a right guy, see ?" "Pick him up." "Now, look, you, O'Malley's a right guy, see ?" " He didn't rat on us about the turkeys, did he ?" " No." " Took us to a baseball game, didn't he ?" " Yeah." " Bought us hot dogs, didn't he ?" " Yeah." "He's gonna take us to a picture show, ain't he ?" "How do we know ?" " Hello, Father." "Say hello to the Father." " Hello, Father." "Hi, fellows." " Father, where'd you get the outfit ?" " It's the St. Louis Browns." "I told you I used to work out with them." "They thought I brought them luck." "When I left town, they made me a present of it." "That's just the outfit to wear in a cellar." "Oh, you, knockin' my team." "I guess you wonder why I asked you down here, huh ?" " Well, uh, Father, I want to talk to you a minute, can I ?" " Wanna see me ?" " Yeah, just a minute." " Pardon me, boys." " Tony, what's on your mind ?" " Well, Father, uh, so you won't have no beef comin', I'm layin' it on the line, okay ?" " Okay." " Okay." "Well, they's here, Father." "Like I promised, only you should have heard 'em squawk." "Worse than that turkey." " Oh, the turkey." "They did, huh ?" " Yeah, they figured... bein' a priest you was gonna slip 'em the old routine." " Oh, yeah." " Personally, I'm for givin' ya a break." " What I says with the gang goes." " Swell of ya, Tony." "It ain't nothin', Father." "Only the way it is now, I'm on the hook for ya, see ?" " I'm responsible for ya." "Get me ?" " I won't let you down." "Maybe ya won't, but I'm tellin' ya, you step outta line just once, me and the gang will drop ya like you was a hot potato, okay ?" " Okay." "Can I talk to 'em now ?" " Oh, sure, go ahead." "Boys, I'm not gonna do much talkin'." "Like Tony says, I'm gonna lay it right on the line." "I asked you down here to do me a favor." "St. Dominic's needs a choir, and I want to start one." " Uh-oh !" " I know what you're thinkin', but it's not gonna be that way." "It's gonna be fun." "Believe me, I like fun as much as anybody." "If it doesn't turn out that way, if you think I'm trying to slip something over on you, well, like Tony says, you can drop me "like a hot potato."" " What do you say ?" "You gonna give me a break ?" " Father, that depends." " What is it ?" " How many of you here know "Three Blind Mice" ?" " I know it." " One, two." "Any more ?" " Oh, come on, you all know it." " Everybody knows it ?" " Sure." " Fine." "What's the matter with him over there ?" "Oh, Herman ?" "He's pouting'." "Hey, Herman !" " He's got a good bass voice." "You want him ?" " Certainly, Tony." "You've got him, Father." "Now, let's see, we got to divide this up someway." "Hey, Herman, wait a minute." " The Father wants to see ya." " Well, I don't wanna see the Father" " Shh !" "Keep quiet, will ya ?" " Why" " Don't hit me on the head." "You make me dopey !" " You are dopey." " Now keep quiet." "Come here." " Well, I" " Look, he wants a bass singer." " I ain't a bass singer" " You are a bass singer." " Why am I a bass singer ?" " That burns me up !" "Shh !" "Shh !" " My head !" "My head !" " He wants a bass singer." " I don't know how to sing" "Will you go down, please ?" "Will you go down ?" "Now, keep quiet, okay ?" " Let's go." " Okay." "" Three blind mice Three blind mice "" "" See how they run See how they run "" "" They all run after the farmer's wife "" "" She cut off their tails with a carving knife "" "" Did you ever see such a sight in your life as three blind mice "" "" Three blind mice Three blind mice "" "" See how they run See how they run "" "" They all run after the farmer's wife "" "" She cut off their tails with a carving knife "" "" Did you ever see such a sight in your life as three blind mice "" "It's no business of mine, but sometimes... the things you do in haste are the things we most regret." "Think it over a while." "Then if you really feel you must see the Bishop" " That I do !" " But the boys are much better off here than the streets." " I'm sure that was Father O'Malley's idea." " I'm a tolerant man." "But there are some things that get under my skin and "Three Blind Mice" is one of them." " But he's young, Father." " Huh ?" "I'll admit, maybe a wee bit impulsive." "But I know he means well." "After all, it was the Bishop himself did put him here." "And the Bishop himself will put him someplace else." "I'm going to ask to have Father O'Malley transferred." "Don't worry." "It's not a bad report I'll be makin'." "I'll just tell the Bishop that this young man and I differ." "We don't see eye-to-eye." "I'd be happier if he were sent some other place." "It's a long, hard road you've come, Father." "Forty-five years, and most of the time carrying' other people's burdens." "The time has come when you should rest on your oars." "Take things easier." "Enjoy your life." "Let somebody else carry the load for ya." "Sure, and Father O'Malley's got a strong pair of shoulders." "" Three blind mice Three blind mice "" "" See how they run See how they run "" "" They all run after the farmer's wife "" " " She cut off their tails with a carving knife "" " See what I mean ?" " " Did you ever see such a sight in your life "" " No, I've got to see the Bishop." "" Three blind mice Three blind mice "" "We got our sections now." "I'm gonna give each section a note." "Then we'll put them altogether and we'll have a chord." "Take this section first." "Here's your note. " Ba "" "Got that ?" "Let me hear it now." " " Ba "" " Oh, I thought we had some singers here." "I want to hear everybody in this section." "Big, now, let me hear it." "" Ba "" "That's good." "Second section, here's your note." "" Ba, ba, ba " You got that ?" "Let me hear it." "" Ba "" "Oh, we got a cruller in there somewhere ?" "Who is that ?" "You ?" " What's your name ?" " My name is Elmer." " Elmer, your voice is changing or something, isn't it ?" " Yeah, I guess so, Father." "Think we'll have to drop you down a bracket." "You get over here in the third section." " Elmer is a switch-hitter, it seems." "Let me hear that second section again." "" Ba, ba "" " " Ba "" " Oh, that's great." "Now the third section." "Here's your note. " Ba, ba, ba "" " Got that ?" " " Ba "" "Elmer, you sing like you were made for this section." "Now we're gonna drop way down in the basement." "Watch this now." "This is tricky." "Everybody take a toehold." "" Ba, ba, ba, ba "" "That's your note. " Ba " Let me hear it." "" Ba "" " There's a pink one in there somewhere." " That wasn't me." " What did you sing ?" " " Ba "" "Sit down, Tony." "Okay." "Everybody together now." "You got your notes ?" "" Ba, ba, ba, ba "" "We hit them altogether and we got a nice chord." "Ready ?" "Take a deep breath." "Let's hear it." "" Ba "" "Now you got chord number one, chord number two, chord number three." "Put those three chords together and we can sing a song." "I'll hold up the fingers and those will be your signals." "Watch the signals now." "Make out I'm the catcher." "I'm giving you the signals." "One, two, three." "Ready ?" "Here's your note now." "" Ba "" "Ready ?" "Here's your note now." "" Ba "" " " Silent night "" " " Holy night "" " " All is calm "" " " All is bright "" " " Round yon virgin "" " " Mother and child "" " " Holy infant "" " " So tender and mild "" " " Sleep "" " " In heavenly peace "" " " Sleep "" " " In heavenly peace "" "Oh, that's fine, boys." "Thanks very much." "Want to call it a day ?" "There's still enough light outside for some baseball." "Let's sing some more, Father." " Yeah, let's go ahead." " Yeah, come on !" "Let's sing some more." " You saw the Bishop, Father ?" " Yeah." "Would you ask Father O'Malley if he'd mind stepping into me study ?" "You want to see me, Father ?" "Yes, yes, so I did, so I did." "Sit down, sit down." "Father O'Malley, I've been to see the Bishop." "Oh, you have ?" "And I want to be frank with you." "I must admit that my purpose in going to see the Bishop... was to have you transferred." "I'm sorry you don't like me, Father." "I don't dislike anyone." " It's just that I disagree with you." " What did the Bishop say ?" "After a little talk, he congratulated me... on me 45 years at St. Dominic's." "He has a remarkable memory." "He said it was a monument... to the fact that I had..." "built it." "Coming from the Bishop, that's certainly a fine compliment." "Then I told him I had come to talk about you." "That seemed to disturb him." "Then he started tellin' me about what a fine, young man you are, capable, progressive, how much confidence he had in you." "He even told me that, uh, he had a nice talk with ya before ya reported to me." "Of course, he didn't tell me what you two talked about." "He didn't have to." "I could see it in the good man's eyes." "When ya get to my age, ya can do that, ya know." "Oh, yes." "Then, after a little more tellin' me how progressive you are, he asked me why I'd come." "And knowin' what was on his mind and to save him the embarrassment... of havin' to tell me, you know the Bishop, uh, the Bishop wouldn't hurt anyone," "I put him at his ease." ""Bishop," I said, "the very thing that's on your mind is on mine." "It's the very thing I've come to see you about." "I want you to put young Father O'Malley... in charge of St. Dominic's."" "The Bishop seemed much relieved." "He congratulated me on my ability to see... so clearly at my age, on my ability to face the inevitable." "Then what happened ?" "Hmm." "That was all." "Oh, Father." "Why can't we go along just as we have been ?" "No, no, no." "You're in charge now." " Sit down." " No, Father." " Sit down." "I'll familiarize you with" " There's no hurry." "We can do that anytime, Father." "Well, is there anything you'd like me to do" " I mean, now ?" "Nothing." "Well, then, if you-- If you don't mind," "I'll lie down a while before dinner." "All right, Father." "When you and the Bishop had your little talk, it was more or less along those lines, wasn't it ?" "Yes." "I think you better start without him." "Looks like he's not coming down for dinner." "Well, he said he wanted to take a little nap." "He didn't look well, did he, when he came in this evening ?" "Go see if he's awake." "If he's coming down, I'll wait for him." "Father O'Malley !" "Father O'Malley !" "Father !" "He's gone." "He's packed his things, everything." "He's gone." " Where would he go ?" " I can't imagine." "Okay, sure, but keep at it, will ya ?" "No, you can't miss him." "A little guy." "Old." "Got a grip and an umbrella." "Okay." "Nothin' yet, Father." "They're gonna check the subways, the hospitals." "Look, Father, take it easy, will ya ?" "You better go home." "No use the two of us gettin' drowned." " All right, but you call me the minute you hear anything." " I will." " I don't care what time it is." " I will." " Shall I make some coffee ?" " Huh ?" "Hmm ?" "Oh, no, thank you." "Come on." "Now what's the matter ?" "If you don't mind it, I'd rather go in by myself." "If you don't mind, I found ya and I'm gonna deliver ya personally." "That's not necessary." "There's no reward, you know." "It's going to be a little difficult, and I'd rather explain... to Father O'Malley in me own way." "I can do that better when you're not around." "Okay." "But if you want my advice, you'll just tell him you've been a bad boy and you ran away from home and you're sorry." "Hmph." "And if you want my advice, you'll go to church on Sunday... and say you haven't been to Mass in ten years and that you're sorry." "Hello." "If you don't mind, I've come back, but only temporarily." "Until me plans are more formulated, maybe you wouldn't mind letting' me stay." "Oh, I'll-- I'll be no bother to you." "Here, Father, let's get out of these wet clothes, and get you up to bed, huh ?" "But I don't expect me old room." "That's yours now." " Oh, I haven't moved in there yet." " No, no, I insist." "That's your room." "I'll sleep on a cot, anywhere." "I'll not even be bothering you for me food." "I'll eat out." "We'll talk about that later." "Mrs. Carmody will bring you something on a tray." "No, no, no, no." "I'm not a bit hungry." "I'll" "Oh, come on now, Father, just a wee snack." "I've been keepin' it for you on the stove." "Nice juicy cut of roast beef, Yorkshire pudding and some creamed onions." "Oh, and some asparagus with buttered bread crumbs." "And golden brown potatoes and a nice cup of coffee." "We-We-Well, if you insist, just a small portion of everything." "Good." "I hope it wasn't too much trouble, Mrs. Carmody." " No trouble at all, Father." " I feel I ought to help with the dishes." " Don't worry about the dishes." "'Tisn't much washin' they'll be needin'." "You're still cold, Father." "You were drenched to the skin." "You ought to take a little something to warm you up." "Do you have a wee drop of the "crature" about ?" "Matter of fact, I might have a little one with you." "I was out myself tonight." "I went out for a paper." "Ah, well, in that case" " I'll ask Mrs. Carmody where she keeps it." " No, no, no." " Look, look yonder in the bookcase." " Oh." "No, no, the other side." "Now down, down." "You'll find it behind The Life of General Grant." " A bit of old Ireland, huh ?" "Yes." "Every Christmas since I left, my old mother sends me one of these." "With a degree of abstinence, it becomes me calendar." "I get a little behind during Lent, but it comes out even at Christmas." "Woop, woop." "That's me mother." "Oh, she's very beautiful." "Let's drink to your mother." "Hope you'll be seeing her soon, Father." "Uh, what about your mother ?" "Well, I don't remember much about her." "She died when I was quite young." "Well, let's drink to the two of them anyway." "Thank you, Father." "You know, Father O'Malley, I always planned... that as soon as I got a few dollars ahead," "I'd go back to the old country and see my mother." "Now, would you believe it, that was 45 years ago, and every time I get a few dollars ahead" "There's always somebody that seems to need it more than you do." "Ah, you'd like her." "She'd like you too." "She always had a song in her heart." "I-I-I can almost hear her now." "Me boy, do you, do you know "Too-ra-loo-ra-loo" ?" "" Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral "" "" Too-ra-loo-ra-li "" "" Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral "" "" Hush now, don't you cry "" "" Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral "" "" Too-ra-loo-ra-li "" "" Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral "" "" That's an Irish lullaby "" "" Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral "" "Good night." "Take it easy, boys." "Here, Tony, here's the fare." "Everybody right home and to bed." "I'm responsible for you." "Don't forget, we got a rehearsal in the morning, huh ?" " Father, ain't you comin' with us ?" " No, I think I'll walk home." "I want to think about my sermon for Sunday." " It has to be extra special for your parents." " Oh, good." "On how to bring up children." " Oh, Father !" "Good luck to you !" "Chuck." " Jenny !" " Chuck, it's good to see you." "Oh, it's good to see you too." "Where were you going, Jenny ?" "To work, and I'm late." "Come along." "Gangway." " What are you doing here ?" "This is the Metropolitan." " This is where I work." " Wait a minute." "Isn't that Carmen ?" "Huh ?" "What do you play, one of the spectators at the bullfight ?" "Believe it or not, I'm Carmen." " Jenny Tuffle, Carmen ?" " Oh, I've changed that." "It's Genevieve Linden." "I was singing Carmen in Rio and they heard me and said," ""Would you sing it here ?" Here." "Can you imagine ?" " Jenny Tuffle at the Metropolitan." " Imagine that." "Well, Chuck, make yourself comfortable." "I have to be getting on with it." "Oh, it's good to see you, Chuck." "Come on, Effie, I'm terribly late." "I don't know why I'm even talking to you." " No ?" " Why didn't you write ?" " I did write." " I know you did, but why did you stop ?" " Didn't I tell you ?" " No, you didn't, but you're going to." "Jenny ?" "Please, I want to ask you just a small favor." "Hello, Tommy." "What is it ?" "Tonight, would you glance occasionally at my baton ?" "Tonight, let's not race." "Let's, uh" "Let's try just for once to finish together, huh ?" "All right, Tommy, I promise." "And, Tommy, do me a favor." "Meet Chuck O'Malley." "He's a very old friend of mine." "Chuck, Signor Tomaso Bozanni." "Father. "Chuck" ?" "Oh, she always calls me that." "You haven't told me yet, Chuck." "Why did you stop writing ?" "I did tell you in my last letter." "Which letter was that ?" "I guess that must have been the letter you didn't get." "You wrote to me in-- in Rome, in Florence," "Naples, Vienna, Budapest." "Then I went to Switzerland, and I found one of your letters waiting for me in Lucerne." "Oh, you should have been there, Chuck." "A week before Christmas and there was a quaint little post office." "I walked up to it in the snow." "The moon was so bright that I read your letter on the way home." "And I answered it that night." "But that letter in Lucerne was the last one I got." "From there I went to South America, but there were no more letters." "What happened, Chuck ?" "Chuck, what hap" "Father Chuck." "It'll take me a little while to get used to that." "Where's your parish, Father ?" "I'm over here at St. Dominic's, about ten blocks from here." " Oh." " You remember-- remember Timmy ?" "Tim O'Dowd ?" "Yes, of course, I do." "He's at St. Francis now." "He's a priest too." "Oh, dear old Timmy." "Can you imagine that ?" "Well, I'll have to be running along." "Oh, please, please don't go." "Tommy, he can stand in the wings, can't he ?" " It would be a privilege." " Please." "You know, Tommy..." "Father O'Malley was the first one to tell me I could sing." "Maybe one day I'll tell her the same thing." "If she listens to you, Father, maybe you could persuade her... to listen just once to me." "Watch the baton." "Good luck, Miss Tuffle." "" L'amour est un oiseau rebelle "" "" Que nul ne peut apprivoiser "" "" Et c'est bien en vain qu'on I'appelle "" "" S'il lui convient de refuser "" "" Rien n'y fait menace ou priere "" "" L'un parle bien I'autre se tait "" "" Et c'est I'autre que je prefere "" "" Il n'a rien dit mais il me plait "" " " L'amour est un oiseau rebelle " - " L'amour "" " " Que nul ne peut apprivoiser " - " L'amour "" " " Et c'est bien en vain qu'on I'appelle " - " L'amour "" " " S'il lui convient refuser " - " L'amour "" "" L'amour est enfant de Boheme "" "" Il n'a jamais jamais connu de loi "" "" Si tu ne m'aimes pas je t'aime "" "" Si je t'aime prends garde a toi "" " " Prends garde a toi " - " Si tu ne m'aimes pas "" "" Si tu ne m'aimes pas je t'aime "" " " Prends garde a toi " - " Mais se je t'aime "" "" Si je t'aime "" "" Prends garde a toi "" "" L'oiseau que tu croyais surprendre "" "" Battit de l'aile et s'en vola "" "" L'amour est loin tu peut I'attendre "" "" Tu ne l'attends plus il est la "" "" Tout autour de toi vite, vite "" "" Il vient, s'en va puis il revient "" "" Tu crois le tenir il t'evite "" "" Tu crois I'eviter il te tient "" " " Tout autour de toi vite, vite " - " L'amour "" " " Il vient, s'en va puis il revient " - " L'amour "" " " Tu crois le tenir il te tient " - " L'amour "" " " Tu crois I'eviter il te tient " - " L'amour "" "" L'amour est enfant de Boheme "" "" Il n'a jamais jamais connu de loi "" "" Si tu ne m'aimes pas je t'aime "" "" Si je t'aime prends garde a toi "" " " Prends garde a toi " - " Si tu ne m'aimes pas "" "" Si tu ne m'aimes pas je t'aime "" " " Prends garde a toi " - " Mais si je t'aime "" "" Si je t'aime "" "" Prends garde a toi "" " You wanted to see me, Father ?" " Yeah, yeah." "Mrs. Quimp here, good woman that she is, has come here with a bit of disturbing information, and I think it should more properly be brought to your attention." "Nice work, Mrs. Quimp." "What is it ?" "Suppose you tell Father O'Malley in your own words." "You'd better tell him, Father." "Huh ?" "Ah." "Well, your little songbird who was without funds... but not a bit interested in general housework, is feathering her nest in her own manner." "And if Mrs. Quimp's observations are correct, a very fine manner it is." "It seems, Father O'Malley, that the young lady in question... has an apartment directly across the street." "Yeah, opposite, opposite Mrs. Quimp's bedroom." "And according to Mrs. Quimp, young Ted Haines comes early and stays so late that" "Mrs. Quimp is losing a lot of sleep." "It's queer, isn't it, Father ?" "Young Haines was ready to throw me out... without so much as a "How do you do ?"" "But when it comes to this young lady-- and mark you, there are other words I could call her-- he acts quite different." "Don't you think it's strange ?" "That's a question." "People do funny things, you know." "Fine goings-on, Father." "It's as plain as the nose on your face." " The nose on whose face, Father ?" " Huh ?" " Huh ?" " Well, it doesn't matter whose face it's on." " Oh." " You and I have got to face it." "Excuse us." "This is a very serious business, Father O'Malley." "As you're more familiar with the case, I think you should handle it." "I'll handle the little sins." "" All through a lifetime "" "" I'll be loving you "" "" And then on the day "" "" After forever "" "" I'll just begin "" "" Again "" " Come in." " Hello, Father." " Hello, Carol." " Hi, Father." " Hello." " I heard you." "That's more like it." " Thank you, Father." "Maybe it's because I'm putting more meaning into the words." "Hmm." "Very nice here, isn't it ?" "Very nice." " Before you go any further" " You mean it's all in my mind ?" "That's right." "Yes, I'm sure Father is just dying to hear more of the details." " Huh ?" "Won't you sit down ?" " Yes." "Uh-huh." "I was going down the street, minding my own business, when who do you think just happened by... and pulled up alongside of the curb ?" "Ted Haines, Jr." "Right." "And what do you think his approach was ?" "You tell him." "I prefer not to remember." "Well, being a woman, I do." "His exact words were, "Hey, good-lookin', what's cookin' ?"" " Oh, now wait a minute." "What I really said was, "Who do you know that I know ?"" "You know, that's worse." " Well" " Well, that was that." "And with no more than that, he asked me to lunch." "Who knows ?" "It might have worked." "It's been known to." "So after I'd cooled him off, I came back here." "No job, no money, expecting to be thrown out any minute." "There was a knock on the door, and I said to myself, "The landlord." "Here it comes."" " And who do you think was there ?" " Junior ?" " Right." "I was so surprised." " So was I." "Well, up to here, we're-- we're all surprised." "Before throwing me out, he had to know a little about me." "So in a few well-chosen sentences, I gave him the details." "Sort of like I told you." "And you found a landlord with a heart of gold." "Well, not exactly a heart of gold, Father, but" "Well, we had the apartment vacant, and it seemed a shame to throw her out." "What's wrong with that ?" "Nothing that I know of, up to here." "Well, as I was saying, it was a shame to throw her out." "Like Mrs. Quimp ?" "Yeah." "No !" "Well, that's different." "I can see that, obviously." "She told me about coming to see you and that you wanted to help her." "You don't have a corner on helping people, do you ?" "And besides, I've practically got her lined up in a job." "Yes, and as soon as I get it, I'm going to pay him back." "Every nickel of it." "You too, Father." "Oh, no hurry about me." "Rather a nice-looking piano you have here." "Well, she needs one, doesn't she ?" " She's got to practice; she's a singer." " It was very thoughtful." "Of course, pianos are a little expensive these days." "I asked her first if she couldn't play a ukulele." " Well, then naturally" " Yeah, naturally." " Carol tells me you can play, Father." " Oh." "How about trying this one out and see if I got a good buy ?" "Yes, play something for us, Father." " Would you mind us asking you a few questions, Father ?" " No." "Where'd you get that wicked left hand ?" "Well, I've always been interested in music." "Used to write a bit of it at school." "I had a little band." " We used to play for the school dances." "O'Malley's Orioles." "You know, at one time I had quite a decision to make:" "whether to write the nation's songs or go my way." "Any regrets, Father ?" "Regrets ?" "No." "I get a great happiness out of helping people..." " realize that religion doesn't have to be this:" "Taking all the fun out of everything." " It can be bright." "Bring you closer to happiness." "Do you go to church, Ted ?" " Well" " Or would you rather I change the subject ?" "If I could just express musically what I have in my mind, it would be much more eloquent." " It would sound simpler, and you'd remember it." "Sometimes the spoken word can be pretty dull." "You mean, sing your sermons, Father ?" "Yeah, sort of." "Have you ever had anything published ?" " No, no." "Will you play us one of your unpublished ones ?" "" This road leads "" "" To Rainbowville "" "" Going my way "" "" Up ahead "" "" Is Bluebird Hill "" "" Going my way "" "" Just pack a basket "" "" Full of wishes "" "" And off you start "" "" With Sunday morning "" "" In your heart "" "" Round the bend "" "" You'll see a sign "" "" Dreamer's Highway "" "" Happiness "" "" Is down the line "" "" Going my way "" "" The smiles you gather "" "" Will look well "" "" On you "" "" Oh, I hope you're "" "" Going my way "" "" Too "" "Well, I think I'll leave you on that." "Good-bye, Carol." "Good-bye, Ted." "Bye, Father." "Nice thought." ""Going My Way."" "Isn't it ?" "He's quite a fellow." "Good morning, Father." " Good morning." " I'd like to present Miss Genevieve Linden." " Jenny, this is Father Fitzgibbon." " Good morning, Father." " How do you do ?" "Huh ?" " She's a singer." "Oh." "Lookin' for work ?" "Oh, no, no, Father." "She sings at the Metropolitan Opera House." "Well, now, it's a great privilege to meet you, Miss Linden." " You've come quite a ways in the world." " Well, I, I" " Traveled extensively ?" " Yes, quite a bit." " Ah, and where's your home ?" " Well, I just bought a home in Long Island." " Well !" "A nice home ?" " Very lovely." "In that case, you'd be interested in a crazy quilt." "We're raffling' it off." "Again ?" "Tsk, tsk, tsk." " We're tryin' to raise a little money, Father O'Dowd." " I see." " How many ?" " I'll take them all." "How much are they ?" "Uh... be $10." " Thank you, and I hope you win it." " Thank you." "And I hope you win it too, Jenny." "Then perhaps you'll donate it to our church, and we can raffle it off over there all over again." " I'd hate to see that crazy quilt leaving' the parish." " Where's the Pied Piper and his merry little men ?" " Down in the basement." " Thank you, Father." "Come, Jenny." " Good-bye, Father." " Good-bye." "Thank you." " Congratulations on selling all your tickets." "" Doo-doo dah-dah doo-doo dah-dah "" "" Doooo, da-da da-da "" " Like some more ?" "You're our first audience." " Mm-hmm." " Ready, boys ?" " " Bum bu-bu-bum Bum bum bum bum bum bum "" " Oh." " That's the best." " Of course, we have our more serious side." "Would you like to hear the boys sing something nice, something with more beauty ?" "Yes, very much." "Yes, very much." "" Ave Maria "" "" Gratia plena "" "" Maria, gratia plena "" "" Maria, gratia plena "" "" Ave, ave Dominus "" "" Dominus tecum "" "" Benedicta tu in mulieribus "" "" Et benedictus "" "" Et benedictus fructus ventris "" "" Ventris tui, Jesus "" "" Ave Maria "" "" Ave Maria "" "" Amen "" " Very well done, boys." "That's all." " Thank you so much." "See you all tomorrow, huh ?" "Oh, they're angels." "They've got something you lose when you get older." " What's the matter, Timmy ?" " Nothing, nothing." "That was beautiful, Chuck." "Beautiful." "Of course, we don't get Miss Genevieve Linden of the Metropolitan every day." " Nor Deems O'Dowd either." " Oh, now wait a minute, wait a minute." "I'm glad to see you've kept up your interest in music, Father." "Are you writing anything anymore ?" "Oh, yes." "I have a little song here now... that Timmy's going to take to a publisher, a very good friend of his." "And if he likes it, that might be the answer to all our troubles." "I have bad news for you." "I've been to the publisher." "He wasn't interested." "Wouldn't even look at it." "Said they were loaded up." "May I see it ?" " So you're still in trouble." " Wouldn't even look at it ?" " Oh, he glanced at it." " What'd he have to say ?" " "Schmaltz isn't selling this season."" " What are they buying ?" " "Barfola."" " No, I think they call it "Voffala."" "Yeah, Voffala." "Boy, I heard some of their song hits." ""lt Was Hut-Sut Time On The Rilla-Rye."" "And then there was another one." "I couldn't understand the words." "This fella lost his girl in Salt Lake City." " Then he goes on to say the altitude is 5,400 feet." " Interesting." "The average temperature, 73." "The section is noted for gold, silver, copper, grain." "But that doesn't make any difference to this fella, because he's lost his sugar." " Voffala." " Well, I know what Voffala is." "It's:" " What's the matter with that ?" " Oh, not from me." "Can you imagine "Beat Me Eight To The Bar" by Daddy O'Malley ?" "Oh, no." " I like this." " She's buying schmaltz." ""Going My Way."" " Will you autograph it for me ?" " All right." "Thank you." "Well, I have to go now." "Father Tim, can I drop you off ?" "You can, thank you." "There you are." " Thank you." " Thank you." " Good-bye." " Good-bye." " My pen, Father." " Oh." "Oh, yes." " Good day." " Good day." " Oh." " Yes ?" "Uh-huh." "Mm-hmm." "Uh-huh !" " Mm-hmm." " Well, who are you ?" "I want to have a talk with you." "That's who I am." "Oh !" "You must be his father." " How old are you ?" " I'm 18." "Oh." "Well, that's good." " Well !" " Oh, Ted !" "Be right with you, darling." "What ?" "Hello, Dad." "Where have you been for the past two weeks ?" "Well, Dad..." "I've been in a blue heaven dancing on a pink cloud." " She came in on a moonbeam." " That's a lie." "I had you followed." "That wasn't cricket, Dad." "When you were my age, I didn't follow you around." "Everything I say kills her." "It kills me too." "Do you realize this is one of my apartments ?" "Oh, yes." "I had it redecorated." " And that's one of my robes." " Yes, I had it altered." "Oh, I'm going to like him." "Do you know I could have you thrown out of town ?" "Maybe I know something about her you don't know." " She was picked up on the street by the police." " Oh, I know that." "Maybe we know something that you don't know." "We're married." "Married ?" " Oh, I'll have that annulled." " Uh-uh." "You can only get them annulled when they aren't right in the first place." "Ours was right." "We said something about, "'Til death do us part." Remember ?" " Where were you married ?" " St. Dominic's, Father O'Malley." "O'Malley !" "A secret marriage, eh ?" "Well, he's put his foot in it this time." "It wasn't a secret marriage." "It was in all the papers." " I didn't see it." " Well, you never get past the financial column." "Don't be impertinent !" "Young woman, do you know how he's planned to support you ?" "You know he's quit his job ?" "Oh, that's all right." "I'll support him." "Sure, she's working." "You" " You'd live off your wife ?" "Well, Mother was a big help to you, wasn't she, until you got on your feet ?" "That was entirely different." "I made something of myself." "Yes, Dad, you certainly have." "Look, son." "My boy." "Have you no family pride ?" "Uh-uh." " No shame ?" " Nope." "You've certainly slipped, my boy." "You've lost everything." "I don't think so, Dad." "I think I've found something." "Mm-hmm." "Ohhh." "Well, darling, I guess I'd better get dressed." "I" " I think I'm a failure as a father." "I don't think so." "Darling, where's my hat ?" "Oh." "I'll get it." "You'll have to forgive the way we've been acting today, Dad." "We were a little hysterical." "I guess we were both a little, well, mad." "Well, I'm mad too." "Quitting his job like that." "Running off and getting married." "I don't know." "This younger generation doesn't seem to have any sense" "So long, sweet." "God bless you." "Good-bye, Dad." "That plane you gave me did the trick." "When they found out about my 600 hours in the air, they said, "Okay, Bud, we want you," and, well" "Be nice to her, Dad." "She'll grow on ya." " Good-bye, boy." "W-Well... he's gone, Dad." "Look, Max." "Uh, Max." "Max, you have to do this for me and I don't want any arguments about it." "I'm afraid we got all the songs we need, Father." "Our catalog is full." "Oh, now, now, now." "Wait a minute." "I've been to a lot of trouble to arrange this." "So grab your hat and a taxi and get right over here." "Yes, now !" "This very minute !" "If you don't, I'll put the Irish curse on ya." "Good-bye, Father." "That's Father O'Dowd, a friend of mine." " What did he want ?" "A donation ?" " No." "Pal of his has got a song, and he's plugging it." "And what a plug." "He's grabbed off the Metropolitan Opera House with the full orchestra, conducted by this fellow, uh, Tomaso, uh, whatever his name is, the star, Genevieve Linden, and a choir of 30 voices." "All this fuss to put over a song written by a pal of his." "And they're waiting right now for us at the Met." " At the Metropolitan ?" " Can you imagine such a thing ?" "" This road leads to Rainbowville "" "" Going my way "" "" Up ahead is Bluebird Hill "" "" Going my way "" "" Just pack a basket full of wishes "" "" And off you'll start "" "" With Sunday morning "" "" In your heart "" "" Round the bend you'll see a sign "" "" Dreamers' Highway "" "" Happiness is down the line "" "" Going my way "" "" The smiles you'll gather will look well "" "" On you "" "" You, you, you, you, you, you "" "" Oh, I hope "" "" You're going my way "" "" Too "" "" Round the bend you'll see a sign "" "" Dreamers' Highway "" " " Happiness is down the line " - " Ah-aaah-ah, mm-mm-mm-mmm "" "" Going my way "" "" The smiles you gather will look well "" "" On you "" "" You, you, you, you "" "" Oh, I hope "" "" You're going my way "" "" Too "" "Well, that's very good." "Wonderful." " You sang it great, Miss Linden." " Thank you." "That's a pretty good song you got there, Father." " Thank you." "I guess you oughta know." " You bet he does." "They say he's the sharpest little man in town." "Well, now, I'm embarrassed." "You mean to talk business ?" "The money ?" "Oh, ho, ho, ho." "Don't let that embarrass ya." "We love it." "Well, what I wanted to say is that, although it's great, it's just as I told you, Father." "It's too good for us." "It's way over our head." "You see, it's not just the type song that a guy would" "Pardon me, Father-- That a gentleman... would croon to his babe, if ya know what I mean." "It doesn't say enough." "It hasn't got that, uh" "Well, it's just not for me." "I think you oughta try it out... on someone who publishes higher class stuff." "Thanks." "Well, I guess we'd better get back to the office." "Uh, you know, Father, I could be wrong." "I hope I am." "Good-bye." "Good-bye." " Oh, I'm sorry." " Well, we tried." "You sang it beautifully, Jenny." "Boys, you did fine." " Not a single mistake." " Thank you, Father." "If that isn't good, I'll go into the real estate business." "I was going to ask you and the boys to sing more, but maybe you don't feel like it now." "They sing divinely, and they look like Botticelli's angels." "Maybe a little something, huh ?" " What do you think they'd like to hear, boys ?" " "The Mule."" " Hmm ? "The Mule" ?" " "The Mule."" " Yeah !" " Is that all right with you ?" "" Ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo "" "" Ooo, doo-doo, doo-doo-doo "" "" Oh, would you like to swing on a star "" "" Carry moonbeams home in a jar "" "" And be better off than you are "" "" Doo, doo, doo "" "" Or would you rather be a mule "" "" A mule is an animal with long funny ears "" "" He kicks up at anything he hears "" "" His back is brawny and his brain is weak "" "" He's just plain stupid with a stubborn streak "" "" And by the way if you hate to go to school "" "" Doo, doo, doo, doo "" "" You may grow up to be a mule "" "" Oh, would you like to swing on a star "" "" Carry moonbeams home in a jar "" "" And be better off than you are, mmm "" "" Or would you rather be a pig "" "" A pig is an animal with dirt on his face "" "" His shoes are a terrible disgrace "" "" He has no manners when he eats his food "" "" And he's fat and lazy and extremely rude "" " " But if you don't care a feather or a fig " - " Doo, doo, doo, doo "" "" You may grow up to be a pig "" "" Oh, would you like to swing on a star "" "" Carry moonbeams home in a jar "" "" And be better off than you are, mmm "" "" Or would you rather be a fish "" "" A fish won't do anything but swim in a brook "" "" He can't write his name or read a book "" "" To fool the people is his only thought "" "" Yeah, but even though he's slippery he still gets caught "" " " But then if that sort of life is what you wish " - " Doo, doo, doo, doo "" "" You may grow up to be a fish "" "" And all the monkeys aren't in the zoo "" "" Every day you meet quite a few "" "" So you see it's all up to you "" "" Ooo, ooo, ooo ooo, ooo, ooo "" "" You can be better than you are "" "" Ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo "" "" You could be swingin' on a star "" "" Ooo, ooo ooo, ooo, ooo "" "" Doo-doo doo-doo-doo "" "Is that your song, Father ?" " Yes." " Well, we'll take a flier on that." "Did ya hear that, Timmy ?" "Max !" "You're a grand lad !" "I knew your name wasn't Dolan for nothin'." "Look, fellas, if you'll come to St. Dominic's..." " tomorrow morning at 10:30" " Church ?" "Oh, now, Max." "A day in church isn't gonna hurt ya that much." "Be there, and bring the cash with ya." "Father O'Malley will tell ya how he wants it paid." "An old man, very dear friend of Father O'Malley's... is involved in this, Father Fitzgibbon." "It would make Father O'Malley very happy... if you fellas would just kinda do this his way." " Church." " Church." "As you know, I've been here... for 45 years." "Uh, 46 in October." "And during that time," "I've always asked you to be generous, which you have." "And now I have to ask you again." "You all know how I feel about St. Dominic's." "Well, we're in dire financial stress." "So give, give what you can." "And I know" " I know that whatever you give, whether it's large or small, the good Lord will bless you for it." "In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost." "Amen." "" Ave, Ave "" "" Verum Corpus "" "" Natum de "" "" Maria Virgine "" "" Vere passum "" "" Immolatum "" "" In cruce "" "" Pro homine "" "" Cujus latus "" "" Perforatum "" "Gratifying." "Very gratifying." "Hee !" "And the Bishop thought I couldn't preach." "Thought I had a mouthful of clover." "I wish he'd been here." "Father, now that you're practically wallowing in wealth, do you suppose I could have a half a dollar ?" " What for ?" "What for ?" " Well, Father O'Dowd and I... thought, with your permission, we'd play a little golf tomorrow." "I need a new golf ball." "If I lose it, I'll swear off." "I'll quit." "Take 50 cents." "No, no, no, no." "Take it out of the ladies' sodality." "They never keep any books." "You suppose I could buy Father O'Dowd one too ?" " Must we ?" " I can get two nice repaints for 50 cents." "Give him 50 cents." "You oughta come along with us, Father." "You don't have to play." " Just go around." " Me ?" "Ahhh, no." " The fresh air will do you good." " You can be our kibitzer." " Your what ?" " Kibitzer." " What, what's a kibitzer ?" " A sort of over-the-shoulder quarterback." " Will you come ?" " Well, now, a little fresh air might do me." " We'll get a ball for you too." " Of course." "Plenty mushrooms around here." "Well, where did that go ?" "Right there." "Now, let me understand." "If you get the ball in the hole..." " in less hits than Father O'Dowd" " I win." "Yes." "So you've got to count the number of blows ?" "That's right, Father." "Step aside." "He's gonna play now." "Careful." "How many did you have ?" "Three, huh ?" "How many ?" "Well, that's remarkable." "Remarkable." " Can you do that every time ?" " I've been known to miss, Father." "You know, a strong crosswind or something." " Here, gimme a holt of that." " You wanna try it ?" "Yeah." "Wait, I'll throw a ball in there for ya." "There ya are." "Keep your head down now, Father." "Watch your language." "Father, you holed out !" "Well, not bad for a beginner, huh ?" " Begin" " Oh, you've played before !" " Oh, no, believe me." "That's the first time I ever had a-- had a caddy in me hand." "Well, you better play and I'll watch then, huh ?" "" Da-da dee-dee-dee da-doe-doe-doe "" "" Doe, doe "" "Well, I guess I better be going." "Let that be a lesson to you, Father." "Don't trust anyone." "Ah." "What an extraordinary person." "Isn't he ?" "Well, I'll" " I'll sleep well tonight, anyway." "Think it must be that golf." "Shades of me childhood." "You know, I, I feel ten years younger." " You know, I was thinking, Father." "Now that everything is going so right, before something goes wrong, you oughta take a little time off." "To do what, for instance ?" "Well, like, for instance, take a trip home and see your mother." "The interest is all paid up-to-date, and unless something goes wrong, I have plans... that'll take care of the next payment." "You really think it would be all right ?" "I mean that you'll take" "Father Fitzgibbon !" "Chuck !" "The church is afire !" "Don't worry, Father." "We'll build again." " Can I help you, Father ?" " No, no, it's all right." "I-I can manage." "It's, it's for the birds." "Oh." "They're used to coming here." " I don't want them to go away." " No." "Oh, you see, Father ?" "They're not leaving." "Nobody's leaving ya." "And when your church is rebuilt, they'll all be back." " Everyone will be back." " In the meantime, you can send your congregation over to my parish." "I'll split the collection with ya, fifty-fifty." "Take it, Father." "Now what makes you all so hopeful that the church will ever be rebuilt ?" " Here, you're supposed to take this." " Nah, no, I can't." " Come on, please, Father." "Take it." " No." "If you'll take it, I'll take some too." " There, now that wasn't so bad." " Oooh !" "Don't you try it !" "Doctors !" "Medicine !" "Huh !" "What I need is to be up and about." "Being up and about is what's got ya down." "Trampin' all over the parish tryin' to raise funds !" "How much did you collect ?" "There's no need for you to rub it in." "Thirty-five dollars and 85 cents." " Yeah." " How much is the doctor's bill ?" "Forty." "Says here to take two." "We wanna get our money's worth." "Here." "Listen." "There's nothin' in that bottle that's going to do me any good." "Oh, Father." "Now you're not gonna lose hope, are ya ?" "Hope ?" "You know, Chuck, when you're young, it's easy... to keep the fires of hope burning bright." "But at my age, you're lucky if the pilot light doesn't go out." "I know, Father, 45 years of your efforts in ashes." "Here, take this." "That'll keep the pilot light burning." "Yes, it ought to." "Tastes like it had kerosene in it." "Well, did you make your parish calls ?" "Oh, yes." "Mrs. McGonigle's rheumatism is kicking up again." "I told her to bury a potato out in the backyard." " That's for warts." " That's what she said." "And I heard Mrs. Quimp's new gossip." " Oh." "What else ?" " And then I went... to see Carol and Mr. Haines." "Oh, did they hear from young Ted ?" "Oh, young Ted has been wounded in Africa." " Oh, too bad." " They're shipping him home." "Fine, upstanding young fella." " Maybe they'll decorate him." " No, I doubt it." "Some friend of his ran over him in a jeep." "But I've got some good news." "I have a letter from Miss Linden." "Miss Linden." "Well, now, that's very nice." "And where is she ?" "She's in St. Louis." "And here it comes, Father." "I gave you that medicine to quiet your nerves." "Tony and the boys are with her." "They're on a concert tour." " They're on a what ?" " Now I had their parents' consent," " and they'll be back in time for school." " But you" "Besides, travel's a great education." "If they make enough money, it's gonna build you a new church." " Yeah." " Not much of a one, maybe, but something to go on with." "Miss Linden sent you a check..." "with her love." "Oh." "Thirty-five hundred dollars !" "How's the pilot light burning now ?" "It's burning brighter, Chuck." "It's a long road back, but we've started, huh ?" "You know, I've a feelin' that St. Dominic's may rise again." "Sure it'll rise again." "You know, I think I'll get up meself." "No." "Now you better stay there and get some rest." " I feel better." " No, but you don't feel near that good." " Now, now, now, now." "Here now, boys." "Go on home." "Go on away with ya now." "Your dinner's ready." "Go on, go on home." " Bye, Father." " Good-bye, Father." " Bye." "Bye." " Good-bye, Father." " Bye, Father." " Good-bye, Father." " Bye, Father." " Good night, boys." " Good-bye." "Good-bye." " Good-bye, Father." " Good-bye, Father." " Good night." "Fine girl, Miss Linden." "And very thoughtful, very generous." "Let's close this up." "Keep the sawdust out, hmm ?" "That will lend beauty to the dedication." "And at Christmas, you and the choir will be able to" "Father, I won't be here at Christmas." " Huh ?" " Well, I was with the Bishop this afternoon, and he's transferring me to another parish." "Oh, you're leavin' me." "Well, now, it never occurred to me that someday you might." "But, me boy, what am I goin' to do without you ?" " You didn't ask to ?" " Oh, no." "No, Father." "As a matter of fact, I asked to stay with you, but the Bishop asked me to help him out, and I" "Well..." "St. Dominic's." "What's going to happen ?" "Well, you'll be all right, Father." "I wish you could've heard some of the things the Bishop said about you." "Says you're looking ten years younger." "He has all the confidence in the world in you." "Don't worry." "You'll have a new assistant." "I want to wish you all the success in the world, which I know you'll have." "Is it a parish of your own ?" "Well, no, not, not exactly, Father." "You see this, uh, this church," "St. Charles, it's, uh" "Well, the Pastor's getting along in years..." " and things aren't" " You mean they're in trouble." "Yes." "And I'm supposed to go in there and..." " try and help" " You mean without, uh, the old fella knowing'." "Uh-huh." "Well, now, that's a difficult assignment." "But it'll work out." "You may have trouble with the old man at first." "He may be runnin' off to the Bishop every few minutes, but don't let that bother you." "You'll bring him around to your way of thinkin'." " Well, there's dinner." "You know how to manage these old fussbudgets." "Take him out on the golf course." " Get him out in the fresh air." " You bet." "We'll get along." "Just, just so he," " so he, uh" " Knows enough to come in out of the rain." "That's it !" "That's it, Father." "That's it exactly." " Come in, Tony." "Hi, Father." "So you're really leavin' us, huh ?" "Yes, I've got my orders, Tony." "I guess when the Bishop says you gotta go, you gotta go." " That's right, Tony." " Sometimes I think I don't like bishops." "Well, Tony, bishops are like umpires." "You have to have them to call the close decisions." " Oh, really ?" " I got a little Christmas present here for you." "I want you to take my place with the choir." "From now on, you're in charge." "Oh, that's swell of ya, Father." "It's a great present." " I always had my eye on it." " I thought you did." " When you gonna give Father Fitzgibbon his surprise ?" " Shh." "Not so loud." "Later on in the church." " Those boys haven't told anybody ?" " Not a word, Father." "And if they did, I'd kick the" "I mean, I'd be disappointed in 'em." "I guess I'll get goin'." "I know there's a lot... you wanted to tell me about takin' your place with the gang, but I'll make it easy for ya:" "I'll be everything you want me to be." "If ya don't, I'm gonna drop you like you was a hot potato." " It's a deal." "Good luck to you." " Good luck to you." "So long." " Well, it's pretty near Christmas." "I'm sure that the way to say what I'd like to say... will occur to me after you've gone." "We're separated by many years, Father O'Malley, which could be the reason why we haven't seen eye-to-eye... in many instances." "But though we've had many differences, we never differed in fundamentals." " It was only in method." " But, uh, never in our hearts." " Good stuff, huh ?" " Oh, yes." " Good-bye, Ted." " Good-bye, Father." "Bye, Carol." "Right man did come along, see ?" "Yes, but not past our house." "Oh." "Stubborn, huh ?" " Good-bye, Mr. Haines." " Father." " Uh" " Hmm ?" "Pardon me, Mr. Haines." "I've just left the Bishop." "He told me to report to Father Fitzgibbon." " I'm taking your place." "I'm the new curate !" " What ?" " No." " Come on, come on." "You've little time." "They're waiting at the church to say good-bye." "All right, Father." "I've been doin' you a lot of good here." "You're gonna have a new church after the war." "Yes, but we didn't raise enough money." "Mr. Haines is gonna give us a mortgage to take care the difference." "That's right, Father." "He convinced me I have a heart." "After all, it wouldn't be a church without a mortgage." " That's right." "That's right." " He's a wonder." "I don't know what I'm going to do without him." "I don't know who the Bishop is going to send in his place," " but whoever he is" " Uh, uh, Father." "Right behind you." "Father O'Dowd." "No." "Congratulations to you, Father." "Ah, no." "The Bishop wouldn't do that to me again." " Yes, he's done it." "Mr. Haines." "Nice of you to give that mortgage to the church." " Oh, not at all." " Can't tell you how much we appreciate it." "As you know, we're all going to miss Father O'Malley." "He was a fine man." "This is Father O'Malley, the man who sent for you." "How do you do, Mrs. Fitzgibbon ?" "I've heard so much about you." "Now it's good to see you." "I think you'll agree with me... that we're all a little better for havin' known him." "He was always thinking of others." "And that, you know, can make life very beautiful." " Believe me, it's what we do for others that" "" Too-ra-loo-ra loo-ral "" "" Too-ra-loo-ra-li "" "" Too-ra-loo-ra loo-ral "" "" Hush now, don't you cry "" "" Too-ra-loo-ra loo-ral "" "" Too-ra-loo-ra-li "" "" Too-ra-loo-ra loo-ral "" "" That's an Irish lullaby "" "" Too-ra-loo-ra loo-ral "" "" Too-ra-loo-ra-li "" "" Too-ra-loo-ra loo-ral "" "" Hush now, don't you cry "" "" Too-ra-loo-ra loo-ral "" "" Too-ra-loo-ra-li "" "" Too-ra-loo-ra loo-ral "" "" That's an Irish lullaby ""