Coal Miner's Daughter Page #4

him under the table.

Do you hear me?

And then I had that

doctor's appointment.

He said it was a false alarm.

We'd better be a whole lot

more careful next time.

(COUGHING) Let's cover your

mouth when you're coughing.

And then I come home.

Eat, boy.

Betty Sue, you are

not leaving this table

till you finish that,

do you hear me?

You were eating all day.

Sit up there.

Sit up. Come here.

Then I come home

and cooked supper.

And I'm about ready to die.

How was your day?

Wet.

(SPEAKING GIBBERISH)

Hey, Mooney!

Yo!

Your mama called long

distance from Kentucky today,

said happy anniversary and said why

don't you call her more often.

Much obliged.

Why don't you have a phone

put in sometime, Mooney?

Really don't like telephones.

LORETTA:
(SINGING) The captain,

he must have been drinkin'

For he knew that

he had done wrong

He was trying to win the record

When he let the Titanic go down

The children were cryin',

"Dear Mother"

Dear Mother has gone to stay

But maybe it'll

turn to somethin'...

Close your eyes, Cissy.

...that'll raise

the Titanic some day

Do-do di-do-do do-do-do...

(WHISPERS) Baby, I was just thinking,

we got an anniversary coming up,

I was wondering what kind of

anniversary present you wanted.

Well, I ain't got

no wedding ring yet.

Wedding ring? Bullshit.

Oh, bullshit!

(LAUGHING)

Doo! Jack Benny!

Now, go to sleep, Ernest Ray.

You, too, Jack Benny.

(SIGHS)

Happy anniversary, darlin'.

Yeah, it looks like

you had a happy one.

You know, Doo, most couples spend

their anniversary together.

(GUITAR STRUMS) What's that?

That's your anniversary present, baby.

Happy anniversary.

My anniversary present?

Mmm-hmm.

Doo, sometimes I think you got a

washer missing in your brain.

I can't play that thing.

Most people can't without

they learn how first.

You're not too

ignorant to learn, are you?

Hell, if you don't want it,

I'll give it to the kids.

They probably

don't want it either,

so I'll put it in

the kindling box.

Give me that.

(SIGHS)

(STRUMS)

What you get me a guitar for?

'Cause I like the way you sing.

(SIGHS)

Do you really

think I sing good?

(SIGHS) Baby, I know you do.

Can I have a present, too?

(SINGING) Have I told you

lately that I love you?

Have I...

Could I tell you once again

Somehow?

(CHILDREN CLAMORING)

If you boys knock Cissy off

of this porch one more time,

I'll have to whup you.

That's right.

No, no

With all my

Heart and soul how I adore you

Well, darlin',

I'm tellin' you now

You boys stop fighting

and listen to me sing.

(GIGGLING)

This heart would break

in two if you refuse me

I'm no good without you anyhow

Dear, have I told you

lately that I love you?

Well, darlin',

I'm tellin' you now

Hey, darling,

how about Saturday night

let's get us one

of them babysitters

and go honky-tonkin'?

You mean together?

Yeah, (CHUCKLES) Together.

Okay.

What are you grinning about?

(CHUCKLING)

(LAUGHING) Doo!

What are you up to?

(CLEARS THROAT)

My Lord.

(COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYING)

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

I'll have one of them beers,

please, plus one Coca-Cola.

How about a dance, darling?

I can't. I'm married.

You must not be too married,

you ain't wearing no ring.

I bet I know what

this is all about.

Oh, dang, you guessed it.

Wait right here,

I'll be right back.

Hey, buddy!

Hey, buddy, come here.

I got something sitting right

on back there at that table...

(CONTINUES SPEAKING

INDISTINCTLY)

Come here, darling.

Come here, honey.

(MOUTHING)

I'll be right with you, Hoss.

Excuse me.

Loretta!

What the hell are you doing

running off and hiding like a...

Don't make me get up and sing, Doo.

Please, I'm sick.

Oh, hell, you're not gonna

have to get up there and sing.

That ol' boy wouldn't allow it.

Thank the Lord.

You're gonna have to audition

for 'em in the morning.

I ain't no singer, Doo.

I can't sing for no strangers.

Yes, you can.

I done fixed it up for you.

There ain't no problem.

You didn't ask me nothing about it!

How the hell can I ask you

something about it

if you run off and hide

like a stupid hillbilly?

Don't call me that. I may be

ignorant, but I ain't stupid.

Why do you want me to sing

so much for anyway?

'Cause I'm proud of

you when you sing.

Doo, I'm glad I

make you proud, honey,

but I can't sing in front

of people. I just can't.

Yes, you can, baby.

You're gonna sing for these old

boys in here in the morning,

and next week you're gonna

be up on that stage

singing for

all these people here,

if I have to kick your

ignorant hillbilly ass

every step of the way!

And now, folks, we've got

a special treat for you.

Making her very

first public appearance,

please welcome The Westerneers'

new girl singer,

Miss Loretta Lynn!

(WHISTLES)

(CROWD APPLAUDING)

(BAND PLAYING COUNTRY MUSIC)

There he goes

He's walkin' away

And each step he takes

Brings heartache my way

She's won his heart

I lost him someway

There he goes

He's walkin' away

Oh, if I hadn't cheated

And if I hadn't lied

I'd be the one

Who's walkin' by his side

I love him still

And I guess it shows

The way that I feel

As there he goes

Oh, if I hadn't cheated

And if I hadn't lied

I'd be the one

Who's walkin' by his side

I love him still

And I guess it shows

The way that I feel

As there he goes

(SONG ENDS)

(CROWD CHEERING)

(WHOOPING)

WOMAN:
Darling,

you were good.

MAN:
You got a big voice.

PENN:
How'd you

like that, folks?

Would you like to hear the

little lady sing another one?

Doo, they liked me!

Yeah, baby, they loved you.

They loved you.

They gonna love you

a hell of a lot more

if you get up there

and do another one, honey.

Go on, do another one.

Go on.

LORETTA:
(SINGING)

So fill my glass up to the top

(HUMMING)

...star

So fill my glass up to the rim

(HUMMING)

...him

I've lost

everything in this world

And now I'm a honky tonk girl

I done wrote myself a song,

Betty Sue.

Your mama's

a dadgum songwriter.

It's a nice song, Mommy.

Thank you.

DOOLITTLE:
Deal is, Loretta, you can sing

in every little honky tonk in the country.

There's thousands doing it

and they ain't getting

nowhere and they never will.

The thing that's gonna give you the

edge is getting yourself a record.

And the next step's even

more important than that

and that's getting people to

play the dad-burned thing,

but right now what you and

me have to worry about...

Listen to your daddy.

...is you making the best

doggone record you can,

it all depends on that,

darling.

Boy, Doo,

I didn't know you knew

so much about

the music business.

I don't. I'm just figuring

it out as I go along,

listening to people talk.

It's just got three chords.

(HUMMING)

All right, honey, what are

you gonna sing for us?

She's gonna do a song that she wrote

herself called Honky Tonk Girl.

Right.

Honey, what key's it in?

Y'all just go right

ahead and play along,

and she'll

follow you just fine.

Go ahead and y'all just play.

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