Hello Frisco, Hello Page #2

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- They didn't mean it.

Gee, you were happy to be with him

when everything was going all right.

- But as soon as we hit thebumps,

you talk about walking out.

# Some other to win #

# Fight manfully onward ##

Why, Johnny's smarter

than Sharkey or any of'em.

And someday he'll be right up on top,

and he'll take us along with him.

This is no time to throw cold water on him.

He needs us as much as we need him.

What we ought to do now is

give him a pat on the back.

That's all you've been doing is

giving him a pat on the back.

- What do you get from him? The cold shoulder.

- No, it isn't.

I understand Johnny. He's trying to get

ahead. He has his mind on other things.

That's right. It sure isn't on you.

If he didn't need you for his act...

you may as well be

painted on the backdrop.

Honey, she's absolutely right.

You don't need the guy.

You can get your old job back

at the Tivoli in a minute.

Well, I don't want it. I'd rather stick

with him. And you two are all wrong.

It isn't me. It's Johnny's showmanship

that puts us over.

And if I'm willing and satisfied

to believe in him, why can't you?

Oh, gee. Okay, honey. If that's

the way you feel about it, we'll stick.

But remember, I'm doing it just for you.

And that goes for her too.

- Not a very big night tonight, is it, pop?

- Heaven will provide.

You think heaven would mind

if I helped out a little bit?

We need everyone's help, brother.

Have you got a city license to use

the streets and take up collections?

Oh, sure.

They'd have run me out of town

long before now if it hadn't been for that.

Heaven's gonna provide

for both of us, pop.

# He always sings raggy music

to the cattle as he swings #

# Back and forward in the saddle

on a horse #

#That is syncopated gaited #

#And there's such a funny meter to

the roar of his repeater How they run #

#When they hear that fella's gun

because the western folks all know #

# He's a highfalutin, scootin', shootin'

son of a gun from Arizona #

# Ragtime CowboyJoe #

# He always sings

raggy music to the cattle #

- We gotta stop this.

- # Back and forward in the saddle #

# On a horse

that is syncopated gaited #

# Such a funny meter to the roar of his repeater

How they run #

- # When they hear that fella's gun #

- Hey, O'Riley.

# He's a highfalutin, scootin', shootin'

son of a gun from Arizona #

# Ragtime Cowboy #

- # Oh, you cowboy #

- # Captivatin' #

- # Fascinatin' #

- # Syncopatin' cowboy #

# Ragtime CowboyJoe ##

Come on.

Come on. We want more.

Here, here. Break this up.

What do you think you're doin'?

What do you mean by putting on

a public show on the streets?

- Come down off that wagon.

- Take 'em in, O'Riley. Pinch 'em.

If you do, O'Riley,

you're as good as broke.

Every cent we collect here

goes to the O'Farrell Street Mission.

Go on. Tell him, pop.

Show him our license.

There it is. Would you interfere

with a work of charity?

Would you bring righteous

wrath down on your head?

Brother, remember, you're doing it

in the sight of heaven.

I ask your pardon, sir. I didn't have a right

understanding of what was going on.

- What do you mean, Sharkey, by

bothering these good people? - Well, I-

Have you no respect for religion?

Get back to your gin mill.

Get along.

I got everyone but you and Sharkey.

You better kick in.

Okay. 500, if you'll

stay away from my place.

- You got a deal.

- This ain't decent, it ain't. It ain't decent.

# By the mill #

#Where they made

sweet cider #

# I made sweet love to you #

# Mill wheel was turning #

#As I sat there yearning #

# For one kiss #

#The sweetest I knew #

# On the hill #

# From the old town chapel #

#Those evening bells #

#Would chime #

# I'll always remember #

#That golden November #

# Sweet cider time #

#When you were mine ##

- Come on. Everybody sing!

You're the last holdout on Pacific Street.

We all had to kick through.

- Give him his 500 bucks, Lou.

- Hey, Sharkey.

I'm gonna make you

a very special offer.

To the other boys it was 500,

but to you it's a thousand.

- Get out of here. Get out of here!

- Take it easy.

Okay. It's jake with me.

I'll see you in the poorhouse.

Wait a minute, Johnny.

He'll kick in. Listen.

He's got you licked sure

as my name's Foghorn Ryan.

Hey, Lou.

Get the thousand.

"John Cornell, proprietor. " Now,

that doesn't sound like the Barbary Coast.

Aren't they usually Mulligans or Hooligans

or Sweeneys that run these places?

That's his name,

and he's a remarkable fellow in a way.

- In a way?

- Pulled himself up by his own banjo strings.

That's right. Started out playing his banjo...

doing a song and dance

on an Oakland ferry...

- for whatever the passengers tossed in his cap.

- Really?

Well, quite a place.

Three cheers for Mr. Cornell. From ragtime

to riches by way of the Oakland ferry.

Just a starter.

His real ambition is to climb Nob Hill.

Oh, don't tell me. From the Barbary Coast

to Nob Hill isn't a climb. It's a career.

Not forJohnny Cornell.

It wouldn't even faze him.

He has plenty of ambition

and brains to back him up.

And if nerve helps,

he'll get there with bells on.

Oh, Ned, come on.

That's too much.

Good evening.

#You've just seen the Texas Tommy

but that dance is through #

# Now we're gonna show you one

that's absolutely new #

# Now out in San Francisco

where the weather's fair #

#They have a dance out there

they call the Grizzly Bear #

#All your other lovin' dances

don't compare #

# Not so coony

but a little more than spoony #

#Talk about your bears

that Teddy Roosevelt shot #

#They couldn't class with what

old San Francisco's got #

# Listen, my honey, do

and I will show to you #

#The dance

of the Grizzly Bear #

# Hug up close to your baby #

#Throw your shoulders

toward the ceiling #

# Lordy, Lordy

What a feeling #

# Snug up close to your baby #

# Close your eyes

and do some nappin' #

# Something nice

is going to happen #

# Hug up close

to your baby #

# Sway me everywhere #

# Show your darling beau

just how you go to Buffalo #

- # Doing the Grizzly Bear #

- # Oh #

# Hug up close to your baby #

#Throw your shoulders

toward the ceiling #

# Lordy, Lordy

What a feeling #

# Snug up close to your baby #

# Close your eyes

and do some nappin' #

- # Something nice is going to happen #

- # Hug up close to your baby #

# Sway me everywhere #

# Show your darling beau

just how you go to Buffalo #

# Doin' the Grizzly Bear #

# So, hug up close

to your baby #

# Sway me everywhere #

# Show your darling beau

just how you go to Buffalo #

- # Doing the Grizzly #

- # Doing the Grizzly #

# Do, do, do, do

Doing the Grizzly Bear #

# The Grizzly Bear

The Grizzly Bear, The Grizzly Bear #

# I said the Grizzly Bear ##

- Honey, you were wonderful.

- Oh, thanks.

- Listen to 'em out there.

- Looks like we did it.

- You were all great.

- Oh, the place is packed.

They're standing

three deep in the bar.

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