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You'd even show Li'I Abner.

A way to win Daisy Mae.

Get up, get out

and meet the sun halfway.

All right, wait a minute, wait a minute!

Now, hey, come on, everybody, join in.

The elephant is a dreamer.

But nevertheless he'll say.

Get up, get out.

And meet the sun halfway.

Oh, the pelican is peculiar.

But what does his life convey?

Get up, get out.

And meet the sun halfway.

Any horse if it believes

in making hay.

So thinking the whole thing over.

We offer this resum.

Make it big.

Get up, get out.

And meet the sun halfway.

And now

for the real music lovers,

direct from a successful

engagement at the Jade Room

of commissary number three,

we bring you Joe Bluett

and his Rollicking Riveteers.

I've saved your seats

for you, Pat. Thank you.

When I was born pappy said

"Ain't he the cutest thing?"

But he jumped through

the window on his head

when I began to sing.

He jumped through the window

on his head.

What?

It's no use, Buzz.

Old sittin' bull he sits no

more He sure did meet his doom.

His Pa kicked him

out through the door.

When he sang this crazy tune.

His Pa kicked him

out through the door.

Don't let anybody sit here. I'll

be right back. All right, honey.

He sure was a gay old bird.

He didn't come home 'til early

mornin' And this is what we heard.

Oh, hello, Slim, where did Buzz

go? He just walked down the road.

He said he needed some air. Oh.

Oh, Buzz.

Hello, Pat. Don't you feel well?

Sure, honey,

I... I feel all right.

Then aren't you going to see

the rest of the show?

Axel and the band

and everything?

Oh, it's too nice a night to

sit in that stuffy old hall.

But where are you going?

Just thought

I'd take a little walk.

Can I come along?

Sure, Pat, maybe you'd better.

My, but it's quiet.

Seems quiet after all the racket

we made getting her put together.

And tomorrow we'll move on, but she'll

stay right here forever, won't she?

Practically.

The men go, but the bridge

stays. It's beautiful, Buzz.

Pat, do you remember that poem

that you learned in school?

You mean

"My Friend, the Bridge?"

That's the one.

Would you it say for me?

"I wish that some day

you'd climb with me

"to the peak

of a windblown ridge

"where I go to visit

my oldest friend

"my faithful friend, the bridge.

"He has looked for years

this friend of mine

"at the river that swirls below.

"He has suffered the heat

and the biting cold

"and the wind

and the rain and the snow".

"For there's more to a bridge

than the stone and the steel

"there's the soul of the man

who willed it

"there's the strength of the

men and the hearts of the men

"and the blood of the men

who built it".

Daddy always says that, too.

He was right.

And he says one reason

this is a great country

is because we build bridges

instead of bombing them.

Sounds just like Fred.

We used to sit and talk about

things like that by the hour.

He was my best friend. He was

closer to me than a brother.

Was?

Honey, you've been around men

like us since you were a baby.

You're growing up now and that's

the way I'm going to talk to you.

Every job like this has to be paid

for, not only in money, but in men.

It seems like a high price,

but not when you remember

that a man who loses his life

in work like ours

is just as much a hero as a

soldier on the battlefield.

Except that soldiers have

to die destroying things,

and we die building them.

We...

We die?

Buzz.

Something's happened to Daddy?

You'll have to be brave, honey,

just like he was.

Oh, Buzz.

He promised you

a star tonight, Pat.

I guess maybe he went

to get it for you.

Well, it's one of two things.

I either got too much clothes

or I ain't got enough suitcase.

Did you ever hear of the

Baldwin Development Company?

What do they develop?

I don't know.

But Fred left 1,000 shares

of stock for Pat.

Oh. I had some stock in 1928,

but then comes 1929.

Well, that's that.

Where's the railroad tickets? I got

them right here, in our deposit vault.

They will be safe there.

While I think of it,

you can hold this for me, too.

It'll be safer there than it'll

be in my pocket. Oh, don't worry.

Anybody who wants this money

gets me with it.

That's asking too much,

even from a thief.

Say, Buzz, why do we have to

take Pat all the way to New York

to relatives she doesn't even know?

Because Fred wanted it that way.

But she wouldn't be any trouble.

Couldn't we keep her with us?

No, not a chance. This is no life for

a kid. She's going to have an education.

Well, I'd be more than welcome

to learn her all I know.

That's very including

of you, Axel,

but I think Pat ought to have

a woman around her.

Say, I know what we could do.

You could get married.

That's not a bad idea.

Do you know a nice girl?

Oh, yes. Then you marry her.

Buzz, remember

that great Swedish proverb,

"People who try to be funny

when nobody wants to listen"

"always wind up on the radio."

And people who don't get packed in time

always wind up missing trains. Now go on.

Get going.

Hello, Pat. Hello, honey.

Where you been?

Crack and I were saying

goodbye to some of our friends.

You mean Crack is going with us?

Why, I wouldn't think

of leaving him behind.

And besides,

he's never seen New York.

You know,

we only got three tickets.

Where'd you put that address?

I got it right here.

I think I'd better send them a wire

and let them know we're coming, huh?

I never heard Fred mention

that Pat had a uncle.

What kind of people

do you suppose he is?

He never talked much

about his family,

but if they're anything like Fred

was, they're bound to be all right.

Telegram for you, sir.

Oh, thank you, Hedges.

Oh, Hedges, I'm giving a small

cocktail party on Wednesday.

There'll be about 10 or 12. Yes, madam.

Great heavens!

What is it, Jarvis?

My brother Fred, he's

been killed in an accident.

How upsetting.

I must tell Hedges not to bring

your telegrams to the table.

Is that the extent

of your feeling, Brenda?

Well, you can hardly expect me

to weep and tear my hair

over a man

I've never even known.

Well, this is ridiculous.

Ridiculous!

What is? Listen to this.

"Fred's last wish was that you should

take care of his daughter Patricia,"

"so I'm bringing her to you,

arriving Wednesday."

Bringing Fred's daughter to us?

Who is? Somebody named Blackwell.

Well, he's certainly taking

a great deal for granted.

He's taking too much

for granted.

We're in no position to take care of

a child. We... Why, we can't afford it.

For once

you're using good judgment.

Despite your opinion, dear,

my judgment is usually sound.

Your knowledge of financial matters,

Jarvis, is hardly spectacular.

Coming from you,

that's very funny.

A man would have to get money

out of a pump

to keep up with your crazy

spending. My spending?

Why do I spend? Only to

keep up appearances for you.

And now you propose to take on the

additional burden of this child.

Who proposes? I'm not going

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