Riding High Page #8

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I ain't running.

Whitey!

Oh, come hither.

Princess, you're an angel

from heaven.

Looks like I'm marrying

the wrong woman.

Isn't this a beauty? This nice,

brown, luscious roast chicken.

Skeeter! Skeeter!

Don't worry about Skeeter.

Princess wouldn't do that.

She loves Skeeter.

Skeeter's... Is he there?

Well, we got peas,

mashed potatoes, chicken.

- Where's the dessert?

- Dessert yet?

I suppose you expected

a great big cake with no flour,

- no baking powder, no eggs...

- Who needs those things?

We bake a cake every night here

without them. Don't we, Whitey?

Yeah, man, out of sunshine.

Stand by.

Poing mi

Pleet-baa, pleet-baa, pleet-baa

We ought to bake a sunshine cake

Oh, we ought to bake

A sunshine cake

What's that?

What's a sunshine cake?

Why don't we get the stuff together

And demonstrate

How to bake us up a sunshine cake

- Mama

- We ought to bake a sunshine cake

It does more good

Than a big, thick steak

You start with

A tablespoon of trouble

- Then?

- Then add a smile

- And let it bubble up, up

- Up?

Oh, we ought to bake a sunshine cake

It really isn't so hard to make

- How?

- Fresh tears

A pound or two of pleasure

Kind words

- You needrt use a measure cup

- So?

- Oh, it's not from a recipe book

- Dinner.

- And you don't have to be a good cook

- The chicken.

Or run to the oven and look

With such a simple dish

All you do is wish

So why not bake a sunshine cake

Of course, it may keep

Your dreams awake

Friends say

There's nothing like the flavor

- Really?

- Don't wait to do your friends a favor

And for goodness' sake

- What are we waiting for?

- What are we waiting for?

Let's bake a sunshine cake

Ladies and gentlemen.

Due to technical difficulties

beyond our control, the program

originally scheduled for this time

will now be heard.

Well, we've got the right ingredients

So let's proceed

Cheerful disposition

That's all we need

Bits of happy poetry

We need a lot

Nothing

Add a little dreaming

Of the cobweb type

Put on your slippers

Then you light your pipe

Then add a little feeling

Here's a measure cup

And then you give it to the lady

Let her stir it up

- Stir it up

- Stir it up

- Stir it up

- No fuma

S, s, s

Da, da, da, da, da, da, da

- Hey

- Hopa, hopa

- Rumba

- Riba

Yes, arumba, arumba

Hello, toowee bravo

Enchilada

- Low bridge

- Ol

- Ol

- Look out, we're coming round you

Nobody heard

Seorita, be my guest

- S, seor

-? Cmo dice?

Da, da, da, da, dum, dum

S, s, s

Da, da, da, da, da, da, da, hey

- It's got vitamins A

- Vitamins B

Vitamins L-O-V-E

- It's fine if you're fat

- Finer if you're thin

What's wrong if you get

A double grin?

Oh, you ought to bake

A sunshine cake

Oh, she ought to bake

A sunshine cake

I can't bake a sunshine cake

You both better go

And jump in the lake

Oh, for goodness' sake

Why don't we check on the chicken

We can't live on a sunshine cake

We ought to bake a sunshine cake

Oh, we ought to bake a sunshine cake

Oh, we ought to bake a sunshine cake

Of course, it may keep

Your dreams awake

- Don't wait to do your friends a favor

- Let's bake a sunshine cake

Alle, alle oxen free.

Of course, it may keep

Your dreams awake

- Hey.

- Friends say

- Enzio.

- There's nothing like the flavor

- Don't wait to do your friends a favor

- John Chuck.

- Endoina.

- And for goodness' sake, let's...

- Cake is done, son.

- Sure enough?

It's souffld and frappd.

- Dinner.

- Oh, what a beautiful sonata.

The number one song

on the hit parade.

Just bring that great big, brown,

beautiful bird over here.

We'll take some and leave some,

but not much.

- Oh, the rairs coming in.

- Oh, let it come in.

I could eat this bird underwater.

- Give me some equipment here.

- Right.

- Give me a fork and a...

- Sir.

A good, sharp knife.

All right, the act's over.

That's all. It's been on.

- Pretty happy tonight, aren't you?

- Oh, I ought to be happy.

Tomorrow, we're gonna win

that $1,000 race.

After that, we'll win the big one,

and we'll prove to Margaret that...

We ought to bake a sunshine cake

Mr. Brooks, the rairs coming in.

All right, let it rain. I'm busy.

I'm working on this bird.

You really want to win

that big race, don't you?

Oh, honey, you'll never

know how much.

I got to win that money

to breed horses.

You will. I've got my fingers crossed.

Mr. Brooks, the rairs

coming in, right over Bill.

Whoa, Bill. Now, steady.

Whoa, Bill, whoa.

Here, now, Bill. Steady. Let's get

the doors and the windows.

- You get that big door there.

- Yes, sir.

What about dinner?

Come on, Bill. Here, boy. Here, Bill.

Come on, Bill. Here. Here, now.

Here, boy. Here, here, here. Come on,

Bill. Whoa, whoa. Whoa, Bill. Here.

Whoa. Hey, get me a dry blanket.

This thing is soaking wet.

Come here, boy. Here. Whoa, boy.

You'll be all right now.

You'll be all right. Steady. Whoa, Bill.

It's raining right on top of him.

Come on with that blanket!

Hurry up!

Yeah, I'll fix that. Come find

a warm place to move him.

Steady, Bill. Steady, Bill, old boy.

- Ain't no such thing.

- No dry place?

It looks like a punchboard.

Whitey, you stay right with that

horse, now. Don't let him get excited.

- Hum to him. Build a fire.

- Dan, can I help?

No, you stay out of the way.

You'll get hurt.

Bradshaw. Put Bradshaw on!

- Yes, Mr. Whitehall?

- Hello, Bradshaw. How's Gallant Lady?

It's beginning to rain pretty hard.

Make sure all the windows are shut.

Don't let any drafts come in.

We don't want her catching any colds.

And watch that thermostat!

Don't let it vary more than 2 degrees.

Righto, I'll hop to it.

Now, you blighters,

check all those windows.

What are you doing up here?

Go on, get back down.

Do you wanna get hurt?

Whoa, boy.

I don't think it's ever gonna let up.

Here, give me one of those

mustard plasters, will you?

- Hurry up.

- Here you are.

Let me have them.

Here, Bill.

Here, Bill. Whoa, boy.

How is he? Warm?

No, he's still shivering. Get another

one ready, will you? Right away.

Poor darling, you're not gonna

get sick on us, are you? Of course not.

Here, boy.

Just keep him up on his feet.

Don't let him get down,

or we're cooked.

Whoa, baby. Whoa.

It's pretty cold in here.

What time is it, Whitey?

Four o'clock.

Four o'clock?

I'll make you some coffee.

You'll be all right.

Hey, big boy.

- What now?

- I don't know.

Well done, huh?

Oh, you poor kid, you must be beat.

You look worse than the chicken.

No, I'm just kidding.

I'm kidding, honey.

Here, come on over here, where

you can stretch out and get some rest.

- I'm sorry, Dan. I'll be all right.

- No, you must be beat.

- You must be knocked out.

- I'm not sleepy!

Get the coat off and lie down.

You should be back in the hotel,

where you can keep warm,

instead of over here trying to do

the work of five or six roustabouts.

Sit down there

and give me your boots.

Oh, you poor kid.

You wanted to come

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