So Dear to My Heart Page #4

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'round the moon

Promenade eight

till you get straight

Better hurry up, boys

And don't be late

Swing your partner, swing your dog

Swing that girl from Arkansas

Swing your grandma 'cross the hall

She ain't been swung

since way last fall

Swing her high, swing her low

Wanna keep on swingin'that calico

When you get to your gal again

Swing your sweetie

with a once and a half

Jeremiah, turn on

''Fire In The Briar Patch.''

- No, don't do it,Jeremiah!

- Well, then turn it off.

Take it back. Get to your feet

and dance, or eat them words

and eat 'em proper.

You're as spry as a chickadee...

and can outdance anybody

at the county fair!

- We're gonna go!

- We're goin'!

Now, now. Come on.

Let's tidy up a bit, huh?

That's it.

We'll ride on the merry-go-round,

the Ferris wheel and everything.

And when Danny wins a blue ribbon

and the cash award...

and get off the train

at Fulton Township,

everybody'll be there.

And old Fud Grundy,

he'll turn green as a summer pickle.

Now hold on a minute,Jeremiah.

I didn't say that we were going

to the county fair.

In the first place, it costs money

to ride on the train...

and it costs money

after you get there.

Well, maybe I could,

uh, kinda help out in that direction.

Well, maybe you could,

but I've always paid my own way...

and I hope Jeremiah'll

always pay his.

I was talkin' about a little loan.

We'll have plenty of money

when Danny wins the cash award.

The Kincaids never spend money

they ain't got...

and we've no way to get it...

so just best forget

the whole thing.

But we can

get it somehow, Granny.

I know we can.

We can pray for it.

In this house,

we don't pray for cash money...

only for things

of the spirit.

Come on, Tilda. We better be gittin'.

It's time you were in bed.

Goodnight,Jerry.

- Goodnight.

- Goodnight.

Hey. Hey there!

Don't tell me you're givin' up?

Now where there's a will

there's a way to do it

But you'll never get there

if you don't stick to it

Now let me tell you about a fella

who had the right stuff...

and wouldn't give up

even when the goin' got rough.

Now, uh--

Christopher Columbus

a-livin'in Spain

Showed capacity

for usin'his brain

Studied his geography

Had it down pat

Said I'm gonna prove

that the world ain't flat

Because she thought he was right

Queen Isabella one night

Gave him three small boats

One, two three

Now, uh, the boats were kinda leaky

Started to sail

Came a hurricane

A furious gale

Waves were a-lashin'

Future looked black

- Sailors started yellin'

- Chris, turn back

On that eventful day

what did Columbus say

Why, I said

stick-to-it-ivity

If you got that stuff

Called stick-to-it-ivity

You're gonna do all right

Old man adversity's

Gonna have his bluff called

Stick-to-it-ivity

Never lost a fight

- Yes siree

- Yes siree

- Yes siree

- Yes siree

You can clear the deck

for opportunity

By applyin'

stick-to-it-ivity

If ya got that stuff called

Stick-to-it-ivity

- You're gonna do all right

- Land ho!

- Land ho!

We're gonna do all right

Now, don't think Columbus

was the only one...

who did what folks said

couldn't be done.

So when folks say,

'''Taint no use''...

Remember

Robert Bruce

Now, Robert was the bravest king

Scotland has ever known.

Came the enemy

to threaten his throne

Twice he went to battle

Twice he met defeat

Headed for the Highlands

in retreat

He thought he'd give up the fight

but it so happened one night

He saw a spider at work

Back and forth and back

Up and down and up

Spider kept a-swingin'

Swingin'on his thread

Tried to hook it

to a limb overhead

Spider kept a-missin'

every time he tried

- You're never going to make it.

- Robert cried

On that eventful day

What did the spider say

Says I, Robert, me lad:

Stick-to-it-ivity

If ya got that stuff called

Stick-to-it-ivity

You're going to do all right

Old man adversity

Going to have his bluff called

Stick-to-it-ivity

Never lost a fight

- Yes siree

- Yes siree

- Yes siree

- Yes siree

You can clear the deck

for opportunity

By applyin'

stick-to-it-ivity

If you've got that stuff called

Stick-to-it-ivity

- You're going to do all right

-Aye

-Aye

-Aye

We're gonna do all right

Aye! Aye! Aye! Aye!

Aye! Aye! Aye! Aye!

Yes siree

Yes siree

You can clear the deck

for opportunity

By applyin'

stick-to-it-ivity

If you've got that stuff called

Stick-to-it-ivity

You're going to do all right

You're going to do

All right

Old Jeremiah

the sassafras man

He'd eat sassafras

fast as he can

Oh, another batch

of sassafras, huh?

Yes, sir.

- Well, that's 1 8 pounds.

- How much does it come to, Mr Grundy?

Two cents a pound

comes to thirty-six cents.

- I mean all together.

- Well, this here's June,July...

and thirty-six cents

in August is nine, eight--

That's $2.1 4.

- Is that all?

- Well, cipher it for yourself.

I mean,

it's not gonna be enough.

What you savin' all this money up for,

Jeremiah? Goin' to college?

Mr Grundy! Mama wants

a pint of wild honey.

Aunt Margaret's cough's come back

on her, and Mama wants to make

some wild honey cough syrup.

I ain't had a drop of wild honey

in this store in I don't know how long.

Must be three years or better.

Go ask your mama

if tame honey won't do!

Now there's an idea

for you,Jeremiah.

You wanna get rich quick, go out

and find yourself a wild bee tree.

Pay you ten cents a pound,

cash money.

How do you find

a wild bee tree, Mr Grundy?

Hmm? Why, just find a bee

and follow him home.

Thanks a lot, Mr Grundy!

You don't care how you waste

that boy's time, do ya?

What's time to a boy?

King it.

Watch him now.

Watch which way he goes.

He's just flyin' around in circles.

Maybe he ain't got no home.

Every bee's got a home.

There he goes. He's flyin'

straight ahead. Come on!

He's headed for the swamp. That's six

of'em that's headed in the same way.

- Well, we can't go in there.

- Why not?

'Cause. Nobody ever goes in there.

It's full of bog holes

and briers and everything.

That's just it. That's where

I'd hide my honey if I was a bee.

- Wouldn't you?

- I guess so, but--

We've looked everywhere else,

haven't we? It's gotta be in there.

Look!

What's that?

Aw, just some old bones.

- Whose bones?

-Just an old cow or somethin'.

What killed it?

Nothin'. It just died.

- How do you know?

- I just know, that's all.

If you're afraid of snakes,

go on home.

- I'm not afraid.

- Then come on!

-Jerry!

- Hey, look out!

See that?

That's a bog hole.

If you fall in that,

you never would get out.

Don't you step anywhere

I don't step.

Don't take such long steps.

What's that?

Aw, just some old dogs

huntin' a rabbit or somethin'.

Maybe it's that pack of wild dogs,

the sheep killers. And maybe they--

They won't bother us.

We ain't no sheep.

Papa said the wolves have all

been killed off around here long ago.

Uncle Hiram said so too.

So did Granny.

There goes a bee.

It's gettin' late. Why don't we

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