The Long Day Closes Page #3

- [ Chuckling ]

The next bus will be along

in a few minutes. Be under it.

- See you, Ed.

- Ta-ra, Curly.

- Ta-ra.

- Ta-ra. See ya. You need a shave.

- So do you.

- [ Laughing ] Stop messin', tant.

- [ Mr. Nicholls ] Andrews?

- Present, sir.

- Aughton?

- Present, sir.

- Barnes?

- Present, sir.

- Bedson?

- Present, sir.

- Bell?

- Present, sir.

- Clotworthy?

- Present, sir.

- Crowley?

- Present, sir.

- Davies?

- [ Bud ] Present, sir.

- Duckworth?

- Present, sir.

- Dunne?

- Present, sir.

- Ferguson?

Present, sir.

Your card.

Is it your ear again?

I suppose you've been picking at it, haven't you?

What nasty little creatures you little boys are.

[ All Clamoring ]

[ Whistle Blowing ]

If you snitch, we'll get you tonight.

Get into line.

S4, right wheel.

Quick march, left, right, left.

"The process of erosion.

Erosion is the cumulative effect...

of a great variety

of processes."

Full stop.

"In general, these can be divided into five groups.

One

Two

Three

glacial...

Four

wind erosion.

And five

Life also cooperates in the work of destruction.

One

rivers and their valleys."

[ Bud ]

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph...

I give you my heart and my soul.

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph...

I give you my body and blood.

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph...

assist me in my last agony.

May I say, when I am dying...

"Jesus, mercy. Mary, help."

In the name of the Father and of the Son...

and of the Holy Ghost...

amen.

[ Woman, A Cappella ] Ae fond kiss

And then we sever

Ae fareweel

Alas, for ever

Deep in heart-wrung tears

I pledge thee

Warring sighs

And moans

- I'll wage thee

- [ Woman ] Hello, Mrs. Davies.

All right, Mrs. Simon?

Had we never

Loved sae blindly

Had we never

Loved sae kindly

- Never met

- [ Indistinct ]

Or never parted

- We had ne'er be

- [ Indistinct ]

Broken-hearted

Fare thee weel

Thou first and fairest

Fare thee weel

Thou best and dearest

Thine be ilka

Joy and pleasure

Peace

Contentment

Love

And pleasure

- You bored?

- Just knackered.

I saw right to the back of your throat then.

Did you have a nice day?

- Ae fond kiss

- Yeah. I really enjoyed myself.

And then we sever

- [ Indistinct ]

Ae fareweel

Alas, for ever

Deep in heart-wrung tears

I pledge thee

- Warring sighs

- [ Children Chattering ]

And moans

I'll wage thee

[ Rain Falling On Roof ]

[ Chuckling ]

- Oh, go on, put the lights on.

- [ Switch Clicks ]

Oh, it's duck-apple night!

[ Woman ] Did you have a nice time then, Bud?

- Yeah.

- That's good, isn't it?

I'll bet you went on everything, didn't you?

- No. I tried the big wheel

- Did you feel a bit sick?

Yeah.

I went on the waltzers.

I went on them with Jean.

You know Jean?

Well, we had a big candy floss.

Did you have a candy floss?

[ "Over The Banister" ]

[ Woman ] Good night, Bud.

[ Tom Drake In Film ] Gosh, Miss Esther...

I-I hope I'm not

too presumptuous...

- [ No Audible Dialogue ]

- ...for you don't need any beauty sleep.

[ Judy Garland ] What a nice compliment.

- [ Drake ] How does it go?

- [ Garland ] How does what go?

[ Drake ]

"Over the banister leans a face...

tenderly sweet...

and and "

[ Garland ]

Beguiling

Nobody only those eyes of brown

Tender and full of meaning

Gaze on the

The loveliest face

In town

Over the banister

Leaning

[ Bud ]

My Jesus...

it is the weight not of the cross...

but of my sins...

which has made thee suffer so much pain.

By the merits of this first fall...

deliver me from the misfortune...

of falling into mortal sin.

[ Blow Echoing ]

[ Cross Creaking ]

[ Creaking Stops ]

Aah!

[ Echoing ]

I love thee, Jesus...

my love above all things.

I repent with my whole heart of having offended thee.

Never permit me to separate myself from thee again.

Grant that I may love thee always...

and then do with me what thou wilt.

- [ Hoofbeats ]

- [ Cart Clattering ]

[ Children In Unison ]

Glory be to the Father...

and to the Son...

and to the Holy Ghost...

as it was in the beginning...

and ever shall be...

world without end, amen.

[ Man ] Come on, hurry up.

We all know what you're trying to hide.

[ Boys Shouting, Chattering ]

[ Men, Women ] Out on the briny

- With a moon big and shiny

- [ Hands Clapping In Time ]

Melting your heart of stone

I'd like to get you

On a slow boat to China

All to myself

Alone

[ Cheering ]

Who's this?

"I'm Attila Attila the Hun."

- Esther Williams.

- Oh, you bastard!

- Edna, tell him to behave.

- People have been strangled for less, haven't they?

- Want a drink, girl?

- In a minute. I'm going for a twinkle.

- Say one for me.

- Oh, shut it.

It's perishin' out there.

[ Curly ] Bongo, bongo, bongo

I don't wanna leave the Congo

Oh, no, no, no, no

Isn't that singin' bleedin' terrible?

Like an ollie in a bottle.

Bingo, bangle, bungle

I'm so fond of the jungle I refuse to go

Choke him, somebody.

Now, Curly, behave yourself.

Otherwise Edna will give you 40 lashes.

That'd be an incentive, wouldn't it, love?

- In for a bevvy?

- You're all right, John.

Me Judy'll get me one up.

You've had enough.

You can't have just one drink.

You've got to get palatic.

Aw, go on, girl.

Be nice.

Nice to be nice.

People are people.

They're not grapefruit, are they?

God help him. He's in a world of his own.

[ Imitating James Cagney ]

"World"? Mm!

I don't want to die.

I'm a Yankee Doodle dandy.

Stop doin' those stupid bleedin' impressions.

Otherwise, wooden overcoat.

Savvy?

- [ Imitating Edward G. Robinson ]

See here, kid, no one

- Oh, shut up, bleedin' screwball!

I'll leave the nighttime

To the dreamers

I'll leave the songbird

To the blind

- I'll leave the moon above

- [ People Singing Along ]

To those in love

When I leave this world behind

When I leave this world

Behind

[ People Laughing, Clapping ]

That was me mam's song, that.

Come on, girl.

You give us one.

I don't know why I love you like I do

I don't know why I just do

I don't know why you thrill me like you do

I don't know why I just do

You never seem to want my romancin'

The only time you hold me is when we're dancin'

I don't know why I love you like I do

I don't know why I just do

[ All Laughing, Applauding ]

Come on.

Our Bud now.

We're a couple of swells

We stop at the best hotels

And we prefer the country

Far away from the city smells

- Wall Street bankers are we

- [ People Chuckling ]

With plenty of currency

We'd open up the safe

But we forgot where we put the key

The Vanderbilts are waiting at the club

But how are we to get there That's the rub

- That's the rub

- [ Chuckling ]

We would sail up the avenue

But we haven't got a yacht

We would ride up the avenue

- But the horse we got was shot

- [ Man Imitates Gunshot ]

We would ride on the trolley car

but we haven't got the fare

So we'll walk up the avenue

Yes, we'll walk up the avenue

Yes, we'll walk up the avenue till we're there

[ Cheering, Applauding ]

You're always saying I never take you anywhere.

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