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-[baby cries]
-[brakes release]

Phew!

Lord, ain't it warm?

I almost fried
standing out on that highway

waiting for the bus.

And when it did come,
I thought for sure it didn't see me.

I'm Mrs. TV, like in television, Smith.

That sweet little girl yours?

Yes, ma'am.

Either the bus was late or I was early.

I been standing out
on that highway for an hour.

I've been visiting friends.

And now I'm going to see
my married daughter

that lives the other side of Houston.

You been riding the bus long?

Oh, about two hours.

Where are you going?

We're going to Columbus.

Well, where's that?
I've never heard of it.

- It's between, uh, Houston and Corpus.
- Oh.

We're going there to meet my daddy.

I have never seen him before.

Where's he been? In the Army?

No. No, he's been away on a trip.

It must have been a pretty far trip.

Yes, it was.

Well, excuse us.

I'm gonna get my little girl
to take a nap.

Why, certainly.

They ought to nickname you
"Miss Wiggle-tail," honey.

You all, look out the window
to your right.

That's the start
of the Salado Prison Farm.

There are some of them convicts
working away.

Mama, what's a prison farm?

Well--

It's where convicts
are put to pay for their sins, honey.

What's a convict?

A convict is somebody who's broken the law

and has to be punished, honey.

A friend I used to visit
lives near the farm.

And she says she never
draws a peaceful breath,

summer or winter
for fear one of them convicts

will escape some night and cut her throat.

Is my dad a convict?

No, honey.

How do you know?

I just know.

Mama, I'm hungry.

All right, honey,
I have a sandwich right here in my bag.

If he was a convict,
would he try to kill us?

No, darling.

There you are.

[music playing]

[music stops]

[crickets chirping]

[knocks on door]

[porch creaks]

[footsteps approaching]

Miss Kate still say
she don't want to see you.

Did you tell her
I was here twice yesterday?

Yes, sir.

Well, Catherine, you go upstairs right now
and you tell her I'm here.

And you tell her I wanna know
if I've done anything wrong.

Because if I have, I'd like to know
what it is that I've done wrong.

She said you never would have got drunk,

stabbed that man and wound up in the pen

if you hadn't have been playing
in a honky-tonk.

[bell ringing]

- Just a minute!
- Catherine.

Will you give her this letter?

No, sir. That ain't gonna do no good.

You listen to me, Catherine.
This letter's important.

I want you to try to get her to read it.

You see, if there was anybody else...

There's nobody else in the world
can get to her except you.

Now, will you please give it to her?

Well, all right.

I'll try, but I ain't gonna
guarantee nothing.

[bell ringing]

Coming!

- Coming!
-[bell continues ringing]

[starts engine]

[tires screeching]

[ringing]

♪ When you woke me up this mornin' ♪

♪ I was feelin' mighty late ♪

♪ You didn't bring my coffee ♪

♪ And you spoiled a damn good dream ♪

♪ So, babe, you better
You treat me right ♪

♪ Babe, you better treat me right ♪

♪ I will do what you want me to ♪

♪ Baby, if you treat me right ♪

[dancers laughing]

♪ Bring me bacon when I'm hungry ♪

♪ Bring me lovin' when I'm feelin' sad ♪

♪ Bring me water when I get thirsty ♪

♪ Bring me lovin' when I'm feelin' bad ♪

♪ Oh, babe, you better treat me right ♪

♪ Yeah, you better treat me right ♪

♪ I will fix what you want me to ♪

♪ Baby, if you treat me right ♪

♪ Now, baby, if you want some lovin' ♪

♪ This is all you gotta do ♪

♪ Just to come on, take good care of me ♪

♪ And I'll a-take a-good a-care of you ♪

♪ Oh, babe, you better treat me right ♪

♪ Yeah, babe, you better treat me right ♪

♪ I will do what you want me to ♪

♪ Baby, if you treat me right ♪

♪ Baby, if you treat me right ♪

♪ Baby, if you treat me right ♪

[crowd cheering]

[crowd chattering]

How you like that singing, boy?

Fine.

I could sing all night.

Man, I feel good.

Buy you a drink?

Come on,
I ain't gonna tell Judge Ewing on you.

I can't. I'm on duty.

Let me tell you, when you get off duty,
I got a little friend sitting over here.

And she got a friend at home,
and she's lonesome.

Now, why don't you let me
fix up a date with you

and we could have a very good time.

No, thanks.

Hey, man, when are you gonna start
having some fun for yourself?

You know, I'm beginning
to worry about you.

Thanks, Henry, but I'm all right.

He's a good old boy.

If it had been him instead
of his wife that died,

she'd be in here the next night
trying to pick up some man.

♪ Some men climb a mountain ♪

♪ Some men swim the sea ♪

♪ Some men fly above the sky ♪

♪ They are what they must be ♪

♪ Yeah, baby, the rain must fall ♪

♪ Baby, the wind must blow ♪

[birds chirping]

[bus engine starts]

Could you tell me where I could look
for a place to rent, please?

No, ma'am, I sure can't.

Slim, could you help this lady
find a place to rent?

What are you looking for?
A house, a room, apartment?

Oh, a room.

Excuse me, I gotta sit down.

[girl] Can I have a piece of chewing gum?

Sure you can, honey.

I'd think your jaws would be tired.

She chewed up two packages
since we left Tyler.

Oh, honey, the gum's all gone.

Come on, we'll buy some.

- Will you come with me?
- Yes, ma'am.

"Sir," Margaret Rose.

You "ma'am" your mama
and you "sir" this gentleman.

Yes, sir.

Here, now. Take a nickel, Margaret Rose.

The treat's on me.

No, no. Um... I have it right here.

Thank you. There you go.

-[Slim] What kind do you want?
-[Margaret Rose] Juicy Fruit.

It's a real nice little girl
you got there.

Thank you.

She's just the sunshine of my life.

Do you want a room
by the week or the month?

Oh, by the week.

You see, I'm meeting my husband here.

I don't rightly know just when.

I mean, not down to the exact minute.
But...

I look for him early part of next week.

Don't you and your little girl
want something to eat first, Mrs...?

Uh, Thomas.

Uh, no, thank you, not for me.

What about you, Margaret Rose?

No.

I guess we're both
just too excited to eat.

You see, I just decided yesterday.

I was working in Tyler and I got laid off

because things were slow at the drive-in.

So I just-- I just wrote to Henry
and I said I'm sick unto death of Tyler.

What'd you say your husband's
first name was?

Henry.

Henry Thomas.

He was born and raised here.

Do you know him?

We grew up together.

Well, my goodness.

He's here now, Mrs. Thomas.

He's here?

Yes, ma'am.

Did you hear that, Margaret Rose?
Your daddy's here already.

Well, do you know where he's living,
so my little girl and I can go over there?

I'll take you myself.
It's just down the street.

Thank you.

Come on, honey.

[no audible dialogue]

-[music plays on radio]
- Mrs. Tillman.

- Mrs. Till--
-[screams]

Slim, you almost scared me out of my wits.

Sorry. Is Henry up yet?

No. What's wrong?

Well, a woman and a little girl came
into the bus station a little while ago.

She said she's married to him.

They're out in the yard.

My goodness!

He never mentioned he had a wife to me.

- Did he to you?
- No, ma'am.

Well...

I think we'd just better wake him up.

Henry?

Do you know where he could be?

[Mrs. Tillman] No. There's been
a couple of nights he hasn't been here.

He hasn't been drinking, though,
Slim, except for one night.

He was so mortified the next day.

He begged me not to tell
Miss Kate, which I didn't.

Of course,
Miss Kate told him in front of me

that if he ever took
another drop of whiskey,

she was through with him forever
and would ask the sheriff

to send him back to the pen,
which he might.

Yes, ma'am.

Well, we see every day
where whiskey leads.

I told Mr. Tillman when he was drinking:

I said, "You might as well take a gun,

and blow your brains out
as to keep on this way."

Yes, ma'am.

Course, he was one of those
with character enough to stop.

He marched in one morning and he said,

"Mrs. Tillman, I'm quitting."

And he did.

And he took the whiskey bottles

and he threw them in the yard

and he busted them against the fig tree.

Yes, ma'am. Excuse me.

I'm gonna take Mrs. Thomas
and see if I can find Henry.

Yes, Slim.

[car approaches]

[car radio playing loudly]

[turns off radio]

Hello, Georgette.

Uh, how'd you-- How'd you get here?

Well, I just...

came in on the bus.

I just heard you were here.
I met Mr. Slim, and he told us.

You're looking good, Georgette.

Thank you, Henry.

You're looking just fine too.

I guess you're kind of surprised
to see me here in town.

Yes, I am.

You know, I wrote you a letter yesterday.

Let you know I got out a little bit early.
Did you get it?

Oh, no.

Yeah, well, it probably went
on ahead to Tyler today.

Oh, excuse me.

Margaret Rose.

Henry, this is Margaret Rose.

Oh, she's just tired
from that long bus ride.

Yeah, well, come on
and meet the people I work for.

Mr. and Mrs. Tillman, I'd like you
to meet my wife and my little girl.

- How do you do?
- How are you?

Afraid I'm gonna have to take the day off,
find them someplace to live.

I'll make it up tomorrow,
if that's all right?

All right.

- May I see you a minute, Henry?
- Yes, ma'am.

Excuse me.

- Pleased to meet you, Mrs. Thomas.
- Sir.

Does Miss Kate
know you've got a wife and a child?

No, ma'am.

Why didn't you tell her?

Well, I didn't say anything
when we first got married

because I wasn't sure
how she was gonna take it.

Then after I got sent to prison,
I didn't say anything then

because I wasn't sure
my wife was gonna forgive me

for being sent to the pen.

Then I wrote to her
and I begged her to take me back,

and she didn't say anything
one way or the other.

Then she just showed up right here,
without any warning whatsoever.

Well, I told Miss Kate I'd give you work

and help you straighten out, Henry,
and I want to.

But it's very hard
if you're gonna have secrets.

I don't have any secrets from you.

Not anymore. I swear to you.

I hope so.

Well, I guess we'd better get going.

Well, there's my Cadillac car.
We'll see you all.

- Bye, y'all.
-[Mrs. Tillman] Bye.

- I'll get that.
- Oh...

Thank you, Mr. Slim.

[Slim] That's all right.

Won't Miss Kate be surprised?

She's a funny woman, Miss Kate Dawson.

To meet her and to talk with her,

you'd think she was
the gentlest little soul alive.

Never raised her voice above a whisper.

Well...

maybe she was most of the time.

But the way she beat that Thomas boy,

she beat him
till all the neighbors complained.

She said she had to whip him.

She had to break his spirit.

Not open yet.

Mama, can I get out of the car?

Sure, honey.

She know about me
being in the penitentiary?

Oh, no. No.

Listen, Georgette,
I want to thank you for all you've done.

All the hard work,
taking care of the baby,

paying that lawyer
the money to get my parole.

I'll make it up to you.

I know you will.

Anyway, the time's gone by,
and we're together again.

Sometimes I didn't think it ever would.

You know, Georgette,
everybody's trying to talk me into

going to San Antonio,
Nashville or Hollywood.

Try and sell my songs
to a recording company.

Oh, now, wouldn't that be nice?

Yeah.

You know, that's another reason why

I didn't want you and the baby
to come for a while.

I was trying to get as much money
as I could ahead

and then go on to Tennessee or California
and try and sell my songs.

Well, I still think you should go.

I don't want us to stop you
from doing anything.

Yeah, well, it's-- it's a lot easier
said than done.

It costs money.
Of course, the way things are right now,

I get my room and board
at Mrs. Tillman's free plus my salary.

And now, of course, I'm gonna have
to worry about our food and our rent.

I'm sorry, I...

I guess I shouldn't have
just come on this way.

But I to wrote you saying that if I didn't
hear any different, I'd just come on.

I didn't, so naturally...

It'll all work out.

Oh, I'm sure it will.

Yes, ma'am.

[Georgette sighs]

Margaret Rose.

Um...

I know that when we left Tyler,

I told you I hoped I'd never
have to go to work again and leave you.

Yes, ma'am.

But--

Well, your daddy's written
some beautiful songs.

And if he can get to Nashville
or Hollywood to sell them,

it might make him famous.

So, well, I was wondering
if you'd take it too hard

if I went back to work
for just a little while.

Helped him earn the money
to get to California.

I mean, I haven't said
anything to him about it,

till I talked to you first.

How long you going to work?

Not too long.

How long?

A month. Two months.

I won't do it at all
if I can't find some nice lady

for you to stay with while I'm working.

All right.

Tell me about when you met Daddy.

Oh, honey, you've heard
that story 100 million times.

Please?

All right.

It was a Saturday
back in my hometown of Lovelady...

and he was riding through town
with a bunch of boys.

And one of the boys knew
the girl I was with,

so they stopped the car,
and we were introduced.

And, uh, then the next night,
I went to a dance...

and there he was.

He was singing with a string band.

He asked me to dance, so I said I would.

And we'd dance a while,
and then he'd sing a while.

It was love at first sight, I guess.

He had a girl called Sis Roberts.

She was just crazy about him.

And her papa offered
to set him up in a grocery store

just to get him to marry her.

[laughs] They say Sis Roberts took
to her bed and cried for a week

when she heard I had him.

[Henry] Bet you she's still crying too.

Oh.

I was just, uh, telling the baby
about how we met.

She loves to hear about it.

I like to hear about it too.

And here's the dance posters.

Oh!

Kind of good-looking there, ain't I?

Margaret Rose, come look.

Isn't that something?

Hey, Georgette...

Remember that?

Oh!

Why, sure.

Why, that looks as good as it did
when you had it back in Lovelady.

-[whispers]
- Oh.

Henry, she wants to know
if you'd play and sing something for her.

- Sure, I will.
- See?

Okay, now, everybody sit down.

♪ Well, babe, you better treat me right ♪

♪ Yeah, you better treat me right ♪

♪ Well, I will do what you want me to ♪

♪ Baby, if you treat a-me right ♪

Well, how'd you like that?

Just fine.

How'd you like it?

Oh, just fine.

Henry, Margaret Rose and I
have been talking it over

and I've decided
I'm gonna get a job at a drive-in here

and help you get the money
to go to California.

No, I don't think so.

But I want to.

I don't think so, Georgette.

Henry, I want to do it.

After all, it'd be helping us too

if you went to Hollywood
and was a big success.

Wouldn't it, honey?

Yes, ma'am.

Okay.

And I appreciate that.

And I'm gonna be a success.

You'll see.
People are gonna hear about Henry Thomas.

I know that.

I knew that first time I heard you sing.

Honey...

this is a song I wrote
for you and your mama.

And this is the song
that's gonna make me famous.

And someday...

after it's recorded...

and I'm rich...

maybe I'll be a big movie star
like Elvis Presley...

and you, me and your mama,
we're gonna live in Hollywood

and we're gonna go
to all the opening of my pictures

in a big, white Cadillac car.

We're not gonna have a care in this world.

Just writing songs and singing songs...

and making moving pictures.

[playing guitar]

♪ Oh, my love ♪

♪ Is my light ♪

♪ Shinin' so bright ♪

♪ Shine for me ♪

♪ Little light ♪

♪ Little light ♪

♪ Shine for me ♪

♪ My love knows a place
That I never have seen ♪

♪ She 'II show me the way
To a valley that's green ♪

♪ My love walks beside me ♪

♪ A-shining so bright ♪

♪ I need her to guide me ♪

♪ My love is my light ♪

Mama's crying.

Oh.

Hush, Margaret Rose.

I'm happy.
I'm just crying because I'm so happy.

Why are you so happy?

Oh, well, because everybody's
been so good to us...

and your daddy's home.

[resumes playing]

♪ Oh, my love ♪

♪ Is my light ♪

♪ Shinin' so bright ♪

♪ Shine for me ♪

♪ Little light ♪

♪ Little light ♪

♪ Shine for me ♪

[breathing heavily]

Henry, what's the matter?

I dreamt I was back in the pen.

They told me I could leave...

but I'd have to let myself out.

Every time I got that door halfway open,

it'd slam shut in my face.

Them guards...

all laughing at me...

and I was cursing back at them.

I'm just gonna go check on the baby.

[knocks on door]

Hello, Slim.

What are you doing here so late?

Well, I'm just about done.

[phone rings]

I'm not going to answer it.

[phone continues ringing]

- Miss Kate Dawson.
-[phone stops]

She's been calling me night and day
ever since Henry's come home,

complaining to me about
what he's been doing and not doing...

as if I was responsible
for her having him.

Someone ought to go over there
and talk to her.

She's all stirred up,

threatening to call the sheriff,

get him to take Henry
back to the penitentiary.

[phone resumes ringing]

That's where I found Henry Thomas
that first night.

Sitting right there.

I was on my way home
about this same time of night.

I looked over
and saw this little boy sitting there...

crying.

How did Miss Kate ever come to get him?

Well, the sheriff thought he'd have to
send him on to an orphanage

but then Miss Kate heard about him
and we gave him to her.

Seemed like the best thing
to do at the time.

I sometimes wish I never heard
of Miss Kate Dawson.

Or Henry Thomas either.

-[Slim] Hi.
-[Margaret Rose] Hello.

- Hi, Slim.
- Good morning.

And how you doing, policeman?

Fine.

Henry, I think sometime today
you'd better stop in and see Miss Kate.

Sure.

Say, listen, uh,
are you going on home now?

Uh-huh.

Well, would you mind--?

You want me to take
your little girl with me?

I sure would appreciate it.
Save us a trip, honey. Okay?

Honey, you know Miss Clara,
she's gonna look after you?

Well, Mr. Slim's her brother.

What's that around his waist?

Oh, that's a gun.

Does he shoot people with it?

[Georgette] No, honey.

[Margaret Rose] Is he a convict?

[Georgette] No, he's a deputy.

Will you come with me, young lady?

- All right.
- Give me a kiss.

Bye-bye.

Guess I'd better get ready for work.

Hey, Slim.

Hey.

Hey, let me ask you something.

Did Miss Kate, she tell you
she wanted to see me herself?

I just think you'd better get over there.

The judge talked to her last night,

and she's all worked up about something,
threatening to call the sheriff.

Okay.

Thanks, man.

[engine starts]

- Are you Georgette Thomas?
- Yes, ma'am.

- I'm Ruth May Oliver.
- Hi.

We're gonna work together.

I came on earlier
so I could show you the ropes.

Have you ever worked in a drive-in before?

Oh, yes, ma'am. Five years, back in Tyler.

You won't have any trouble here.
They're all the same.

You can leave your pocketbook
or anything personal in here.

- We keep it locked.
- Thank you.

Here you are.

There's a mirror in here,
if you want to comb your hair.

Did you have to wear a uniform
in the drive-in?

Oh, well, the first place I worked we did.

The second place, just our own clothes.

One place wanted me to wear a costume.

And I said I wouldn't do that.

Said I was there to work,
not put on a show.

Did you and your husband
own a house back in Tyler or did you rent?

Well, um,
my husband wasn't with us in Tyler.

We hadn't seen him for a while,
until we came here.

But we were all planning on
being together for a long time...

and now we're just as happy as we can be.

Me and my husband and my little girl.

I was--

I was saying to him
just last night that...

it was worth waiting
a long time to be this happy.

And he agreed.

He said...

He said nothing can ever
separate us from him again.

[Ruth May] That's nice.

Yeah.

See that tree?

Your daddy and I once built a tree house
way up in the top of that tree.

How'd you do it?

I don't know.
Just climbed up there and built it.

Do you climb up there now?

No.

No, not now.

Your daddy used to love to come to eat
supper with us over here, Margaret Rose.

The lady he stayed with
wasn't very much of a cook

so they lived out of cans
most of the time.

Every night when I was fixing supper,
he'd come in and say,

"Something sure smells good."

And I'd ask him if he'd like
to stay to supper, and he'd say,

"Oh, well, I don't mind."

And I'd tell him to go call Miss Kate.

And sometimes she'd let him stay
and sometimes she wouldn't.

What's Mr. Slim going in
the graveyard for, Miss Breedlove?

To take some flowers to his wife's grave.

There are dead people in there.

They won't hurt you.

How do you know?

Because I've lived next door
to it all these years,

and they never hurt me.

Still, I'd be scared to go in there.

[knocking on door]

Catherine, Slim said
that Miss Kate's still all upset.

Did you give her that letter
like I told you?

Yeah. And she read your letter,
and she says she is mad

because you started up that string band
of yours again and playing for dances.

She say, when she agreed to have
you come back here on your parole,

you promised her
that you was going back to night school.

Yeah, I know I did.

Well, she gonna tell the sheriff

to see if he can't make you
keep your promises.

[bell rings]

Catherine,
she know about my wife and my little girl?

She does.

Well, uh, you go up and you tell her
that I can't go to night school.

That I've gotta work day
and night at anything I can

to support my wife and my little girl.

[bell rings]

If you ain't quit that band by tomorrow,

she gonna get the sheriff
to see if he can't straighten you out.

You quit that band,

because she gonna see to it
that you go to the pen.

Well, I'm not gonna quit,
and you can tell her that.

You tell her yourself.

All right, I will.

[lifts lock]

I'm not gonna quit my music.
You hear that, old lady?

I'm not gonna quit my music!

[screen door opens]

[Mrs. Tillman] Morning, Henry.

- Morning, Miss Tillman.
- I was expecting you this morning.

Aren't you gonna scrub my kitchen for me?
It's so dirty.

Yes, ma'am.

I was just coming over to do it right now.

All right.

I've some soup here for Miss Kate.

[Mrs. Tillman] We'll be back in a little.

Listen, Georgette, I'm not gonna be able
to have supper with y'all tonight.

I gotta get on over to Cotton,
get it set up.

All right.
Do you know what time you'll be home?

Come on over here.

I climbed the chinaberry tree
at Miss Clara's today.

I wish we had one in our yard to climb.

Well, we're gonna get one.

Miss Clara's gonna send over
some plants for us

and maybe some of them will be trees.

You know I'd like to have
all kinds of trees:

a chinaberry tree and a sycamore
and a oak tree and a fig tree.

And flowers everywhere.

I was just telling Margaret Rose

about all the trees and flowers
we're gonna put in the yard.

[tires screeching]

- You hungry, honey?
- Uh-uh.

- Do you think you can catch me?
- Mm-hmm.

- Bet you can't.
- Bet I can.

- Ready?
- Mm-hmm.

One, two, three!

♪ Baby, the rain must fall ♪

♪ Baby, the wind must blow ♪

♪ Wherever my heart leads me ♪

♪ Baby, I must go ♪

♪ Baby, I must go ♪

♪ I am not rich or famous ♪

♪ But who can ever tell? ♪

♪ I do not know-- ♪

-[man howls like wolf]
-♪ What waits for me ♪

- Quiet. Quiet.
- Come on. Come on.

♪ Baby, the rain must fall ♪

♪ Baby, the wind must blow ♪

[howling]

♪ Wherever my heart leads me ♪

♪ Baby, I must go ♪

♪ Baby, I must go ♪

♪ Yeah, I must go ♪

[music ends, cheering]

[dance music plays]

[no audible dialogue]

- Oh...
-[Henry] Hey, baby.

Where you going?

Come on, I'll buy you a drink.

Hey, partner, just a minute.

[crickets chirping]

Henry?

I was singing, this guy started howling,
and I went for him.

I'm quitting the string band.

Miss Kate didn't think
I ought to take up music again.

I ought to go to night school
and learn a trade.

Well, maybe she's right.

I'll write my songs on the side...

but that's all.

No more singing. No more string band,

and no more guitar.

I'll play tomorrow night
at the Wagon Wheel...

because I promised.

But after that, no more.

I can't go back to that pen.

You're not going back to the pen.

[car engine starts]

[car drives away]

[birds chirping]

[birds squawking]

Hi.

Hello, Mr. Slim.

These are the plants
that my sister asked me to bring to you.

Oh!

They're all marked.

Well, thank you so much.

We're going to my daddy's dance tonight.

I told Henry
that I haven't danced in so long,

I'm sure I've forgotten how.

My daddy didn't approve of dancing,
but I went anyhow.

- Do you like to dance?
- Well, I used to.

Don't you go anymore either?

No, ma'am.
I haven't gone in about... two years.

Not to dance, anyway.

Oh.

- Can you sing songs?
- No.

My daddy can.

I know that.

-[birds squawking]
- Oh, look at those birds.

I wonder what kind they are.

It's hard to say.

Too small for geese.

I wonder where they're going?

Winter's coming on.

They're probably flying
on down further south to Mexico.

Get away from the cold weather.

Does it get cold here?

Yes, ma'am.

Sometimes it freezes.

Of course, not all the birds fly away,

and some new ones come down
from the north to spend the winter.

Think our little house is gonna
be warm enough, don't you?

I think so.

[door clatters]

- Hi.
-[Slim] Hi.

You're a pretty sight.

[Margaret Rose]
He ran into a door in the dark.

Yeah, that's right.

Yeah, I'm not gonna be playing
with dance bands anymore.

I'm going to night school.
Write my songs in my spare time.

Oh, I brought you some tools here in case
you needed something to plant with.

Be sure you keep those plants
good and wet, now,

until you get ready to plant them.

I will. Thank you.

See you tomorrow.

Tell Miss Clara I said thank you.

I will.

Can we plant them now, Mama?

Honey,
we'll do it first thing in the morning.

Can't we plant one now?

Sure, we can.

What kind do you want?

What kinds are there?

Well, we got a chinaberry tree
and a peach tree.

I want the chinaberry tree.

♪ I am not rich or famous ♪

♪ But who can ever tell? ♪

♪ I do not know what waits for me ♪

♪ Maybe heaven ♪

♪ Maybe hell ♪

♪ Baby, the rain must fall ♪

♪ Baby, the wind must blow ♪

♪ Wherever my heart leads me ♪

♪ Baby, I must go ♪

Mama, tell me a story.

All right, honey.

What do you want to hear,
a fairy story or a real one?

A real one.

All right.

Once upon a time on a cotton farm
outside of Lovelady...

there lived a little girl
with her mother and daddy.

-[Margaret Rose] What was her name?
- Who, honey?

The little girl.

Oh. Georgette Price.

That was you, wasn't it?

[Georgette] Yes, ma'am.

[phone rings]

[Henry] I'll get it.

[phone continues]

You know, honey, when it gets dry,

we're gonna have to remember
to water those every single day.

You won't let me forget it now, will you.

Will the peach tree have peaches?

It sure will.

And in the spring, that chinaberry tree
is gonna have blossoms.

On warm spring nights
we're gonna sit out here,

you and your daddy and me,
and we're just gonna smell

the perfume from the chinaberry tree.

Miss Kate's dying.

I gotta get over there right away.

Howdy, Mrs. Thomas.

How do?

Won't you come in and sit down?

Thank you.

[breathing heavily]

You're... no good... Henry.

You never have been.

You're... not worth... killing.

I remember the first time I saw Miss Kate.

The judge brought me up here to the house.

She was standing right here
in this doorway, watching.

We came up the walk.

She said, "Well, how do you do, boy?"

And I couldn't say nothing.
I just kind of hung my head.

Then she laughed and the judge laughed...

and then he walked out,

and he got in his car,
and he just drove away.

She took me by the hand and...

she brought me in here.

[chattering]

Listen, I hope you don't mind,

but I asked the Tillmans if
they'd take you on to work. Is that okay?

- All right.
- I just--

Henry, I just wanted to tell you
about Miss Kate's affairs.

She had no money left.

The house will have to be sold
to pay her debts.

She requested in her will that
her family silver be left to Mrs. Tillman.

But I'm sure whatever
other personal things of hers you want

Miss Kate would like you to have.

Thank you, sir.

I hope you'll be able to go
through her things as soon as possible

because we have to put the house
on the market right away.

Yes, sir, I will.

I hear you're going back to school.

Well, I've been considering it.

I've been discussing
with some of the boys in the string band.

Of course,
they're trying to talk me out of it.

See, they argue that I got no right
to give up my singing and my playing

and that I got a real talent
and I ought not turn my back on it.

Of course, I know Miss Kate
didn't want me to play in the orchestra,

and I promised her I wouldn't.

But-- Well,
I'd kind of like to try it now, judge.

Henry, you'll save yourself
a lot of trouble

if you'll just go on and go to school.

The sheriff will make you, anyway.

He promised Miss Kate he would
before she died.

But he can't make me.

You're on parole, Henry.

Yeah, well,
I feel strong inside of myself now.

Strong enough just to stand up
to any kind of temptation.

Now, you take my advice.

Stay out of these places
and go on to school.

No, sir, I'm not gonna do it.
Now, you listen.

Time's moving fast...

and I gotta get ahead,
and I'm not gonna give up my string band.

And I'll tell the sheriff that!

[music playing on jukebox]

[silverware clatters]

[floorboards creak]

- Mama!
- Oh!

Honey, I'm sorry I'm late.

Your daddy didn't come for me at work

so I just started walking,
and then I got lost and...

[sighs]

He hasn't been here, has he?

No, ma'am.

You all right?

Yes, ma'am.

Well, we'd better get on home.

I gotta get my doll.

Go get it.

Tell Miss Clara and Mr. Slim
we're leaving.

[tires screeching]

[dog barking]

[shovel digging soil]

Oh...

I just wanted to tell you
they have Henry in jail,

and he's quieted down now.

Yes, sir.

Well...

I'll be going now.

Thank you for coming by.

Good night.

[car engine starts]

[footsteps approaching]

What gets into me, Georgette?

Why do I do these things?

I swear I'd rather be dead...

than be locked up again.

And what's gonna happen to you
and the baby?

Well, don't worry about that.

I have enough money left
to get me started.

Georgette...

do you think the sheriff would let me out
so I could go say good-bye to the baby?

If you'd let me see her.

There would be no need
for any kind of handcuffs...

or just anything like that.

[cars approaching]

Where's Margaret Rose?

Out yonder.

Hello, Miss Clara.

Hello, Henry.

[Georgette] Margaret Rose.

I didn't have a chance
to tell her you were coming.

Kind of took you by surprise,
didn't we, sugar?

You best come and kiss me good-bye now.

I have to go.

Henry, she, uh...

She wants you to sing the song
you wrote for her.

I don't think your daddy's gonna be able
to sing for you right now, honey.

He'll do it some other time.

He has to go now. You just...

go and say good-bye to him.

Henry!

[honking]

[honking]

[birds chirping]

Is your mommy inside?

Yes, sir.

Sure would hate to try and go
around the world with that old suitcase.

I don't think it would hold out, do you?

It's a good day for traveling.

Yes, it is.

- Mama?
- Hmm?

Where are we going again?

We're going to the Valley, honey.

Does it ever get cold there in the winter?

No.

No, it's warm.

Is it far from Tyler?

Yes, it's very far.

From Lovelady to Tyler.

From Tyler to Columbus.

And from Columbus to the Valley.

Oh, Margaret Rose, we sure do get around.