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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:11,924 --> 00:00:21,978 Captioning made possible by trimark pictures 2 00:00:21,978 --> 00:00:35,209 captioning made possible by trimark pictures 3 00:00:35,252 --> 00:00:40,127 ♪ 'twas in the merry month of may ♪ 4 00:00:40,170 --> 00:00:45,480 ♪ when green leaves were a-springing ♪ 5 00:00:45,523 --> 00:00:50,485 ♪ this young man on his deathbed lay ♪ 6 00:00:50,528 --> 00:00:56,099 ♪ for the love of Barbara Allen ♪ 7 00:00:56,143 --> 00:01:00,799 ♪ he sent his man unto her then ♪ 8 00:01:00,843 --> 00:01:06,327 ♪ to the town where she was dwelling ♪ 9 00:01:06,370 --> 00:01:11,375 ♪ you must come to my master, dear ♪ 10 00:01:11,419 --> 00:01:16,554 ♪ if your name be Barbara Allen ♪ 11 00:01:16,598 --> 00:01:21,777 ♪ so slowly, slowly she got up ♪ 12 00:01:21,820 --> 00:01:26,956 ♪ and slowly she came to him 13 00:01:26,999 --> 00:01:32,135 ♪ and all she said when she came there ♪ 14 00:01:32,179 --> 00:01:37,358 ♪ young man, I think you're dying ♪ 15 00:01:37,401 --> 00:01:42,102 ♪ he turned his face unto the wall ♪ 16 00:01:42,145 --> 00:01:47,368 ♪ and death came creeping to him ♪ 17 00:01:47,411 --> 00:01:52,677 ♪ adieu, adieu, and adieu to all ♪ 18 00:01:52,721 --> 00:01:57,943 ♪ and adieu to Barbara Allen 19 00:01:57,987 --> 00:02:03,384 ♪ when he was dead and laid in his grave ♪ 20 00:02:03,427 --> 00:02:08,345 ♪ then death came creeping to her ♪ 21 00:02:08,389 --> 00:02:13,350 ♪ mother, mother, make my bed ♪ 22 00:02:13,394 --> 00:02:18,660 ♪ for his death hath quite undone me ♪ 23 00:02:18,703 --> 00:02:23,665 ♪ and so this maid she then did die ♪ 24 00:02:23,708 --> 00:02:29,105 ♪ and desired to be buried by him ♪ 25 00:02:29,149 --> 00:02:34,937 ♪ and repented she before she died ♪ 26 00:02:34,980 --> 00:02:42,336 ♪ that e'er she did deny him 27 00:02:46,166 --> 00:02:49,560 now, there you have a fine example 28 00:02:49,604 --> 00:02:52,650 of an old English ballad, a folk song, 29 00:02:52,694 --> 00:02:54,826 defined as that which is created by 30 00:02:54,870 --> 00:02:57,525 the common people, the unskilled. 31 00:02:57,568 --> 00:02:58,917 The melodies are quaint and primitive, 32 00:02:58,961 --> 00:03:02,486 but you must learn to appreciate not only 33 00:03:02,530 --> 00:03:03,748 the sociological value, 34 00:03:03,792 --> 00:03:08,013 but the simple purity of emotion in the song. 35 00:03:14,977 --> 00:03:17,327 Good afternoon, Dean pembroke. 36 00:03:17,371 --> 00:03:21,026 I wanted to catch you today, Dr. Penleric. 37 00:03:21,070 --> 00:03:22,202 I wanted to tell you 38 00:03:22,245 --> 00:03:24,029 that the appointment committee has reviewed 39 00:03:24,073 --> 00:03:26,597 your application for full professor, 40 00:03:26,641 --> 00:03:28,947 and we've concluded unanimously 41 00:03:28,991 --> 00:03:32,124 that we cannot offer you the position. 42 00:03:32,168 --> 00:03:34,866 However, we hope you will continue on 43 00:03:34,910 --> 00:03:36,825 as an associate professor, 44 00:03:36,868 --> 00:03:39,306 at your current salary level, of course. 45 00:03:39,349 --> 00:03:43,658 Why, may I ask, am I being passed over again? 46 00:03:43,701 --> 00:03:44,833 It is not customary 47 00:03:44,876 --> 00:03:48,619 to be asked to defend our position, 48 00:03:48,663 --> 00:03:49,968 Dr. Penleric. 49 00:03:50,012 --> 00:03:52,057 It appears we have an opportunity 50 00:03:52,101 --> 00:03:53,058 to offer the position 51 00:03:53,102 --> 00:03:55,539 to the eminent English musicologist 52 00:03:55,583 --> 00:03:57,672 and ballad collector Cyrus whittle, 53 00:03:57,715 --> 00:04:00,588 who, as you know, has almost single-handedly 54 00:04:00,631 --> 00:04:04,418 created a revival of the English folk song-- 55 00:04:05,027 --> 00:04:06,681 Dean pembroke, excuse me. 56 00:04:06,724 --> 00:04:08,291 What is it, professor aldrich? 57 00:04:08,335 --> 00:04:09,988 Nothing, sir. I just stopped by 58 00:04:10,032 --> 00:04:11,816 for a few words with Dr. Penleric. 59 00:04:11,860 --> 00:04:13,165 Well, I was just leaving. 60 00:04:13,209 --> 00:04:15,994 Good day, Dr. Penleric. 61 00:04:21,391 --> 00:04:23,654 I argued for you, Lily. 62 00:04:23,698 --> 00:04:25,613 As emphatically as I dared. 63 00:04:25,656 --> 00:04:27,310 I have waited longer and published more 64 00:04:27,354 --> 00:04:29,312 than anyone else in this department. 65 00:04:29,356 --> 00:04:33,360 Frankly, I was the only man for you. 66 00:04:33,403 --> 00:04:34,535 Really? 67 00:04:34,578 --> 00:04:36,798 Dean pembroke said the vote was unanimous. 68 00:04:36,841 --> 00:04:41,063 I was afraid someone would suspect something. 69 00:04:42,891 --> 00:04:45,328 Now, Dr. Whittle is a brilliant man. 70 00:04:45,372 --> 00:04:48,592 Of course he is. That's not the point. 71 00:04:48,636 --> 00:04:52,117 Lily, I've arranged the family's whole summer 72 00:04:52,161 --> 00:04:56,383 so I can come into town to see you every week. 73 00:04:58,994 --> 00:05:01,605 I won't be here, Wallace. 74 00:05:01,649 --> 00:05:02,824 Well, where are you going? 75 00:05:02,867 --> 00:05:06,436 As far away as possible. 76 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:08,351 Please don't go away! 77 00:05:08,395 --> 00:05:10,745 I know how disappointed you must be, 78 00:05:10,788 --> 00:05:12,355 my darling, but-- 79 00:05:12,399 --> 00:05:13,661 Lily, wait! 80 00:05:13,704 --> 00:05:15,619 Why don't I meet you at your apartment? 81 00:05:15,663 --> 00:05:19,797 My wife won't be home until quite late. 82 00:05:23,105 --> 00:05:24,280 Are you mad, Lily? 83 00:05:24,324 --> 00:05:25,890 What if someone walked in? 84 00:05:25,934 --> 00:05:27,022 You coward! 85 00:05:27,065 --> 00:05:28,937 Backing my appointment was the only thing 86 00:05:28,980 --> 00:05:32,201 I ever asked you for. 87 00:05:32,244 --> 00:05:33,811 But-- 88 00:05:50,567 --> 00:05:53,744 You miss elna's sister? 89 00:05:53,788 --> 00:05:55,529 Yes, yes, yes, I am. 90 00:05:55,572 --> 00:05:57,008 I'm here to take you to clover. 91 00:05:57,052 --> 00:05:59,446 I'm fate honeycutt. What's your name? 92 00:05:59,489 --> 00:06:03,580 Hello, i'm Dr. Lily penleric. 93 00:06:03,624 --> 00:06:05,321 You're a doctor? 94 00:06:05,365 --> 00:06:06,453 That's just fine. 95 00:06:06,496 --> 00:06:09,369 We could sure use another healer. 96 00:06:09,412 --> 00:06:12,720 I'm not a medical doctor. 97 00:06:12,763 --> 00:06:13,982 What kind are you? 98 00:06:14,025 --> 00:06:18,943 I'm a, doctor of music. 99 00:06:20,510 --> 00:06:22,730 Sort of an expert. 100 00:06:28,126 --> 00:06:29,780 Thank you. 101 00:06:31,695 --> 00:06:33,958 Well, hop on up, doc. 102 00:06:39,137 --> 00:06:41,705 Put your foot on the wheel there. 103 00:06:41,749 --> 00:06:43,968 I'll help you up. 104 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:50,105 Giddyap! 105 00:07:14,912 --> 00:07:16,914 Giddyap! 106 00:07:23,312 --> 00:07:26,141 What if we meet another wagon 107 00:07:26,184 --> 00:07:29,274 coming down the mountain? 108 00:07:29,318 --> 00:07:31,625 That would be somethin'. 109 00:07:52,863 --> 00:07:55,387 Someone's playing music? 110 00:08:10,098 --> 00:08:11,969 Lily! 111 00:08:12,013 --> 00:08:14,058 Eleanor... 112 00:08:16,017 --> 00:08:18,019 It's been so long. 113 00:08:18,062 --> 00:08:19,368 Yes. 114 00:08:20,064 --> 00:08:20,935 I thought you said 115 00:08:20,978 --> 00:08:23,241 it was only 5 miles to clover? 116 00:08:23,285 --> 00:08:24,895 She meant mountain miles. 117 00:08:24,939 --> 00:08:28,943 It used to take 3 days to get up here. 118 00:08:28,986 --> 00:08:31,598 This is my sister Lily. 119 00:08:31,641 --> 00:08:35,384 Lily, this is my colleague and friend, 120 00:08:35,427 --> 00:08:36,777 Harriet tolliver. 121 00:08:36,820 --> 00:08:37,778 How do you do? 122 00:08:37,821 --> 00:08:38,692 How do you do? 123 00:08:38,735 --> 00:08:40,824 And this is deladis slocumb. 124 00:08:40,868 --> 00:08:42,304 Deladis has no family, 125 00:08:42,347 --> 00:08:46,003 so we get to keep her here, full-time. 126 00:08:46,047 --> 00:08:47,831 How do you do, ma'am? 127 00:08:47,875 --> 00:08:49,529 How do you do. 128 00:08:49,572 --> 00:08:52,619 Elna's told me so much about you. 129 00:08:52,662 --> 00:08:53,750 Elna? 130 00:08:53,794 --> 00:08:56,274 That's what everyone here calls me. 131 00:08:56,318 --> 00:08:58,929 It's caught on with me, too. 132 00:08:58,973 --> 00:09:00,844 Well, I suppose it's a lot better 133 00:09:00,888 --> 00:09:01,845 than "little elf," 134 00:09:01,889 --> 00:09:04,021 which is what I used to call her. 135 00:09:04,065 --> 00:09:04,805 Ha ha! 136 00:09:04,848 --> 00:09:07,547 Y-You must be exhausted. 137 00:09:07,590 --> 00:09:09,592 I am. Excuse me. 138 00:09:09,636 --> 00:09:13,901 Would you like to rest before supper? 139 00:09:13,944 --> 00:09:17,078 Could you help me, dear? 140 00:09:17,121 --> 00:09:18,035 Yes, I'm sorry. 141 00:09:18,079 --> 00:09:20,255 Thank you so much. 142 00:09:20,298 --> 00:09:23,040 It's very hot. 143 00:09:23,084 --> 00:09:25,173 I... 144 00:09:43,974 --> 00:09:46,020 Along with the basic curriculum, 145 00:09:46,063 --> 00:09:48,849 we also teach hygiene and nutrition 146 00:09:48,892 --> 00:09:49,632 to the girls. 147 00:09:49,676 --> 00:09:51,112 And music, of course. 148 00:09:51,155 --> 00:09:54,898 Deladis, why don't you serve the tea? 149 00:09:54,942 --> 00:09:57,901 Deladis, what a beautiful name. 150 00:09:59,990 --> 00:10:01,296 That's a real pretty fan. 151 00:10:01,339 --> 00:10:05,474 Thank you, dear. It's from Spain. 152 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:10,261 Thank you, dear. 153 00:10:13,787 --> 00:10:16,224 Aren't you frightened here? 154 00:10:18,661 --> 00:10:20,010 What of? 155 00:10:20,968 --> 00:10:23,666 Savage mountaineers? 156 00:10:23,710 --> 00:10:26,060 Reports of violence are horrible. 157 00:10:26,103 --> 00:10:27,191 Heh! 158 00:10:27,235 --> 00:10:30,804 Ha ha ha! Horribly exaggerated, that is. 159 00:10:30,847 --> 00:10:32,501 Deladis, why don't you sing 160 00:10:32,544 --> 00:10:35,635 one of your pretty songs for my sister? 161 00:10:35,678 --> 00:10:36,810 Please, please do! 162 00:10:36,853 --> 00:10:39,073 I would like that. 163 00:10:48,517 --> 00:10:54,697 ♪ 'Twas in the merry month of may ♪ 164 00:10:54,741 --> 00:10:59,528 ♪ when all gay flowers were a-bloomin' ♪ 165 00:10:59,571 --> 00:11:05,055 ♪ sweet William on his deathbed lay ♪ 166 00:11:05,099 --> 00:11:10,713 ♪ for the love of Barbara Allen ♪ 167 00:11:10,757 --> 00:11:16,850 ♪ he sent his servant to the town ♪ 168 00:11:16,893 --> 00:11:21,419 ♪ he sent him to her dwellin' 169 00:11:21,463 --> 00:11:26,990 ♪ sayin' master's sick and very sick ♪ 170 00:11:27,034 --> 00:11:31,865 ♪ and for your sake he's a-dyin' ♪ 171 00:11:31,908 --> 00:11:34,955 Deladis, where did you learn that song? 172 00:11:36,870 --> 00:11:38,480 My granny gave to me. 173 00:11:38,523 --> 00:11:40,090 Was your grandmother from england? 174 00:11:40,134 --> 00:11:42,919 You mean across the ocean? 175 00:11:43,659 --> 00:11:45,052 No. No. 176 00:11:45,095 --> 00:11:48,533 Granny lived and died right here on the mountain. 177 00:11:48,577 --> 00:11:52,059 Then, where did she learn it? 178 00:11:52,102 --> 00:11:53,190 Granny said she got 179 00:11:53,234 --> 00:11:56,716 all those love songs from her mama. 180 00:11:56,977 --> 00:11:59,980 Do you know any more ballads? 181 00:12:00,023 --> 00:12:01,851 Love songs. 182 00:12:02,722 --> 00:12:04,071 I know lots of them. 183 00:12:04,114 --> 00:12:08,989 I know lord randal, Jack went a-sailin', 184 00:12:09,032 --> 00:12:12,035 two sisters, I know young Anne Lee... 185 00:12:12,079 --> 00:12:15,735 Would you sing two sisters,please? 186 00:12:15,778 --> 00:12:17,824 It's all right, dear. 187 00:12:17,867 --> 00:12:22,480 ♪ Sister, sister come go with me... ♪ 188 00:12:22,524 --> 00:12:25,614 Lily, I told you never to call me here. 189 00:12:25,657 --> 00:12:27,921 I'm calling as a colleague, Wallace. 190 00:12:27,964 --> 00:12:28,965 Where are you? 191 00:12:29,009 --> 00:12:30,401 The Southern mountains. 192 00:12:30,445 --> 00:12:33,143 What on earth are you doing in such a dreadful place? 193 00:12:33,187 --> 00:12:34,144 Never mind that. 194 00:12:34,188 --> 00:12:35,885 I'm telephoning because I've made 195 00:12:35,929 --> 00:12:38,670 a great discovery-- old English ballads. 196 00:12:38,714 --> 00:12:39,976 What are you talking about? 197 00:12:40,020 --> 00:12:42,587 The mountain people brought the ballads here 198 00:12:42,631 --> 00:12:44,807 over 200 years ago. 199 00:12:44,851 --> 00:12:45,982 The same songs that 200 00:12:46,026 --> 00:12:47,854 Cyrus whittle's been collecting in england. 201 00:12:47,897 --> 00:12:49,986 Songs which haven't been known there 202 00:12:50,030 --> 00:12:51,596 for at least 100 years. 203 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:52,641 What of it, Lily? 204 00:12:54,599 --> 00:12:55,818 I want you to come home. 205 00:12:55,862 --> 00:12:58,865 Don't you understand? Wallace, these may be 206 00:12:58,908 --> 00:13:01,693 the purest versions in existence. 207 00:13:01,737 --> 00:13:03,478 That's ridiculous. 208 00:13:03,521 --> 00:13:04,392 It's true! 209 00:13:04,435 --> 00:13:05,567 And I am going to be the first 210 00:13:05,610 --> 00:13:06,916 to collect them and to publish them. 211 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:09,397 Nothing I could have said or done 212 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:11,703 would have secured that appointment for you. 213 00:13:11,747 --> 00:13:15,011 And nothing you do now will either. 214 00:13:15,882 --> 00:13:18,275 Will you help me or not? 215 00:13:20,712 --> 00:13:22,497 I've always believed in you, Lily. 216 00:13:22,540 --> 00:13:23,977 Good. Well, I need supplies. 217 00:13:24,020 --> 00:13:28,024 The collecting must be done scientifically. 218 00:14:00,752 --> 00:14:02,929 Now, nice and loud. 219 00:14:05,453 --> 00:14:08,064 ♪ Holiday, holy day ♪ 220 00:14:08,108 --> 00:14:10,632 ♪ the first day of the year ♪ 221 00:14:10,675 --> 00:14:13,330 ♪ lil' matthy groves to church he goes ♪ 222 00:14:13,374 --> 00:14:15,463 ♪ some holy words to hear ♪ 223 00:14:15,506 --> 00:14:18,727 ♪ hear, some holy words to hear ♪ 224 00:14:19,902 --> 00:14:21,034 ♪ He saw some women dressed in black ♪ 225 00:14:21,077 --> 00:14:23,427 ♪ as they came in to view 226 00:14:23,471 --> 00:14:26,213 ♪ lord Daniel's wife was gaily clad ♪ 227 00:14:26,256 --> 00:14:28,258 ♪ the flower of the few 228 00:14:28,302 --> 00:14:31,174 ♪ few, the flower of the few ♪ 229 00:14:31,218 --> 00:14:34,177 ♪ she stepped right up to lil' matthy groves ♪ 230 00:14:34,221 --> 00:14:36,832 ♪ her eyes cast on the ground... ♪ 231 00:14:38,007 --> 00:14:42,011 ♪ Come all ye fair and tender ladies ♪ 232 00:14:42,055 --> 00:14:48,670 ♪ be careful how you court young men ♪ 233 00:14:48,713 --> 00:14:52,065 Could you sing those two lines again? 234 00:14:52,108 --> 00:14:54,154 Thank you, dear. 235 00:14:54,197 --> 00:14:55,938 Why don't you just make a cylinder 236 00:14:55,982 --> 00:14:57,331 and copy off that? 237 00:14:57,374 --> 00:15:00,856 Because the cylinders are only for short songs, 238 00:15:00,900 --> 00:15:04,642 and they wear out. Once again, thank you. 239 00:15:04,686 --> 00:15:10,953 ♪ Come all ye fair and tender ladies ♪ 240 00:15:10,997 --> 00:15:17,742 ♪ be careful how you court young men ♪ 241 00:15:25,489 --> 00:15:28,840 Are you still working on the child labor piece? 242 00:15:28,884 --> 00:15:31,234 I'm trying, not very successfully. 243 00:15:33,323 --> 00:15:34,368 I wonder how many times 244 00:15:34,411 --> 00:15:36,761 your sister needs to hear those songs? 245 00:15:36,805 --> 00:15:38,981 Don't. Don't be angry. 246 00:15:39,764 --> 00:15:41,331 It makes her very happy. 247 00:15:41,375 --> 00:15:44,813 She's quite obsessed. 248 00:15:44,856 --> 00:15:46,641 So am I. 249 00:15:47,033 --> 00:15:51,341 ♪ She cried out with a thrilling cry ♪ 250 00:15:51,385 --> 00:15:56,085 ♪ lord, lord, I'm ruined ♪ 251 00:15:58,479 --> 00:15:59,349 That's it, doc. 252 00:15:59,393 --> 00:16:02,309 I'm worn out like a cylinder. 253 00:16:02,352 --> 00:16:04,485 Just those last two lines, 254 00:16:04,528 --> 00:16:07,270 once again, please, dear. 255 00:16:08,358 --> 00:16:12,536 ♪ She cried out with a thrilling cry ♪ 256 00:16:12,580 --> 00:16:17,237 ♪ lord, lord, I'm ruined ♪ 257 00:16:19,674 --> 00:16:20,675 That's it. 258 00:16:20,718 --> 00:16:22,982 That's the very last ballad I know. 259 00:16:23,025 --> 00:16:25,419 And what a doozie. 260 00:16:27,551 --> 00:16:29,075 Um. 261 00:16:51,445 --> 00:16:53,186 What's this for? 262 00:16:53,229 --> 00:16:57,407 That's for all your hard work. 263 00:16:57,451 --> 00:16:59,453 Just for singing? 264 00:17:04,719 --> 00:17:05,807 Here. 265 00:17:05,850 --> 00:17:10,681 ♪ Come all ye fair and tender ladies ♪ 266 00:17:10,725 --> 00:17:15,730 ♪ be careful how you court young men ♪ 267 00:17:15,773 --> 00:17:21,170 ♪ they're like a bright star of a summer's evenin' ♪ 268 00:17:21,214 --> 00:17:27,263 ♪ they'll first appear and then they're gone ♪ 269 00:17:28,090 --> 00:17:31,311 I'm gonna tie a lover's knot. 270 00:17:32,486 --> 00:17:35,054 If it stays and grows... 271 00:17:35,097 --> 00:17:37,665 All will be well. 272 00:17:39,536 --> 00:17:43,018 Where did you get that fancy thing? 273 00:17:43,062 --> 00:17:46,587 Doc give it to me, for singin'. 274 00:17:51,592 --> 00:17:52,419 Aah! 275 00:18:02,081 --> 00:18:03,169 Hello. 276 00:18:03,212 --> 00:18:06,215 Eleanor, this is just fascinating. 277 00:18:06,259 --> 00:18:07,303 It really is. 278 00:18:07,347 --> 00:18:09,740 See, deladis sings, for the most part, 279 00:18:09,784 --> 00:18:11,264 in a Scots-Irish style. 280 00:18:11,307 --> 00:18:15,398 But she employs such unusual pitches. 281 00:18:15,442 --> 00:18:17,792 And she dwells on notes. Here... 282 00:18:20,490 --> 00:18:22,884 Can you hear that? That is so unusual. 283 00:18:22,927 --> 00:18:25,016 I have never heard anything like it before. 284 00:18:25,060 --> 00:18:27,236 Tell me, is her style of singing, 285 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:28,368 is that typical? 286 00:18:28,411 --> 00:18:29,499 Yes, I think it is. 287 00:18:29,543 --> 00:18:31,936 Is it really? Fascinating. 288 00:18:31,980 --> 00:18:34,852 So what do you think of my school, Lily? 289 00:18:41,685 --> 00:18:43,774 Well, I'm afraid I'm no expert... 290 00:18:43,818 --> 00:18:45,863 I'm sure it's fine. I'm sure... 291 00:18:45,907 --> 00:18:47,735 We are trying to make a difference. 292 00:18:47,778 --> 00:18:49,389 Yes, of course. 293 00:18:49,432 --> 00:18:51,782 It was mine! 294 00:18:51,826 --> 00:18:54,002 Deladis! What happened? 295 00:18:56,744 --> 00:18:58,963 Fate, did you do this? 296 00:18:59,007 --> 00:19:00,574 That was so cruel. 297 00:19:00,617 --> 00:19:01,879 You give her that fancy thing 298 00:19:01,923 --> 00:19:03,838 and a whole dollar just for singing. 299 00:19:03,881 --> 00:19:04,926 You ain't gave me nothing. 300 00:19:04,969 --> 00:19:06,319 Fate, you work for the school, 301 00:19:06,362 --> 00:19:09,060 and I think we pay you quite adequately. 302 00:19:09,104 --> 00:19:11,933 Then I'll do nothing for doc. 303 00:19:11,976 --> 00:19:12,934 Just for the school. 304 00:19:12,977 --> 00:19:14,065 Well, then I'll just have to find 305 00:19:14,109 --> 00:19:15,719 another boy who's more willing. 306 00:19:15,763 --> 00:19:17,112 No, no, Eleanor. Fate does have a point. 307 00:19:17,156 --> 00:19:19,941 He has had to work a lot harder since I've been here. 308 00:19:19,984 --> 00:19:21,899 That's right, doc. 309 00:19:21,943 --> 00:19:25,773 So, how's 50 cents a week then, young man? 310 00:19:27,905 --> 00:19:28,863 Well, I don't know. 311 00:19:28,906 --> 00:19:29,994 I'll have to think on it. 312 00:19:30,038 --> 00:19:31,605 Well, while you're thinking, 313 00:19:31,648 --> 00:19:33,868 you can help me pack up the phonograph machine. 314 00:19:33,911 --> 00:19:35,957 We're going to bear creek tomorrow. 315 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:38,177 She's going to Viney Butler's. 316 00:19:38,220 --> 00:19:39,569 Well, you can't lug that machine 317 00:19:39,613 --> 00:19:40,788 all the way up a mountain. 318 00:19:40,831 --> 00:19:43,312 We made it this far, didn't we? 319 00:19:43,356 --> 00:19:44,400 That was nothing 320 00:19:44,444 --> 00:19:45,923 compared to getting up to bear creek. 321 00:19:45,967 --> 00:19:49,013 So what am I paying you for? 322 00:20:02,940 --> 00:20:03,854 Whoa, whoa. 323 00:20:16,127 --> 00:20:18,434 I don't know no ballads. 324 00:20:18,478 --> 00:20:19,914 Why, Mrs. Butler, they are the most 325 00:20:19,957 --> 00:20:21,959 beautiful songs there have ever been. 326 00:20:22,003 --> 00:20:25,311 Songs like lord Thomas and fair ellinor, 327 00:20:25,354 --> 00:20:27,878 two sisters, matthy groves? 328 00:20:27,922 --> 00:20:30,490 Can't say I know them. 329 00:20:30,533 --> 00:20:34,972 Deladis calls them love songs. 330 00:20:35,016 --> 00:20:36,017 Nope. 331 00:20:36,060 --> 00:20:38,933 You ever hear any such songs, fate? 332 00:20:38,976 --> 00:20:41,849 Del knew. But I can't say as I do. 333 00:20:41,892 --> 00:20:44,373 Surely, deladis can't be the only keeper 334 00:20:44,417 --> 00:20:45,766 of the songs in the mountains? 335 00:20:45,809 --> 00:20:48,769 Sorry, can't be of any help to you, ma'am. 336 00:20:48,812 --> 00:20:50,858 I would be happy to compensate you, 337 00:20:50,901 --> 00:20:53,991 to-to pay you, Mrs. Butler. 338 00:20:54,905 --> 00:20:57,081 Good day to you. 339 00:20:58,082 --> 00:20:59,954 Hello, Viney. 340 00:21:00,998 --> 00:21:02,913 Well, look who's here! 341 00:21:02,957 --> 00:21:05,438 Well, you must be elna's sister. 342 00:21:05,481 --> 00:21:06,700 Well, yes. Yes, I am. 343 00:21:06,743 --> 00:21:08,049 I'm so happy to meet you. 344 00:21:08,092 --> 00:21:09,137 I'm Alice Kincaid. 345 00:21:09,180 --> 00:21:11,052 Well, how do you do. I'm Lily penleric. 346 00:21:11,095 --> 00:21:14,055 What are trudging all the way up here for, child? 347 00:21:14,098 --> 00:21:16,100 I wanted to meet Dr. Penleric. 348 00:21:16,144 --> 00:21:18,277 I have something for you. 349 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:20,801 Fate, thank you. 350 00:21:20,844 --> 00:21:24,718 My family spent summers in asheville. 351 00:21:24,761 --> 00:21:27,068 I loved hiking up in the mountains 352 00:21:27,111 --> 00:21:28,896 and reading poetry. 353 00:21:28,939 --> 00:21:31,290 That's how I met Reese, my husband. 354 00:21:31,333 --> 00:21:34,554 He wooed me with ballads and fiddle music. 355 00:21:34,597 --> 00:21:35,990 I've been writing them down 356 00:21:36,033 --> 00:21:37,470 since I came to live here. 357 00:21:37,513 --> 00:21:39,994 You can have them if you like. 358 00:21:40,037 --> 00:21:41,256 Thank you. Thank you. 359 00:21:41,300 --> 00:21:42,910 They are indeed exactly what I'm looking for, 360 00:21:42,953 --> 00:21:44,564 but I'm afraid 361 00:21:44,607 --> 00:21:48,219 these haven't been scientifically collected. 362 00:21:51,658 --> 00:21:54,965 Well, I can't be sure of your notation, you see, 363 00:21:55,009 --> 00:21:56,750 because of the irregular times 364 00:21:56,793 --> 00:21:59,361 and the unusual modes and rhythms of the tunes. 365 00:21:59,405 --> 00:22:02,538 Of course. I understand perfectly. 366 00:22:06,847 --> 00:22:09,066 That is beautiful. 367 00:22:09,458 --> 00:22:11,895 Come here, child. 368 00:22:18,162 --> 00:22:21,862 You are weak as water. 369 00:22:22,341 --> 00:22:25,648 That baby is sucking the life out of you. 370 00:22:25,692 --> 00:22:27,911 You've got to eat more. 371 00:22:27,955 --> 00:22:30,784 No, I can barely feed the children. 372 00:22:30,827 --> 00:22:33,003 Reese gone again? 373 00:22:37,312 --> 00:22:39,532 Mrs. Kincaid, thank you. 374 00:22:39,575 --> 00:22:41,229 Thank you. 375 00:22:41,664 --> 00:22:45,538 Here, now, you make a potion out of this 376 00:22:45,581 --> 00:22:46,713 and drink it twice a day. 377 00:22:46,756 --> 00:22:49,846 And do not go draggin' all over the place. 378 00:22:49,890 --> 00:22:51,413 Viney, the ballads 379 00:22:51,457 --> 00:22:54,329 are a precious musical legacy. 380 00:22:54,373 --> 00:22:56,810 Why, they're just songs. 381 00:22:56,853 --> 00:22:58,159 No, Mrs. Butler, they're not. 382 00:22:58,202 --> 00:23:01,031 They're ancient ballads from england and Scotland, 383 00:23:01,075 --> 00:23:03,469 and they've been sung for hundreds of years. 384 00:23:03,512 --> 00:23:07,255 Well, they say that my great granddaddy 385 00:23:07,298 --> 00:23:08,474 come from there. 386 00:23:08,517 --> 00:23:09,866 He come over that mountain 387 00:23:09,910 --> 00:23:12,086 in 17 and 43. 388 00:23:12,129 --> 00:23:14,001 Really? Well, no one knows 389 00:23:14,044 --> 00:23:15,481 that these songs are being sung right here 390 00:23:15,524 --> 00:23:17,787 in the mountains of America. No one. 391 00:23:17,831 --> 00:23:18,962 What of it? 392 00:23:19,006 --> 00:23:21,312 Music experts will want to know. 393 00:23:21,356 --> 00:23:23,053 So I am going to write them down 394 00:23:23,097 --> 00:23:25,142 and publish them in a song book. 395 00:23:25,186 --> 00:23:26,056 Well, lord knows 396 00:23:26,100 --> 00:23:28,363 I can't read nor write anyhow. 397 00:23:28,407 --> 00:23:33,063 Viney, I think she's a very nice lady. 398 00:24:03,224 --> 00:24:08,664 ♪ He took the brown girl by the hand ♪ 399 00:24:08,708 --> 00:24:12,712 ♪ and led her across the hall ♪ 400 00:24:12,755 --> 00:24:18,369 ♪ he took out his sword and cut off her head ♪ 401 00:24:18,413 --> 00:24:21,895 ♪ and kicked it against the wall ♪ 402 00:24:21,938 --> 00:24:28,031 ♪ and he kicked it against the wall ♪ 403 00:24:28,075 --> 00:24:29,685 Have you got it? 404 00:24:29,729 --> 00:24:31,382 One more time, Viney. 405 00:24:31,426 --> 00:24:33,994 I thought you'd done this before? 406 00:24:34,037 --> 00:24:35,517 Viney? 407 00:24:35,561 --> 00:24:37,345 Tom. 408 00:24:37,388 --> 00:24:39,652 Is the day gone already? 409 00:24:39,695 --> 00:24:41,088 Sure is. 410 00:24:41,131 --> 00:24:44,613 Corn is coming up fine in that back field. 411 00:24:44,657 --> 00:24:47,529 This is Dr. Lily penleric. 412 00:24:47,573 --> 00:24:51,185 She's miss elna's sister. 413 00:24:53,535 --> 00:24:55,450 How do you do? 414 00:24:58,192 --> 00:25:00,237 How do you do? 415 00:25:00,281 --> 00:25:01,978 Lily is a doctor of music. 416 00:25:02,022 --> 00:25:04,981 She's catching my old love songs. 417 00:25:05,025 --> 00:25:07,114 She says they're important. 418 00:25:07,157 --> 00:25:08,463 Important? 419 00:25:08,507 --> 00:25:09,899 Important to who? 420 00:25:09,943 --> 00:25:13,207 I'm going to publish them in a song book. 421 00:25:14,382 --> 00:25:15,165 No, you're not. 422 00:25:15,209 --> 00:25:16,993 Nobody's going to publish 423 00:25:17,037 --> 00:25:18,778 my granny's songs. 424 00:25:18,821 --> 00:25:21,911 This is my grandson, Tom bledsoe. 425 00:25:21,955 --> 00:25:23,173 He's been to the other world, 426 00:25:23,217 --> 00:25:26,089 and he thinks he knows a whole lot. 427 00:25:27,351 --> 00:25:29,963 Mr. Bledsoe, I am a collector. 428 00:25:30,006 --> 00:25:32,182 My intention is to exalt 429 00:25:32,226 --> 00:25:35,098 the fine music of these mountains. 430 00:25:35,142 --> 00:25:36,709 Exalt? 431 00:25:37,057 --> 00:25:40,495 Yes. It means to lift up. 432 00:25:40,539 --> 00:25:42,497 You mean exploit. 433 00:25:42,541 --> 00:25:43,890 It means to steal. 434 00:25:43,933 --> 00:25:47,110 I'm a musicologist, not a thief. 435 00:25:47,154 --> 00:25:49,243 My work is to preserve musical culture. 436 00:25:49,286 --> 00:25:52,463 First it was the coal and lumber companies 437 00:25:52,507 --> 00:25:53,552 coming in here. 438 00:25:53,595 --> 00:25:55,336 Now they want to take our music, too. 439 00:25:55,379 --> 00:25:56,859 These songs are of great interest 440 00:25:56,903 --> 00:25:58,818 to anyone who studies musical heritage. 441 00:25:58,861 --> 00:26:01,124 You're gonna get paid for it, ain't you? 442 00:26:01,168 --> 00:26:02,386 Yes, I am. 443 00:26:02,430 --> 00:26:04,867 See, granny, let me handle this now. 444 00:26:04,911 --> 00:26:07,522 I can assure you it will not make me rich. 445 00:26:08,305 --> 00:26:09,524 And frankly, I'm the one 446 00:26:09,568 --> 00:26:11,047 who's going to all the trouble and the expense 447 00:26:11,091 --> 00:26:12,135 of collecting the songs. 448 00:26:12,179 --> 00:26:13,746 And I'm the one who has the expertise 449 00:26:13,789 --> 00:26:15,617 to write them down and categorize them 450 00:26:15,661 --> 00:26:17,097 properly and scientifically. 451 00:26:17,140 --> 00:26:21,449 You do, do you? And what's in it for my granny? 452 00:26:22,232 --> 00:26:23,059 Her name will appear 453 00:26:23,103 --> 00:26:24,626 before each one of the songs 454 00:26:24,670 --> 00:26:25,932 which I include in the book 455 00:26:25,975 --> 00:26:27,629 as a source from which I have collected it. 456 00:26:27,673 --> 00:26:30,501 Malvina Butler, that's what it's gonna say, Tom. 457 00:26:30,545 --> 00:26:33,548 Well, you can't collect from my granny 458 00:26:33,592 --> 00:26:35,811 unless you pay her. 459 00:26:35,855 --> 00:26:40,120 I have offered. She refused. 460 00:26:42,252 --> 00:26:43,166 You refused? 461 00:26:43,210 --> 00:26:46,430 How can I take money for singin'? 462 00:26:46,474 --> 00:26:47,867 My mama used to sing those songs 463 00:26:47,910 --> 00:26:50,086 rockin' the young'uns to sleep and leading 464 00:26:50,130 --> 00:26:51,087 the cows home. 465 00:26:51,131 --> 00:26:53,786 Doctor, i'm asking you kindly-- 466 00:26:53,829 --> 00:26:54,917 to leave. 467 00:26:54,961 --> 00:26:58,834 Tom! I can give my songs to anybody 468 00:26:58,878 --> 00:26:59,879 that I want to. 469 00:26:59,922 --> 00:27:01,532 No, you can't. 470 00:27:01,576 --> 00:27:02,882 Yes, I can! 471 00:27:02,925 --> 00:27:04,231 Besides, it's supper time, 472 00:27:04,274 --> 00:27:07,277 and Lily's joining us. 473 00:27:07,321 --> 00:27:09,671 No, thank you, Mrs. Butler. Really, 474 00:27:09,715 --> 00:27:11,368 I should be heading back to the school. 475 00:27:11,412 --> 00:27:13,675 You're going to take my songs and refuse 476 00:27:13,719 --> 00:27:15,982 the hospitality of my home? 477 00:27:16,025 --> 00:27:18,071 Well, I never! 478 00:27:34,087 --> 00:27:36,742 My man's father built this place 479 00:27:36,785 --> 00:27:38,352 when he settled here. 480 00:27:38,395 --> 00:27:42,312 I've raised 9 children in this cabin. 481 00:27:42,356 --> 00:27:44,793 Only two of them still living. 482 00:27:44,837 --> 00:27:45,751 I'm sorry. 483 00:27:45,794 --> 00:27:47,796 One's working the coal mines 484 00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:51,495 up in Virginia, and one's in Missouri. 485 00:28:03,856 --> 00:28:06,119 It was good, granny. 486 00:28:13,039 --> 00:28:15,955 Tom's a fine musician. 487 00:28:16,782 --> 00:28:17,826 Really? 488 00:28:17,870 --> 00:28:20,176 He plays the banjo like nobody. 489 00:28:20,220 --> 00:28:24,877 Tom? Tom? What's that thing called? That thing? 490 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:26,226 It's a guitar, granny. 491 00:28:26,269 --> 00:28:28,054 How many times have I got to tell you? 492 00:28:28,097 --> 00:28:30,186 He got it in Cuba, Tom did. 493 00:28:30,230 --> 00:28:31,666 In the Spanish war. 494 00:28:31,710 --> 00:28:33,276 It's a lovely instrument. 495 00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:37,019 Yeah, he's the only one in these parts 496 00:28:37,063 --> 00:28:37,977 got one of those things. 497 00:28:38,020 --> 00:28:40,762 He makes up songs on it, too. 498 00:28:40,806 --> 00:28:44,723 Do you play music, doctor... 499 00:28:44,766 --> 00:28:47,856 Or do you just steal other people's? 500 00:28:50,250 --> 00:28:52,861 I'm a pianist, Mr. Bledsoe. 501 00:28:52,905 --> 00:28:54,950 A pianist? 502 00:28:54,994 --> 00:28:57,213 I heard of them. 503 00:28:57,257 --> 00:29:02,262 Tom, come on, play some banjo tunes for Lily here. 504 00:29:02,305 --> 00:29:04,438 Come on, come on. 505 00:29:04,481 --> 00:29:07,267 Please. I would like that. 506 00:29:41,692 --> 00:29:45,305 Hilliard, you almost scared me to death. 507 00:29:45,348 --> 00:29:46,915 Sorry, Viney. 508 00:29:46,959 --> 00:29:49,309 You coming, Tom? 509 00:29:51,528 --> 00:29:54,140 I'll be right there. 510 00:29:55,576 --> 00:29:56,620 Mr. Bledsoe, 511 00:29:56,664 --> 00:29:59,058 where did you learn to play like that? 512 00:29:59,101 --> 00:30:01,451 I taught him. 513 00:30:02,104 --> 00:30:03,105 I would like to record you 514 00:30:03,149 --> 00:30:06,413 on my phonograph machine sometime. 515 00:30:06,456 --> 00:30:07,327 No, thank you. 516 00:30:07,370 --> 00:30:09,895 I make music to please myself. 517 00:30:14,247 --> 00:30:15,509 Never mind Tom. 518 00:30:15,552 --> 00:30:16,858 He's like most of those fellas 519 00:30:16,902 --> 00:30:20,383 who went to the other world and come back. 520 00:30:20,427 --> 00:30:23,909 Just never seem to be the same. 521 00:30:23,952 --> 00:30:29,828 They just can't seem to settle down and be happy. 522 00:30:37,531 --> 00:30:40,795 Would you show me how to play this? 523 00:30:46,235 --> 00:30:50,805 Well, it's all in the picking. 524 00:30:56,942 --> 00:30:58,465 Fate, did you see to Alice 525 00:30:58,508 --> 00:30:59,683 and her young'uns? 526 00:30:59,727 --> 00:31:01,990 Yes, ma'am. I caught 'em a couple of rabbits. 527 00:31:02,034 --> 00:31:03,252 We had a fine supper. 528 00:31:03,296 --> 00:31:04,210 Good. Good. 529 00:31:04,253 --> 00:31:05,385 We have all to do tomorrow. 530 00:31:05,428 --> 00:31:08,257 These old songs are coming back to me now. 531 00:31:08,301 --> 00:31:09,911 Well, I'm looking forward to it. 532 00:31:09,955 --> 00:31:12,348 Lily, um, listen. 533 00:31:12,392 --> 00:31:16,962 If you hear a strange cry, like a woman screaming, 534 00:31:17,005 --> 00:31:19,921 that's the panther cat. 535 00:31:19,965 --> 00:31:22,141 And you're gonna be dead if it gets you. 536 00:31:22,184 --> 00:31:25,405 Now what you do is you pull off your clothes 537 00:31:25,448 --> 00:31:26,885 one piece at a time, 538 00:31:26,928 --> 00:31:28,930 and then you run real hard, 539 00:31:28,974 --> 00:31:30,801 and then the panther cat will stop 540 00:31:30,845 --> 00:31:32,847 and tear up the clothes that you've dropped 541 00:31:32,891 --> 00:31:34,153 in its path to shreds, 542 00:31:34,196 --> 00:31:36,677 and that'll save you! 543 00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:39,854 Viney, that is ridiculous. 544 00:31:53,912 --> 00:31:55,870 What was that? 545 00:31:55,914 --> 00:31:57,437 Just an owl. 546 00:31:57,480 --> 00:31:58,699 Are you sure? 547 00:31:58,742 --> 00:32:00,266 You'll know the panther cry when you hear it. 548 00:32:01,484 --> 00:32:03,095 Fate! 549 00:32:03,138 --> 00:32:04,923 Damn near got your fool head blowed off. 550 00:32:04,966 --> 00:32:07,795 I didn't know you had a still going here. 551 00:32:09,014 --> 00:32:11,494 What about her? 552 00:32:13,018 --> 00:32:14,976 What about her? 553 00:32:17,631 --> 00:32:20,808 Go on, git, both of you. 554 00:32:24,333 --> 00:32:25,595 Fate. 555 00:32:25,639 --> 00:32:27,728 Yes, sir. 556 00:32:33,908 --> 00:32:35,388 Eleanor? 557 00:32:35,431 --> 00:32:36,867 Eleanor? 558 00:32:36,911 --> 00:32:38,565 Eleanor? 559 00:32:38,608 --> 00:32:41,916 I have had the most remarkable day. 560 00:33:08,987 --> 00:33:12,120 Lily, I'd like to talk with you. 561 00:33:14,949 --> 00:33:19,910 I'm very tired. I don't want to talk. 562 00:33:26,091 --> 00:33:28,963 I think we should talk. 563 00:33:38,451 --> 00:33:41,062 How could you, Eleanor? 564 00:33:41,106 --> 00:33:45,893 You sound so like father. I'm not a child. 565 00:33:45,936 --> 00:33:47,025 You're teachers! 566 00:33:47,068 --> 00:33:51,420 What kind of an example are you setting? 567 00:33:53,118 --> 00:33:55,511 You're disgusting. 568 00:34:03,128 --> 00:34:07,045 She's the finest person I've ever known. 569 00:34:19,405 --> 00:34:24,105 I suppose...Harriet is a lot older and, um, 570 00:34:24,149 --> 00:34:26,107 more experienced than you, 571 00:34:26,151 --> 00:34:30,938 so I suppose it's her fault. 572 00:34:32,853 --> 00:34:35,899 It's nobody's fault. 573 00:34:45,561 --> 00:34:47,911 We're in love. 574 00:35:11,283 --> 00:35:15,765 ♪ out she drew her little penknife ♪ 575 00:35:15,809 --> 00:35:19,856 ♪ and stabbed him through his heart ♪ 576 00:35:19,900 --> 00:35:22,076 ♪ she cried out with a very loud cry ♪ 577 00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:25,471 ♪ there's a dead man in my house, house ♪ 578 00:35:25,514 --> 00:35:29,257 ♪ there's a dead man in my house ♪ 579 00:35:29,301 --> 00:35:30,693 We came to see the machine 580 00:35:30,737 --> 00:35:31,999 that sings the songs back to you. 581 00:35:32,042 --> 00:35:34,828 I'm not using it at the moment. 582 00:35:34,871 --> 00:35:37,047 You see, you gotta save it, Polly, 583 00:35:37,091 --> 00:35:38,179 or it'll wear out. 584 00:35:38,223 --> 00:35:40,834 My brother's a songcatcher. 585 00:35:40,877 --> 00:35:41,878 That's very nice, 586 00:35:41,922 --> 00:35:43,532 but I'm afraid he's a bit too little 587 00:35:43,576 --> 00:35:44,664 to be a reliable source. 588 00:35:44,707 --> 00:35:45,621 Come on, Tommy Lee. 589 00:35:45,665 --> 00:35:46,666 You can sing for me. 590 00:35:46,709 --> 00:35:49,495 What songs you know? 591 00:35:50,583 --> 00:35:54,761 Get the hell out of my yard, Earl giddens. 592 00:35:54,804 --> 00:35:56,415 I've been hearing all this excitement 593 00:35:56,458 --> 00:35:57,633 about the songcatcher. 594 00:35:57,677 --> 00:35:59,809 I came to see for myself. 595 00:35:59,853 --> 00:36:01,811 Tom told you we're not selling. 596 00:36:01,855 --> 00:36:02,769 He also told you 597 00:36:02,812 --> 00:36:03,726 that he'd shoot you on the spot 598 00:36:03,770 --> 00:36:05,728 if you came around again. 599 00:36:05,772 --> 00:36:07,687 Viney, it's that kind of talk 600 00:36:07,730 --> 00:36:09,645 gives city folk a terrible impression 601 00:36:09,689 --> 00:36:11,125 of us hillbillies. 602 00:36:11,169 --> 00:36:13,345 Isn't that right, miss? 603 00:36:13,388 --> 00:36:15,782 Doctorlily penleric. 604 00:36:15,825 --> 00:36:19,525 Doctor? Well, Earl giddens, 605 00:36:19,568 --> 00:36:21,266 of the mcfarland coal company. 606 00:36:21,309 --> 00:36:23,659 Very pleased to make your acquaintance, doctor. 607 00:36:23,703 --> 00:36:25,357 It's fine to see an outsider 608 00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:28,621 appreciating the charm of our local music. 609 00:36:28,664 --> 00:36:29,839 To myself, however, 610 00:36:29,883 --> 00:36:31,493 there is nothing like the elegant perfection 611 00:36:31,537 --> 00:36:34,757 of a composition by Mr. Johann Sebastian bach. 612 00:36:34,801 --> 00:36:39,980 Well, I don't think that such comparisons 613 00:36:40,023 --> 00:36:41,851 benefit either tradition. 614 00:36:41,895 --> 00:36:45,159 They're apples and oranges. 615 00:36:45,203 --> 00:36:46,291 Are you a musician? 616 00:36:46,334 --> 00:36:48,554 No, ma'am. 617 00:36:49,468 --> 00:36:50,425 I've been down the mountain. 618 00:36:50,469 --> 00:36:52,514 I had the privilege of education. 619 00:36:52,558 --> 00:36:54,908 Bachelor of sciences. 620 00:36:54,951 --> 00:36:56,605 University of north Carolina. 621 00:36:56,649 --> 00:36:58,172 Really? 622 00:36:59,869 --> 00:37:01,741 I guess I see your point. 623 00:37:01,784 --> 00:37:04,744 Maybe you can talk some sense 624 00:37:04,787 --> 00:37:07,268 into this stubborn old woman, Dr. Lily. 625 00:37:07,312 --> 00:37:11,881 Mrs. Butler? She has no need of my advice. 626 00:37:11,925 --> 00:37:14,623 Don't you think she deserves 627 00:37:14,667 --> 00:37:17,322 a nice new house in sawyerville? 628 00:37:17,365 --> 00:37:19,672 Time to sing and rest? 629 00:37:19,715 --> 00:37:21,151 She could even learn to read and write 630 00:37:21,195 --> 00:37:23,284 instead of working her fingers to the bone 631 00:37:23,328 --> 00:37:24,285 just to get by. 632 00:37:24,329 --> 00:37:26,113 I could make a living on a rock 633 00:37:26,156 --> 00:37:26,983 if I wanted to. 634 00:37:27,027 --> 00:37:28,028 I was born on this mountain, 635 00:37:28,071 --> 00:37:29,812 and I'm gonna die on this mountain, 636 00:37:29,856 --> 00:37:32,250 and so are you. 637 00:37:32,293 --> 00:37:33,729 Git goin', giddens. 638 00:37:33,773 --> 00:37:36,689 This place is nothing but a burden for Tom, Viney. 639 00:37:36,732 --> 00:37:40,823 You know he was made for other things besides farming. 640 00:37:55,490 --> 00:37:57,100 Isabel. Isabel. 641 00:37:57,144 --> 00:37:58,014 Go to my place. 642 00:37:58,058 --> 00:37:59,277 Take the children to my place. 643 00:37:59,320 --> 00:38:00,321 Yes, ma'am. 644 00:38:00,365 --> 00:38:01,540 And tell Tom to bring the milk cow. 645 00:38:01,583 --> 00:38:02,889 Come on, y'all. Come on. 646 00:38:05,021 --> 00:38:06,458 I'll take them, Viney. 647 00:38:06,501 --> 00:38:09,374 No! I want you here! 648 00:38:12,899 --> 00:38:17,338 Help me. Help me, please, I'm dying. 649 00:38:22,387 --> 00:38:24,650 I can't stop the bleeding 650 00:38:24,693 --> 00:38:26,173 till I get the baby out. 651 00:38:26,216 --> 00:38:27,957 You gotta help me. 652 00:38:29,089 --> 00:38:30,438 No, no, no, I couldn't. 653 00:38:30,482 --> 00:38:32,658 Well, she can't do it by herself. 654 00:38:32,701 --> 00:38:34,224 Come here. Give me your hands. 655 00:38:34,268 --> 00:38:35,225 Give me your hands. 656 00:38:35,269 --> 00:38:37,532 Now put 'em right here, like that. 657 00:38:37,576 --> 00:38:40,666 And when I tell you to, you push, hard. 658 00:38:40,709 --> 00:38:42,145 No, no, no. 659 00:38:42,189 --> 00:38:44,713 Do it, woman! 660 00:38:46,802 --> 00:38:48,369 Ready? 661 00:38:48,848 --> 00:38:50,589 Now! 662 00:39:13,786 --> 00:39:14,961 Well, I guess the good lord's 663 00:39:15,004 --> 00:39:18,225 gonna let us keep you a little while longer. 664 00:39:18,268 --> 00:39:21,359 And you've got yourself here 665 00:39:21,402 --> 00:39:25,841 another sweet little baby girl. 666 00:39:28,104 --> 00:39:29,541 Will she live? 667 00:39:29,584 --> 00:39:31,847 Well, it was a struggle there for a bit, 668 00:39:31,891 --> 00:39:36,243 but it's in the good lord's hands now. 669 00:39:41,727 --> 00:39:44,947 Alice, you're gonna have to keep Reese 670 00:39:44,991 --> 00:39:47,385 away from you. 671 00:39:51,867 --> 00:39:53,391 Well, if you don't want butter, 672 00:39:53,434 --> 00:39:57,264 you gotta pull the dasher out in time. 673 00:40:07,274 --> 00:40:09,319 Shhh. 674 00:40:11,321 --> 00:40:13,628 Sweet baby girl. 675 00:40:13,672 --> 00:40:17,763 I hope you grow up smart like Lily here, 676 00:40:17,806 --> 00:40:20,156 and stay single. 677 00:40:20,809 --> 00:40:25,684 ♪ When I was single went dressed mighty fine ♪ 678 00:40:25,727 --> 00:40:30,906 ♪ now I am married go ragged all the time ♪ 679 00:40:30,950 --> 00:40:34,606 ♪ I wish I was a single girl again ♪ 680 00:40:34,649 --> 00:40:41,613 ♪ lord, don't I wish I was a single girl again ♪ 681 00:40:42,831 --> 00:40:46,922 ♪ When I was single my shoes did squeak ♪ 682 00:40:46,966 --> 00:40:51,797 ♪ now I am married my shoes they do leak ♪ 683 00:40:51,840 --> 00:40:55,844 ♪ I wish I was a single girl again ♪ 684 00:40:55,888 --> 00:41:02,416 ♪ lord, don't I wish I was a single girl again ♪ 685 00:41:02,460 --> 00:41:07,290 ♪ three little babes a'cryin' for bread ♪ 686 00:41:07,334 --> 00:41:12,426 ♪ with none to give 'em I'd rather be dead ♪ 687 00:41:12,470 --> 00:41:16,082 ♪ I wish I was a single girl again ♪ 688 00:41:16,125 --> 00:41:22,828 ♪ lord, don't I wish I was a single girl again ♪ 689 00:41:24,133 --> 00:41:28,398 ♪ When he comes in, it's a curse and a row ♪ 690 00:41:28,442 --> 00:41:33,708 ♪ knocking down the children and pulling out my hair ♪ 691 00:41:33,752 --> 00:41:37,320 ♪ I wish I was a single girl again ♪ 692 00:41:37,364 --> 00:41:44,414 ♪ lord, don't I wish I was a single girl again ♪ 693 00:41:44,458 --> 00:41:46,852 ♪ dishes to wash-- 694 00:41:46,895 --> 00:41:51,813 Reese, where in hell have you been? 695 00:41:53,641 --> 00:41:55,164 Alice... 696 00:41:55,208 --> 00:41:58,864 You came home. 697 00:41:59,429 --> 00:42:04,565 Lily, please take the painting. 698 00:42:22,931 --> 00:42:25,847 Will she live? 699 00:42:29,547 --> 00:42:31,549 Yes. 700 00:42:36,075 --> 00:42:38,817 What about the baby? 701 00:42:41,689 --> 00:42:43,952 Hopefully. 702 00:42:45,475 --> 00:42:47,913 Thank the lord. 703 00:42:55,573 --> 00:42:59,533 Having a real backwoods experience, ain't you? 704 00:43:03,668 --> 00:43:06,496 Are you drunk? 705 00:43:09,151 --> 00:43:12,198 I'm not drunk, I'm a... 706 00:43:13,982 --> 00:43:16,245 Celebrating. 707 00:43:16,289 --> 00:43:19,684 There's no cause for celebration, Mr. Bledsoe. 708 00:43:19,727 --> 00:43:22,817 They could still die. 709 00:43:23,165 --> 00:43:25,211 In case it's news to you, doctor, 710 00:43:25,254 --> 00:43:28,257 suffering is a woman's lot. 711 00:43:28,301 --> 00:43:29,781 I am perfectly well aware 712 00:43:29,824 --> 00:43:31,521 of that fact, Mr. Bledsoe. 713 00:43:31,565 --> 00:43:33,785 God knows, I wish I weren't. 714 00:43:33,828 --> 00:43:36,222 You really are an ignorant drunken lout. 715 00:43:36,265 --> 00:43:37,527 You have absolutely no idea 716 00:43:37,571 --> 00:43:38,877 what that woman has just been through. 717 00:43:38,920 --> 00:43:41,793 Let me tell you something... 718 00:43:41,836 --> 00:43:47,973 My wife died in childbirth when we were 16 years old. 719 00:43:48,016 --> 00:43:51,977 She bled to death right after I pulled our dead baby out, 720 00:43:52,020 --> 00:43:56,372 so don't you tell me what I do and don't know. 721 00:44:14,173 --> 00:44:15,740 Dear Wallace, 722 00:44:15,783 --> 00:44:20,222 enclosed are 10 of the beautiful ballads I have collected so far. 723 00:44:20,266 --> 00:44:25,227 I am sure you will realize what a remarkable discovery this is. 724 00:44:25,271 --> 00:44:27,621 The songs are virtually intact 725 00:44:27,665 --> 00:44:30,189 according to the oldest known versions, 726 00:44:30,232 --> 00:44:33,148 with wonderful idiosyncratic local changes 727 00:44:33,192 --> 00:44:36,804 in a lyric or phrase here or there. 728 00:44:36,848 --> 00:44:38,850 Best wishes, Lily. 729 00:45:18,890 --> 00:45:21,153 Lord! 730 00:45:21,196 --> 00:45:24,678 Your playing is beautiful. 731 00:45:24,722 --> 00:45:27,028 Well, actually that was one of my tunes. 732 00:45:27,072 --> 00:45:29,770 Dexter here just took it over 733 00:45:29,814 --> 00:45:32,033 and made it his own. 734 00:45:32,077 --> 00:45:34,470 Such striking rhythms. 735 00:45:34,514 --> 00:45:35,776 Thank you, ma'am. 736 00:45:35,820 --> 00:45:39,345 I'm Lily penleric. 737 00:45:39,388 --> 00:45:41,390 She's a musicologist. 738 00:45:41,434 --> 00:45:42,740 Mr.... 739 00:45:42,783 --> 00:45:44,567 Dexter speaks, ma'am. 740 00:45:44,611 --> 00:45:45,917 Well, how do you do? 741 00:45:45,960 --> 00:45:48,658 Would you... Look at del. 742 00:45:50,269 --> 00:45:51,618 She's all bug-eyed. 743 00:45:51,661 --> 00:45:54,055 Ain't you ever seen a colored man before? 744 00:45:54,099 --> 00:45:57,189 Where would I have? 745 00:45:59,626 --> 00:46:00,932 Where you all headed? 746 00:46:00,975 --> 00:46:03,673 Rose gentry's. 747 00:46:03,717 --> 00:46:05,110 I'm gonna help doc, here, 748 00:46:05,153 --> 00:46:06,851 with writing down Rose' ballads. 749 00:46:06,894 --> 00:46:10,028 We're going everywhere the sweet music is. 750 00:46:10,071 --> 00:46:13,727 Rose? Rose lives way off back of beyond. 751 00:46:13,771 --> 00:46:15,468 You'll never get there with that load. 752 00:46:15,511 --> 00:46:18,601 You can't tell this woman nothing, Tom. 753 00:46:22,127 --> 00:46:23,519 Well, aren't you lucky? 754 00:46:23,563 --> 00:46:24,825 Sitting around all day, 755 00:46:24,869 --> 00:46:26,392 getting drunk, playing music. 756 00:46:26,435 --> 00:46:27,523 How lovely. 757 00:46:27,567 --> 00:46:28,437 Yes, I am. 758 00:46:28,481 --> 00:46:29,656 See, that's what you outlanders 759 00:46:29,699 --> 00:46:31,179 don't understand. 760 00:46:31,223 --> 00:46:32,702 See, life is for enjoying, 761 00:46:32,746 --> 00:46:36,837 not just getting and working and getting and working. 762 00:46:36,881 --> 00:46:39,927 We do indeed have very different notions 763 00:46:39,971 --> 00:46:42,538 of what enjoyment is. 764 00:46:50,503 --> 00:46:52,548 Wait. 765 00:46:54,855 --> 00:46:57,858 Fate, careful. 766 00:47:17,530 --> 00:47:20,185 Stop, stop. 767 00:47:24,319 --> 00:47:26,582 I told you we couldn't get there 768 00:47:26,626 --> 00:47:28,802 with this thing. 769 00:47:29,324 --> 00:47:33,502 Where's your pioneer spirit, fate? 770 00:47:33,546 --> 00:47:35,374 We can't give up. 771 00:47:35,417 --> 00:47:38,856 Come on, let's keep trying. 772 00:47:38,899 --> 00:47:40,335 No, del. She's crazy. 773 00:47:40,379 --> 00:47:42,772 I've been lugging this thing everywhere it don't belong. 774 00:47:42,816 --> 00:47:45,993 I'm not risking life and limb for no stupid songs. 775 00:47:46,037 --> 00:47:47,952 I need these recordings. 776 00:47:47,995 --> 00:47:51,825 I need them, right, deladis? 777 00:47:51,869 --> 00:47:55,611 Doc, no one's ever tried 778 00:47:55,655 --> 00:47:59,398 to pull a thing like this up here. 779 00:47:59,441 --> 00:48:01,791 Until now. Come along. 780 00:48:01,835 --> 00:48:03,663 We'll show young Mr. Honeycutt 781 00:48:03,706 --> 00:48:07,319 what you can achieve if you don't give up. 782 00:48:16,328 --> 00:48:17,895 You... 783 00:48:24,727 --> 00:48:27,730 I will not give up! 784 00:48:29,994 --> 00:48:32,300 Come along. 785 00:48:33,432 --> 00:48:37,088 Please, fate. Come with us. 786 00:48:48,708 --> 00:48:51,450 I decided to take your offer, Earl. 787 00:48:51,493 --> 00:48:53,234 A dollar an acre 788 00:48:53,278 --> 00:48:56,020 and jobs for me and my boys. 789 00:48:56,759 --> 00:49:00,285 Why, if it ain't the songcatcher. 790 00:49:00,328 --> 00:49:04,550 Dr. Lily, you sure do get around, don't you? 791 00:49:04,593 --> 00:49:07,640 Nice to see you again, Mr. Giddens. 792 00:49:07,683 --> 00:49:11,426 Mr. and Mrs. Gentry, I'm Lily penleric. 793 00:49:11,470 --> 00:49:14,038 We heard you might be coming this way. 794 00:49:14,081 --> 00:49:16,518 Viney says doc is awful nice 795 00:49:16,562 --> 00:49:18,607 and you should sing for her. 796 00:49:18,651 --> 00:49:20,653 Doctor, uncle cratis is the one 797 00:49:20,696 --> 00:49:22,960 who knows about every love song there is. 798 00:49:23,003 --> 00:49:24,700 Except uncle cratis got the calling. 799 00:49:24,744 --> 00:49:26,137 He don't hold to singing no more. 800 00:49:26,180 --> 00:49:28,226 I'm sorry, we seem to have come 801 00:49:28,269 --> 00:49:29,227 at a bad time. 802 00:49:29,270 --> 00:49:31,794 No. We've about finished here. 803 00:49:31,838 --> 00:49:34,580 I said I'd take a dollar an acre. 804 00:49:34,623 --> 00:49:35,798 Well, now, parley, 805 00:49:35,842 --> 00:49:38,584 that was before I knew the land was used up. 806 00:49:38,627 --> 00:49:41,413 Well, I wouldn't be selling if it weren't. 807 00:49:41,456 --> 00:49:42,762 I appreciate that, 808 00:49:42,805 --> 00:49:45,025 but Mr. Mcfarland would have my head 809 00:49:45,069 --> 00:49:47,462 if I gave that much. 810 00:49:47,506 --> 00:49:52,250 Most I could give is, say, 50 cents an acre. 811 00:49:52,293 --> 00:49:55,688 What's that come to? 812 00:49:55,731 --> 00:49:58,604 How many acres you got again? 813 00:49:59,300 --> 00:50:01,781 About 100, my daddy always said. 814 00:50:01,824 --> 00:50:04,131 $50?! 815 00:50:04,175 --> 00:50:05,089 That's all? 816 00:50:05,132 --> 00:50:08,135 That's criminal, Mr. Giddens. 817 00:50:08,875 --> 00:50:11,660 Don't butt in where you don't belong. 818 00:50:11,704 --> 00:50:12,879 Now, the only way these folks 819 00:50:12,922 --> 00:50:14,054 are going to better themselves 820 00:50:14,098 --> 00:50:15,273 is to get the hell off this mountain 821 00:50:15,316 --> 00:50:17,188 and give up their backward ways. 822 00:50:17,231 --> 00:50:19,494 Is that what your education taught you? 823 00:50:19,538 --> 00:50:22,236 To hate your own people? 824 00:50:24,064 --> 00:50:25,718 Damn you! 825 00:50:25,761 --> 00:50:28,199 You're about as mean as a copperhead. 826 00:50:28,242 --> 00:50:29,983 And I sleep like a snake, too, 827 00:50:30,027 --> 00:50:32,377 with both eyes open. 828 00:50:32,420 --> 00:50:33,726 Leave the boy, Earl. 829 00:50:33,769 --> 00:50:37,164 Get on outta here. The deal's done. 830 00:50:37,208 --> 00:50:39,949 You got my word. 831 00:50:47,435 --> 00:50:48,654 Git. 832 00:50:48,697 --> 00:50:51,570 Good day, doctor. 833 00:50:52,310 --> 00:50:54,486 Is that any way to settle anything, 834 00:50:54,529 --> 00:50:55,878 you stupid boy! 835 00:50:55,922 --> 00:51:00,100 That man would steal the dime off a dead man's eyes. 836 00:51:08,239 --> 00:51:10,937 I'm really very sorry. 837 00:51:39,008 --> 00:51:44,797 ♪ When I first come to this country ♪ 838 00:51:44,840 --> 00:51:49,106 ♪ in 1849 839 00:51:49,149 --> 00:51:54,285 ♪ I saw many fair lovers 840 00:51:54,328 --> 00:51:59,420 ♪ but never saw mine 841 00:51:59,464 --> 00:52:04,469 ♪ I viewed it all around me 842 00:52:04,512 --> 00:52:08,342 ♪ saw I was quite alone 843 00:52:08,386 --> 00:52:12,651 ♪ me, a poor stranger 844 00:52:12,694 --> 00:52:17,221 ♪ and a long way from home 845 00:52:17,264 --> 00:52:22,574 ♪ fare-thee-well to old mother 846 00:52:22,617 --> 00:52:27,187 ♪ fare-thee-well to father, too ♪ 847 00:52:27,231 --> 00:52:32,149 ♪ I'm alone and for to ramble 848 00:52:32,192 --> 00:52:37,719 ♪ this wide world all through 849 00:52:37,763 --> 00:52:42,333 ♪ and when I get weary 850 00:52:42,376 --> 00:52:46,902 ♪ I'll sit down and cry 851 00:52:46,946 --> 00:52:50,645 ♪ and think of my saro 852 00:52:50,689 --> 00:52:55,607 ♪ pretty saro, my bride 853 00:52:55,650 --> 00:53:01,090 ♪ well, I wished I was a turtle dove ♪ 854 00:53:01,134 --> 00:53:04,877 ♪ had wings and could fly 855 00:53:04,920 --> 00:53:10,230 ♪ far away to my lover's lodgings ♪ 856 00:53:10,274 --> 00:53:14,930 ♪ tonight I'd draw nigh 857 00:53:14,974 --> 00:53:20,240 ♪ and there in her Lily white arms ♪ 858 00:53:20,284 --> 00:53:24,549 ♪ I'd lay there all night 859 00:53:24,592 --> 00:53:29,075 ♪ and watch through them little windows ♪ 860 00:53:29,118 --> 00:53:36,213 ♪ for a dawning of day 861 00:53:46,875 --> 00:53:49,356 The missionary board is convinced 862 00:53:49,400 --> 00:53:50,879 that the schools would take hold better 863 00:53:50,923 --> 00:53:52,272 in the mountain communities 864 00:53:52,316 --> 00:53:54,318 if they were led by a man and his wife 865 00:53:54,361 --> 00:53:57,799 who would integrate more normally into the community 866 00:53:57,843 --> 00:53:59,366 than two women. 867 00:53:59,410 --> 00:54:01,499 Fortunately for us, reverend, 868 00:54:01,542 --> 00:54:05,024 we're not under your jurisdiction. 869 00:54:05,067 --> 00:54:07,200 I'm beginning to understand 870 00:54:07,244 --> 00:54:10,551 your appreciation of the local crafts, Mrs. Mcfarland. 871 00:54:10,595 --> 00:54:12,684 It's a beautifully made piece. 872 00:54:12,727 --> 00:54:14,338 I have several like it. 873 00:54:14,381 --> 00:54:17,993 She'll bankrupt me with her collecting. 874 00:54:18,037 --> 00:54:21,519 The clover school is a model, 875 00:54:21,562 --> 00:54:26,001 but the church is better equipped to educate. 876 00:54:26,045 --> 00:54:28,482 I endorse the English idea: 877 00:54:28,526 --> 00:54:31,137 We must educate by example. 878 00:54:31,180 --> 00:54:34,096 If we teach these ruffians to serve tea properly, 879 00:54:34,140 --> 00:54:36,534 they will want refinement. Seek it out. 880 00:54:36,577 --> 00:54:38,797 I believe we must ask the mountain people 881 00:54:38,840 --> 00:54:40,755 what they want and what they need. 882 00:54:40,799 --> 00:54:42,191 That is the enlightened point of view. 883 00:54:42,235 --> 00:54:45,238 Educating these savages is a waste of money. 884 00:54:45,282 --> 00:54:46,631 If you want to help these children, 885 00:54:46,674 --> 00:54:48,197 you should get them out of their hovels 886 00:54:48,241 --> 00:54:49,198 and put them to work. 887 00:54:49,242 --> 00:54:50,635 There's nothing like a day's wages 888 00:54:50,678 --> 00:54:53,768 to help make for advancement. 889 00:54:54,203 --> 00:54:57,381 It's a beautiful land, isn't it, Mr. Mcfarland? 890 00:54:57,424 --> 00:54:59,774 It's one of the largest untapped coal deposits 891 00:54:59,818 --> 00:55:01,950 in the Southern mountains, miss tolliver, 892 00:55:01,994 --> 00:55:04,692 and soon I'm gonna own it. 893 00:55:04,736 --> 00:55:07,478 And with my coal mines will come towns, 894 00:55:07,521 --> 00:55:11,569 roads, railroads, churches, 895 00:55:11,612 --> 00:55:13,440 even a few more schools. 896 00:55:13,484 --> 00:55:15,964 Although I don't share the lofty ideals 897 00:55:16,008 --> 00:55:17,009 of you ladies, 898 00:55:17,052 --> 00:55:18,924 I would like to make a small donation 899 00:55:18,967 --> 00:55:20,969 to the clover school. 900 00:55:21,013 --> 00:55:23,972 Say, $500. 901 00:55:25,452 --> 00:55:27,715 Thank you. But we couldn't possibly 902 00:55:27,759 --> 00:55:30,152 accept such a gift despite our need. 903 00:55:30,196 --> 00:55:31,284 Yes, it's essential 904 00:55:31,328 --> 00:55:33,678 that we avoid all political affiliations 905 00:55:33,721 --> 00:55:36,376 to maintain the trust of the community. 906 00:55:36,420 --> 00:55:37,638 As far as I know, 907 00:55:37,682 --> 00:55:39,640 water pumps don't have political affiliations. 908 00:55:39,684 --> 00:55:40,859 Mr. Mcfarland, 909 00:55:40,902 --> 00:55:43,862 I thought you supported Christian education. 910 00:55:43,905 --> 00:55:46,865 I support progress, reverend merriweather. 911 00:55:46,908 --> 00:55:47,909 And I also appreciate 912 00:55:47,953 --> 00:55:49,781 what these ladies have accomplished. 913 00:55:49,824 --> 00:55:52,697 I think this school is the loveliest. 914 00:55:52,740 --> 00:55:54,699 The way miss tolliver and miss penleric 915 00:55:54,742 --> 00:55:58,616 have used the local crafts to decorate. 916 00:55:58,659 --> 00:56:01,183 Are you aware of the folk arts movement 917 00:56:01,227 --> 00:56:03,882 that is sweeping New York and London? 918 00:56:03,925 --> 00:56:06,232 I'm quite a collector. 919 00:56:06,275 --> 00:56:08,974 Doc's collecting songs. 920 00:56:09,017 --> 00:56:12,020 Really? 921 00:56:12,064 --> 00:56:13,718 Yes, I am. 922 00:56:15,459 --> 00:56:17,156 Umm... 923 00:56:18,244 --> 00:56:19,680 It's beautiful. 924 00:56:19,724 --> 00:56:24,337 So refined. Was this painted by a local? 925 00:56:24,381 --> 00:56:27,384 I knew you would appreciate it. 926 00:56:29,386 --> 00:56:31,866 Do you know I have sent a dozen of these 927 00:56:31,910 --> 00:56:33,868 to a gallery in New York? 928 00:56:33,912 --> 00:56:36,741 The dealer is very excited. 929 00:56:36,784 --> 00:56:37,959 Look everybody. 930 00:56:38,003 --> 00:56:41,049 Our musical entertainment is here. Hi, will. 931 00:56:41,093 --> 00:56:42,355 Hey, will. 932 00:56:42,399 --> 00:56:45,619 Everybody, this is will. 933 00:56:45,663 --> 00:56:46,794 Hello, will. 934 00:56:46,838 --> 00:56:49,797 Will, why don't you play Sally goodin? 935 00:56:58,937 --> 00:56:59,981 Ambrose. 936 00:57:00,025 --> 00:57:02,810 Twirl me around the lawn. 937 00:57:08,773 --> 00:57:11,993 Miss tolliver, may I have the honor? 938 00:57:12,037 --> 00:57:14,300 I'd be delighted. 939 00:57:51,903 --> 00:57:52,860 Yeee-ip! 940 00:57:52,904 --> 00:57:54,558 All right! 941 00:57:58,953 --> 00:58:00,781 Yeee-haaa! 942 00:58:10,312 --> 00:58:11,879 Woo! 943 00:58:14,795 --> 00:58:15,840 Ooh! 944 00:58:15,883 --> 00:58:20,322 Take a little bit. Go on. 945 00:58:22,803 --> 00:58:25,284 Isn't that good? 946 00:58:25,327 --> 00:58:28,505 Ha! Ha! 947 00:58:57,664 --> 00:58:59,579 Hey, del. 948 00:58:59,623 --> 00:59:00,624 Where have you been? 949 00:59:00,667 --> 00:59:02,060 Miss elna's been worried sick. 950 00:59:02,103 --> 00:59:03,583 I ain't her concern no more. 951 00:59:03,627 --> 00:59:05,977 Not hers or nobody's. 952 00:59:18,859 --> 00:59:21,688 Go on out there, boy. 953 00:59:22,471 --> 00:59:25,257 Get on out there. 954 00:59:46,583 --> 00:59:47,888 Miss elna? 955 00:59:47,932 --> 00:59:51,326 I'd be delighted, hilliard. 956 00:59:52,327 --> 00:59:54,721 Woo! Go, hilliard! 957 01:00:04,470 --> 01:00:06,428 That a boy! 958 01:00:41,812 --> 01:00:45,467 Come on, Lily, let's try it. 959 01:00:45,511 --> 01:00:47,774 Look at that! Whoo-ee! 960 01:00:47,818 --> 01:00:51,691 Whoa! Go on now. Don't be embarrassed. 961 01:00:51,735 --> 01:00:55,869 You're dancing! You're dancing good. 962 01:01:45,745 --> 01:01:47,878 Look out, there. 963 01:02:08,507 --> 01:02:10,117 Hello. 964 01:02:10,161 --> 01:02:11,684 Would you care to-- 965 01:02:11,728 --> 01:02:12,729 or maybe I was speaking 966 01:02:12,772 --> 01:02:13,686 a little too proper to you before. 967 01:02:13,730 --> 01:02:15,470 Get your long legs out here-- 968 01:02:15,514 --> 01:02:16,820 I don't think so. 969 01:02:16,863 --> 01:02:18,299 Let me show you some true country spirit, darling. 970 01:02:18,343 --> 01:02:20,084 Excuse me. No, thank you. 971 01:02:20,127 --> 01:02:21,172 I think perhaps 972 01:02:21,215 --> 01:02:22,303 you've had a little too much to drink. 973 01:02:22,347 --> 01:02:26,830 No. I'll show you want you need to know. 974 01:02:26,873 --> 01:02:28,440 Hey! 975 01:02:29,136 --> 01:02:30,703 Go on, out of here. 976 01:02:30,747 --> 01:02:32,749 I'm telling you, boy! 977 01:03:12,005 --> 01:03:13,485 Lily? 978 01:03:13,528 --> 01:03:15,095 It's very late. 979 01:03:15,139 --> 01:03:16,836 We should get back. 980 01:03:16,880 --> 01:03:18,577 I'll find my own way home. 981 01:03:18,620 --> 01:03:21,710 I'll see the doctor gets home. 982 01:03:25,410 --> 01:03:26,715 All right. 983 01:03:26,759 --> 01:03:28,674 I'll be fine. Good night. 984 01:03:28,717 --> 01:03:29,631 Good night. 985 01:03:29,675 --> 01:03:32,330 Night, miss elna. 986 01:03:32,373 --> 01:03:34,636 Night, miss Harriet. 987 01:03:50,957 --> 01:03:52,829 Hey, Earl. 988 01:03:53,873 --> 01:03:55,788 How's your head? 989 01:04:11,499 --> 01:04:15,721 ♪ What is this 990 01:04:15,764 --> 01:04:18,419 ♪ I cannot see 991 01:04:18,463 --> 01:04:25,774 ♪ whose icy hand takes hold on me ♪ 992 01:04:25,818 --> 01:04:29,213 ♪ I am death 993 01:04:29,256 --> 01:04:33,695 ♪ that none can excel 994 01:04:33,739 --> 01:04:37,917 ♪ I open the door 995 01:04:37,961 --> 01:04:42,443 ♪ to heaven and hell 996 01:04:49,581 --> 01:04:52,410 ♪ O death, o death 997 01:04:52,453 --> 01:04:55,587 ♪ how can it be 998 01:04:55,630 --> 01:05:01,810 ♪ that I must come and go with thee ♪ 999 01:05:01,854 --> 01:05:05,336 ♪ o death, o death 1000 01:05:05,379 --> 01:05:08,252 ♪ how can it be? 1001 01:05:08,295 --> 01:05:15,824 ♪ I'm unprepared for eternity ♪ 1002 01:05:15,868 --> 01:05:22,527 ♪ yes, I've come for to get your soul ♪ 1003 01:05:22,570 --> 01:05:28,272 ♪ take your body and leave it cold ♪ 1004 01:05:28,315 --> 01:05:35,801 ♪ I'll drop the flesh from off of your frame ♪ 1005 01:05:35,844 --> 01:05:43,896 ♪ the earth and the worms both have their claim ♪ 1006 01:05:43,940 --> 01:05:46,899 ♪ o death, o death ♪ 1007 01:05:46,943 --> 01:05:49,771 ♪ please let me see 1008 01:05:49,815 --> 01:05:57,605 ♪ if Christ has turned his back on me ♪ 1009 01:05:57,649 --> 01:06:03,960 ♪ when you were called and asked to bow ♪ 1010 01:06:04,003 --> 01:06:07,267 ♪ you wouldn't take heed ♪ 1011 01:06:07,311 --> 01:06:11,315 ♪ and it's too late now 1012 01:06:11,358 --> 01:06:14,796 ♪ farewell, farewell 1013 01:06:14,840 --> 01:06:18,887 ♪ to all, farewell 1014 01:06:18,931 --> 01:06:22,500 ♪ my doom is fixed 1015 01:06:22,543 --> 01:06:26,808 ♪ I'm summoned to hell 1016 01:06:26,852 --> 01:06:30,160 ♪ as long as god 1017 01:06:30,203 --> 01:06:33,946 ♪ in heaven shall dwell 1018 01:06:33,990 --> 01:06:37,863 ♪ my soul, my soul 1019 01:06:37,906 --> 01:06:43,042 ♪ shall scream in hell 1020 01:06:48,047 --> 01:06:50,484 What are you still doing here? 1021 01:06:56,795 --> 01:06:59,885 I'm not grateful for your vain gallantry, 1022 01:06:59,928 --> 01:07:01,147 Mr. Bledsoe. 1023 01:07:01,191 --> 01:07:04,759 I am perfectly capable of looking after myself. 1024 01:07:06,065 --> 01:07:06,979 Don't worry. 1025 01:07:07,023 --> 01:07:08,937 I'd beat that snake up for fun, 1026 01:07:08,981 --> 01:07:11,418 any day of the week. 1027 01:07:22,081 --> 01:07:27,130 I have never heard such... 1028 01:07:30,263 --> 01:07:32,222 Such singing. 1029 01:07:34,876 --> 01:07:36,487 Why, I'd never met an outlander 1030 01:07:36,530 --> 01:07:38,402 who likes music as much as you do. 1031 01:07:38,445 --> 01:07:39,881 I have never been anywhere 1032 01:07:39,925 --> 01:07:42,884 where the music is as much a part of life as it is here. 1033 01:07:42,928 --> 01:07:46,801 It's like the air you all breathe. 1034 01:07:46,845 --> 01:07:49,413 It's beautiful. 1035 01:07:54,722 --> 01:07:56,289 Yeah. 1036 01:07:59,727 --> 01:08:03,296 I would like to discuss something with you seriously. 1037 01:08:03,340 --> 01:08:05,864 Serious? What is it? 1038 01:08:05,907 --> 01:08:06,778 It's about my work. 1039 01:08:06,821 --> 01:08:09,868 Actually, it's about my book. 1040 01:08:11,739 --> 01:08:15,700 I believe that you can win public sentiment over 1041 01:08:15,743 --> 01:08:17,354 with your music. 1042 01:08:17,397 --> 01:08:18,746 Public sentiment? 1043 01:08:18,790 --> 01:08:20,531 Yes. 1044 01:08:21,662 --> 01:08:23,273 Let me tell you something. 1045 01:08:23,316 --> 01:08:24,491 We're not really interested 1046 01:08:24,535 --> 01:08:26,841 in what you people out there think about us. 1047 01:08:26,885 --> 01:08:28,669 Well, you should be. 1048 01:08:28,713 --> 01:08:30,062 Yeah? 1049 01:08:30,106 --> 01:08:31,063 What I'm trying to say 1050 01:08:31,107 --> 01:08:32,804 is that when my book is published, 1051 01:08:32,847 --> 01:08:35,546 I believe that the mountain people will be seen 1052 01:08:35,589 --> 01:08:36,721 in a very different light. 1053 01:08:36,764 --> 01:08:39,506 What light is that, may I ask? 1054 01:08:39,550 --> 01:08:43,554 Well, the common view is that there is no culture here, 1055 01:08:43,597 --> 01:08:46,426 and that the people are dirty, ignorant, and savage. 1056 01:08:46,470 --> 01:08:49,821 You forgot illiterate and inbred. 1057 01:08:49,864 --> 01:08:51,039 The only way 1058 01:08:51,083 --> 01:08:52,780 to preserve our way of life up here 1059 01:08:52,824 --> 01:08:55,218 is to keep your way of life down there. 1060 01:08:55,261 --> 01:08:58,046 That is the way that you kill something, by shutting it up. 1061 01:08:58,090 --> 01:08:59,309 You know what? 1062 01:08:59,352 --> 01:09:01,746 You just don't understand, and you never will. 1063 01:09:01,789 --> 01:09:04,662 We just want to be left alone. 1064 01:09:04,705 --> 01:09:05,880 See? 1065 01:09:05,924 --> 01:09:08,405 Then the mountain ways will die. 1066 01:09:08,448 --> 01:09:09,884 We'll see. 1067 01:09:10,624 --> 01:09:12,713 I don't want to fight with you. 1068 01:09:12,757 --> 01:09:14,280 Well, me neither. 1069 01:09:14,324 --> 01:09:15,629 We just keep getting off 1070 01:09:15,673 --> 01:09:18,328 on the wrong foot, don't we? 1071 01:09:19,503 --> 01:09:21,157 Good night. 1072 01:09:22,288 --> 01:09:24,638 Can I take my wrong feet and walk you home? 1073 01:09:24,682 --> 01:09:27,337 No. I can find my own way, thank you. 1074 01:09:27,380 --> 01:09:29,513 I promised miss elna. 1075 01:09:29,556 --> 01:09:31,210 Well, in case you hadn't noticed, 1076 01:09:31,254 --> 01:09:32,994 I am the big sister. 1077 01:09:33,038 --> 01:09:34,170 Not elna. 1078 01:09:35,040 --> 01:09:37,782 I'd noticed. 1079 01:09:37,825 --> 01:09:39,827 I'd noticed. 1080 01:11:12,964 --> 01:11:14,835 Whoa! Whoa! 1081 01:11:41,122 --> 01:11:42,776 Here you go. 1082 01:11:42,820 --> 01:11:45,301 Why won't you admit it was you--give me that. 1083 01:11:45,344 --> 01:11:46,432 It was you. 1084 01:11:46,476 --> 01:11:47,477 It wasn't me. 1085 01:11:47,520 --> 01:11:49,696 It had to be the panther. 1086 01:11:49,740 --> 01:11:52,003 Either that or maybe you... 1087 01:11:52,046 --> 01:11:53,178 Maybe you imagined it. 1088 01:11:53,221 --> 01:11:54,875 I did not imagine it. 1089 01:11:54,919 --> 01:11:58,357 It was as real as you and me. 1090 01:12:02,709 --> 01:12:05,756 Why aren't you married? 1091 01:12:05,799 --> 01:12:08,062 Why aren't you? 1092 01:12:08,106 --> 01:12:11,327 I've been married twice. 1093 01:12:11,370 --> 01:12:15,374 My second wife died of lung fever. 1094 01:12:17,333 --> 01:12:18,725 I'm sorry. 1095 01:12:21,685 --> 01:12:25,123 I'm a jinx for a woman, Lily. 1096 01:12:26,864 --> 01:12:29,301 I'm not your average woman. 1097 01:12:32,870 --> 01:12:35,263 You're not, are you? 1098 01:13:02,813 --> 01:13:05,598 ♪ holiday, holy day ♪ 1099 01:13:05,642 --> 01:13:07,818 ♪ the first day of the year ♪ 1100 01:13:07,861 --> 01:13:10,560 ♪ little matthy groves to church he goes ♪ 1101 01:13:10,603 --> 01:13:12,736 ♪ for some holy words to hear ♪ 1102 01:13:12,779 --> 01:13:16,348 ♪ hear, some holy words to hear ♪ 1103 01:13:16,392 --> 01:13:18,263 Come on, doc. You know this one. 1104 01:13:18,306 --> 01:13:23,573 ♪ He spied some women dressed in black as they came into view ♪ 1105 01:13:23,616 --> 01:13:28,752 ♪ lord Daniel's wife was gaily clad, the flower of the few ♪ 1106 01:13:28,795 --> 01:13:31,407 ♪ few, the flower of the few 1107 01:13:31,450 --> 01:13:34,410 ♪ she stepped up to little matthy groves ♪ 1108 01:13:34,453 --> 01:13:36,716 ♪ her eyes cast on the ground 1109 01:13:36,760 --> 01:13:39,023 ♪ please, please come with me ♪ 1110 01:13:39,066 --> 01:13:40,981 ♪ stay as you pass through this town ♪ 1111 01:13:41,025 --> 01:13:44,594 ♪ town, as you pass through this town ♪ 1112 01:13:44,637 --> 01:13:48,815 Lady? You are officially my assistant now, 1113 01:13:48,859 --> 01:13:50,904 and it's going to say so in my book. 1114 01:13:50,948 --> 01:13:53,907 ♪ What is this, said little matthy groves ♪ 1115 01:13:53,951 --> 01:13:55,866 ♪ as he sat up in bed 1116 01:13:55,909 --> 01:14:00,827 ♪ I fear it is your husband's man, and I will soon be dead ♪ 1117 01:14:00,871 --> 01:14:03,874 ♪ dead, and I will soon be dead ♪ 1118 01:14:03,917 --> 01:14:06,572 ♪ but little matthy groves, he lay back down ♪ 1119 01:14:06,616 --> 01:14:08,487 ♪ and soon fell off to sleep ♪ 1120 01:14:08,531 --> 01:14:13,579 ♪ when he woke up, lord Daniel was standing at his bed feet ♪ 1121 01:14:13,623 --> 01:14:16,364 ♪ feet, standing at his bed feet ♪ 1122 01:14:16,408 --> 01:14:19,455 ♪ saying, how do you like my snow white pillow ♪ 1123 01:14:19,498 --> 01:14:21,674 ♪ saying, how do you like my sheets? ♪ 1124 01:14:21,718 --> 01:14:23,894 ♪ Saying, how do you like my pretty little woman ♪ 1125 01:14:23,937 --> 01:14:26,374 ♪ that's laying in your arms asleep ♪ 1126 01:14:26,418 --> 01:14:29,813 ♪ sleep, laying in your arms asleep ♪ 1127 01:14:29,856 --> 01:14:32,337 ♪ the first swing that little matthy made ♪ 1128 01:14:32,380 --> 01:14:34,687 ♪ it hurt lord Daniel sore 1129 01:14:34,731 --> 01:14:37,211 ♪ the next swing that lord Daniel made ♪ 1130 01:14:37,255 --> 01:14:39,126 ♪ little matthy hit the floor 1131 01:14:39,170 --> 01:14:43,304 ♪ floor, little matthy hit the floor ♪ 1132 01:14:46,569 --> 01:14:49,049 What do you want? 1133 01:14:50,747 --> 01:14:53,227 Parley gentry sent us. 1134 01:14:53,271 --> 01:14:55,491 My name is Lily penleric. 1135 01:14:55,534 --> 01:14:57,623 We are looking for uncle cratis. 1136 01:14:57,667 --> 01:14:58,885 What for? 1137 01:14:58,929 --> 01:15:00,844 I'm a song collector. 1138 01:15:00,887 --> 01:15:03,760 Parley says that uncle cratis knows 1139 01:15:03,803 --> 01:15:07,590 about every love song there is. 1140 01:15:07,633 --> 01:15:09,722 We're making a book. 1141 01:15:12,420 --> 01:15:13,334 Cratis got religion. 1142 01:15:13,378 --> 01:15:15,380 He don't do no singing no more. 1143 01:15:15,423 --> 01:15:18,731 Well, perhaps if I spoke with him. 1144 01:15:22,909 --> 01:15:24,650 Cratis. 1145 01:15:26,478 --> 01:15:30,003 ♪ Uncle cratis 1146 01:15:31,614 --> 01:15:35,531 you're going to burn in hell, Josie Moore. 1147 01:15:39,186 --> 01:15:41,275 Mr. Kincaid? 1148 01:15:43,843 --> 01:15:46,367 Do I know you, woman? 1149 01:15:48,979 --> 01:15:51,503 I'm your wife's friend. 1150 01:15:53,679 --> 01:15:54,550 You all go on. 1151 01:15:54,593 --> 01:15:57,378 We got no songs here. 1152 01:15:58,815 --> 01:16:01,687 Your family needs you, Mr. Kincaid. 1153 01:16:01,731 --> 01:16:04,385 Reese belongs here with me. 1154 01:16:05,430 --> 01:16:06,736 Go on. 1155 01:16:10,435 --> 01:16:12,132 How can I thank you? 1156 01:16:12,176 --> 01:16:13,830 Alice, you don't have to. 1157 01:16:13,873 --> 01:16:16,659 I've barely been able to keep body and soul together 1158 01:16:16,702 --> 01:16:18,269 since Reese left again. 1159 01:16:18,312 --> 01:16:21,315 And people been helping out as best they can, but... 1160 01:16:21,359 --> 01:16:24,318 Well, now that Clementine mcfarland's 1161 01:16:24,362 --> 01:16:25,842 collecting your paintings, 1162 01:16:25,885 --> 01:16:27,887 others will as well. 1163 01:16:27,931 --> 01:16:29,759 You know, maybe I should take the children 1164 01:16:29,802 --> 01:16:30,716 down to asheville. 1165 01:16:30,760 --> 01:16:33,240 I mean, if what you say is true, 1166 01:16:33,284 --> 01:16:36,853 I could provide for us in a big town. 1167 01:16:36,896 --> 01:16:37,984 Hello, Alice. 1168 01:16:38,028 --> 01:16:39,116 Daddy? 1169 01:16:39,159 --> 01:16:39,899 Reese! 1170 01:16:39,943 --> 01:16:42,075 Daddy, daddy. 1171 01:16:42,119 --> 01:16:44,904 Well, hey, big man. 1172 01:16:44,948 --> 01:16:47,298 Hey, little Beth. 1173 01:16:47,341 --> 01:16:48,299 Hey. 1174 01:16:48,342 --> 01:16:49,866 Hey. 1175 01:16:52,564 --> 01:16:54,697 You look pretty today, Alice. 1176 01:16:54,740 --> 01:16:58,439 You remember Dr. Penleric, don't you? 1177 01:16:58,483 --> 01:16:59,919 Mr. Kincaid. 1178 01:17:06,360 --> 01:17:07,710 Hey, del. 1179 01:17:07,753 --> 01:17:09,581 Hey. 1180 01:17:09,625 --> 01:17:11,017 Hey, del. 1181 01:17:13,280 --> 01:17:15,631 "It is... 1182 01:17:15,674 --> 01:17:18,459 It is dep... Dep..." 1183 01:17:18,503 --> 01:17:22,420 What are you doing reading other people's writing? 1184 01:17:23,595 --> 01:17:25,466 "It is deplorable... 1185 01:17:25,510 --> 01:17:29,688 "Deplorable that the literature of the ballad 1186 01:17:29,732 --> 01:17:34,824 "has attracted so much more attention than the music. 1187 01:17:34,867 --> 01:17:39,437 "The two elements should never be disassociated. 1188 01:17:39,480 --> 01:17:43,920 "The music and text are one and indivisible, 1189 01:17:43,963 --> 01:17:45,443 "and to sever one from the other 1190 01:17:45,486 --> 01:17:50,056 is to remove the priceless gem from its beautiful setting." 1191 01:17:51,014 --> 01:17:52,406 What are you laughing at? 1192 01:17:52,450 --> 01:17:55,627 She's just saying our songs are finer than frog hair. 1193 01:17:55,671 --> 01:17:57,716 You're going soft in the head, Tom. 1194 01:17:57,760 --> 01:17:58,674 Yeah, maybe. 1195 01:18:10,381 --> 01:18:12,470 Ladies. 1196 01:18:12,513 --> 01:18:13,340 Hello. 1197 01:18:13,384 --> 01:18:15,778 What are you doing here? 1198 01:18:15,821 --> 01:18:20,086 ...i-i brought you something. 1199 01:18:27,659 --> 01:18:28,834 You shouldn't have. 1200 01:18:28,878 --> 01:18:30,793 Well, I did. 1201 01:18:34,187 --> 01:18:37,582 Warm today? Yes. 1202 01:18:42,718 --> 01:18:44,371 Tom. 1203 01:18:45,285 --> 01:18:46,765 Why don't you advise my sister 1204 01:18:46,809 --> 01:18:49,637 to join us at the picnic this afternoon? 1205 01:18:49,681 --> 01:18:51,770 I haven't had any luck. 1206 01:18:51,814 --> 01:18:53,380 Perhaps you might. 1207 01:18:55,252 --> 01:18:56,949 What? And leave her work? 1208 01:18:59,256 --> 01:19:00,387 Deladis? 1209 01:19:00,431 --> 01:19:01,737 Are you ready? 1210 01:19:01,780 --> 01:19:03,695 Umm... 1211 01:19:05,828 --> 01:19:06,829 I ain't goin'. 1212 01:19:06,872 --> 01:19:10,397 It's too hot and muggy for a picnic. 1213 01:19:10,441 --> 01:19:13,052 All right. Suit yourself. 1214 01:19:16,360 --> 01:19:19,363 Let me show you this here noter. 1215 01:19:19,406 --> 01:19:20,451 A what? 1216 01:19:20,494 --> 01:19:23,846 Noter. You take that in your left hand 1217 01:19:23,889 --> 01:19:26,239 and you play these strings. 1218 01:19:27,675 --> 01:19:29,634 Let's go for a walk. 1219 01:19:29,677 --> 01:19:31,375 Yes. 1220 01:19:31,418 --> 01:19:35,161 We'll leave you two to your music lesson. 1221 01:19:44,040 --> 01:19:49,045 You know, it ain't none of my business, but... 1222 01:19:49,088 --> 01:19:52,788 Miss Harriet and miss elna... 1223 01:19:55,268 --> 01:19:57,836 They're, umm... 1224 01:19:57,880 --> 01:19:59,229 What? 1225 01:20:00,099 --> 01:20:02,841 Sweethearts, I guess you call it. 1226 01:20:04,060 --> 01:20:06,062 Don't be ridiculous. 1227 01:20:06,105 --> 01:20:07,672 Well, listen, it don't bother me none. 1228 01:20:07,715 --> 01:20:09,717 I know it riles most people right up. 1229 01:20:09,761 --> 01:20:11,241 It don't bother me none. 1230 01:20:16,507 --> 01:20:21,164 I'm sure it's only because they're so isolated. 1231 01:20:21,207 --> 01:20:23,209 Who else would they be with? 1232 01:20:23,253 --> 01:20:26,734 Well, certainly not a mountain man. 1233 01:21:12,389 --> 01:21:13,651 I see you two. 1234 01:21:13,694 --> 01:21:15,609 Now, you quit that. 1235 01:21:15,653 --> 01:21:17,046 Hey, Johnson. 1236 01:21:17,089 --> 01:21:19,875 I got a letter here for the doctor. 1237 01:21:19,918 --> 01:21:22,616 She ain't here right now, but you can leave it. 1238 01:21:22,660 --> 01:21:25,619 No, no. You see this here word? 1239 01:21:25,663 --> 01:21:27,099 That means it's important, 1240 01:21:27,143 --> 01:21:29,841 and she's got to get it right away. 1241 01:21:29,885 --> 01:21:30,929 Urgent? 1242 01:21:30,973 --> 01:21:31,930 I can read. 1243 01:21:31,974 --> 01:21:34,672 She's gone over to alton's creek. 1244 01:21:34,715 --> 01:21:35,586 I'll take it over. 1245 01:21:35,629 --> 01:21:36,979 You do that for me, old fate? 1246 01:21:37,022 --> 01:21:39,807 Sure, Johnson, sure. 1247 01:21:39,851 --> 01:21:40,808 I'll go with you. 1248 01:21:40,852 --> 01:21:41,940 No. You stay here. 1249 01:21:41,984 --> 01:21:43,942 Why? Because I said. 1250 01:21:43,986 --> 01:21:45,683 I'm coming with you. 1251 01:21:45,726 --> 01:21:48,294 Now, you deliver it into her own hands. 1252 01:21:48,338 --> 01:21:50,949 I will, I will. 1253 01:21:50,993 --> 01:21:52,211 Thank you. 1254 01:21:52,255 --> 01:21:53,909 Bye. Bye. 1255 01:21:54,126 --> 01:21:57,695 Sure, I'll deliver the letter, doc. 1256 01:21:58,043 --> 01:22:01,220 You can't do that. That's doc's letter. 1257 01:22:01,264 --> 01:22:02,265 You give me that. 1258 01:22:02,308 --> 01:22:03,701 Come and get it. 1259 01:22:03,744 --> 01:22:06,922 Del! You come back here! 1260 01:22:49,834 --> 01:22:51,357 Del? 1261 01:23:23,259 --> 01:23:24,912 God. 1262 01:23:24,956 --> 01:23:27,089 God. 1263 01:23:30,396 --> 01:23:33,051 God. No! 1264 01:23:33,095 --> 01:23:38,230 Elna, we have to get back to the school. Elna! 1265 01:23:38,274 --> 01:23:39,710 Fate! 1266 01:23:39,753 --> 01:23:41,059 Elna! 1267 01:23:45,150 --> 01:23:47,979 Johnson said it was urgent. 1268 01:24:07,172 --> 01:24:08,652 Dear Lily... 1269 01:24:08,695 --> 01:24:11,611 It is with great pride that I write. 1270 01:24:11,655 --> 01:24:13,004 I took the Liberty 1271 01:24:13,048 --> 01:24:14,440 of showing the ballads you sent me to Cyrus whittle. 1272 01:24:14,484 --> 01:24:17,661 He immediately confirmed the importance of your discovery, 1273 01:24:17,704 --> 01:24:18,836 and thinks it imperative 1274 01:24:18,879 --> 01:24:21,012 that the ballads be collected urgently. 1275 01:24:21,056 --> 01:24:22,927 The Dean has secured the funds. 1276 01:24:22,970 --> 01:24:25,060 You'll be thrilled to know that whittle himself 1277 01:24:25,103 --> 01:24:26,626 intends to collect the songs 1278 01:24:26,670 --> 01:24:31,109 and insisted that you continue as his assistant. 1279 01:24:31,153 --> 01:24:33,285 Assistant! 1280 01:24:34,634 --> 01:24:36,680 Please respond immediately. 1281 01:24:36,723 --> 01:24:38,769 Regards, Wallace. 1282 01:25:12,933 --> 01:25:15,980 Uncle cratis is preaching the gospel tomorrow. 1283 01:25:16,023 --> 01:25:17,677 Yes, dear. 1284 01:25:17,721 --> 01:25:21,028 Can I wear my new green calico? 1285 01:25:43,747 --> 01:25:47,054 Harriet, no! Run! 1286 01:25:50,667 --> 01:25:52,712 Run! Run! 1287 01:25:53,626 --> 01:25:55,367 My god! 1288 01:25:58,675 --> 01:25:59,676 My glasses! 1289 01:25:59,719 --> 01:26:01,460 No, no. 1290 01:26:19,348 --> 01:26:21,001 Lily! 1291 01:26:23,787 --> 01:26:25,528 Lily! 1292 01:28:23,950 --> 01:28:27,040 Good-bye, my darling girl. 1293 01:29:13,870 --> 01:29:16,742 Good lord. 1294 01:29:23,314 --> 01:29:25,098 Go away. 1295 01:30:06,836 --> 01:30:08,707 Elna? 1296 01:30:10,187 --> 01:30:14,147 How am I going to live without her? 1297 01:30:19,849 --> 01:30:22,721 Perhaps you could find her. 1298 01:30:24,331 --> 01:30:27,683 She swore if anyone ever found out, 1299 01:30:27,726 --> 01:30:30,425 she'd disappear. 1300 01:30:39,521 --> 01:30:41,827 My Harriet... 1301 01:30:46,223 --> 01:30:48,268 I'm sorry. 1302 01:30:51,794 --> 01:30:53,752 I'm so sorry. 1303 01:31:43,672 --> 01:31:46,109 Hey, doc! Look! 1304 01:31:46,979 --> 01:31:48,633 Doc! 1305 01:31:55,074 --> 01:31:56,772 Y'all don't have to believe me, 1306 01:31:56,815 --> 01:31:58,295 but you gotta believe the word of god. 1307 01:31:58,338 --> 01:31:59,818 Now I know you believe in the Bible, 1308 01:31:59,862 --> 01:32:05,128 and the Bible says, "for her sins have reached unto heaven, 1309 01:32:05,171 --> 01:32:09,872 "and god hath remembered her iniquities. 1310 01:32:09,915 --> 01:32:15,007 "Therefore shall her plagues come in one day: 1311 01:32:15,051 --> 01:32:17,793 "Death and mourning and famine, 1312 01:32:17,836 --> 01:32:21,405 "and she shall be utterly 1313 01:32:21,448 --> 01:32:23,146 destroyed with fire." 1314 01:32:23,189 --> 01:32:24,408 Amen! Glory! 1315 01:32:24,451 --> 01:32:29,326 "For strong is the lord god that judgeth her." 1316 01:32:29,369 --> 01:32:30,675 Amen. 1317 01:32:32,459 --> 01:32:35,724 Where did you get to? I was looking for you! 1318 01:32:35,767 --> 01:32:38,683 Thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms 1319 01:32:38,727 --> 01:32:40,729 and with thy wickedness! 1320 01:32:40,772 --> 01:32:42,121 Amen! 1321 01:32:42,774 --> 01:32:44,776 I'm gonna bust you up, hilliard! 1322 01:32:44,820 --> 01:32:45,777 Tom! 1323 01:32:45,821 --> 01:32:47,605 They're the whores of Babylon 1324 01:32:47,649 --> 01:32:48,780 come to tempt us, Tom! 1325 01:32:48,824 --> 01:32:50,695 Now, that snake right there 1326 01:32:50,739 --> 01:32:51,827 and that little weasel 1327 01:32:51,870 --> 01:32:52,915 right next to him, 1328 01:32:52,958 --> 01:32:53,872 they're the ones 1329 01:32:53,916 --> 01:32:54,830 who set fire to the school! 1330 01:32:56,048 --> 01:32:58,268 And all this while them women and children 1331 01:32:58,311 --> 01:32:59,617 were still inside! 1332 01:32:59,661 --> 01:33:01,532 They're evil women! 1333 01:33:01,576 --> 01:33:02,664 Are you gonna listen to them, 1334 01:33:02,707 --> 01:33:04,840 or are you gonna listen to me? 1335 01:33:04,883 --> 01:33:08,713 I am ashamed of you boys! 1336 01:33:09,409 --> 01:33:11,324 I ain't never seen nothing but good 1337 01:33:11,368 --> 01:33:12,630 come out of that school. 1338 01:33:12,674 --> 01:33:17,504 Them women were sent by the devil hisself! 1339 01:33:17,548 --> 01:33:20,682 Only wickedness comes of book learning. 1340 01:33:20,725 --> 01:33:21,944 Amen! 1341 01:33:21,987 --> 01:33:23,162 Cratis! 1342 01:33:23,206 --> 01:33:25,251 I ain't never had a chance to learn nothin', 1343 01:33:25,295 --> 01:33:26,949 and my kids ain't neither, 1344 01:33:26,992 --> 01:33:29,952 'cause they's always working too hard, 1345 01:33:29,995 --> 01:33:31,649 keeping food on the table. 1346 01:33:31,693 --> 01:33:34,783 But I got grandbabies as smart as any others, 1347 01:33:34,826 --> 01:33:36,523 and I want them to have a chance. 1348 01:33:36,567 --> 01:33:39,875 That's the devil speaking through him! 1349 01:33:39,918 --> 01:33:41,572 Amen! Amen! 1350 01:33:41,616 --> 01:33:43,443 Reese Kincaid! 1351 01:33:45,707 --> 01:33:47,796 You said you'd never leave me. 1352 01:33:47,839 --> 01:33:50,015 Josie! 1353 01:33:56,065 --> 01:34:00,765 ♪ daylight it comes 1354 01:34:00,809 --> 01:34:04,464 ♪ on a poison Thorn 1355 01:34:06,118 --> 01:34:10,035 ♪ in a dress 1356 01:34:10,079 --> 01:34:14,170 ♪ dirty and torn 1357 01:34:15,345 --> 01:34:19,218 ♪ young'uns in bed 1358 01:34:19,262 --> 01:34:23,832 ♪ as the black crow flies 1359 01:34:24,571 --> 01:34:28,358 ♪ mama's weeping 1360 01:34:28,401 --> 01:34:33,232 ♪ hear the mountains cry 1361 01:34:33,276 --> 01:34:37,541 ♪ there was another 1362 01:34:37,584 --> 01:34:41,806 ♪ a Wilder flower 1363 01:34:42,459 --> 01:34:46,593 ♪ cold was her heart 1364 01:34:46,637 --> 01:34:50,902 ♪ in its darkest hour 1365 01:34:51,163 --> 01:34:55,864 ♪ tears on the ground 1366 01:34:55,907 --> 01:35:00,433 ♪ where her love did die 1367 01:35:00,782 --> 01:35:04,786 ♪ 'neath the bloody moon 1368 01:35:04,829 --> 01:35:09,355 ♪ hear the mountains cry 1369 01:35:09,704 --> 01:35:14,230 ♪ dig his grave 1370 01:35:14,273 --> 01:35:18,190 ♪ where the roads meet 1371 01:35:18,930 --> 01:35:23,326 ♪ set a jug of whiskey 1372 01:35:23,369 --> 01:35:27,678 ♪ for his thirsty feet 1373 01:35:27,722 --> 01:35:32,204 ♪ and lay two pennies 1374 01:35:32,248 --> 01:35:36,774 ♪ on his roving eyes 1375 01:35:37,122 --> 01:35:41,257 ♪ two women wail 1376 01:35:41,300 --> 01:35:45,870 ♪ as the mountains cry 1377 01:35:47,785 --> 01:35:50,353 thank you, dear. 1378 01:35:50,875 --> 01:35:56,533 Elna, will you be all right if I leave? 1379 01:35:56,576 --> 01:35:58,927 So soon? 1380 01:36:00,755 --> 01:36:02,582 Why don't you come with me? 1381 01:36:02,626 --> 01:36:05,672 You can live as you please in a big city. 1382 01:36:05,716 --> 01:36:08,850 I've thought about it. 1383 01:36:14,594 --> 01:36:17,772 I want to reopen the school. 1384 01:36:18,729 --> 01:36:22,602 I was thinking about asking you to stay with me. 1385 01:36:22,646 --> 01:36:25,780 We need another teacher. 1386 01:36:29,871 --> 01:36:33,135 I didn't think you would. 1387 01:36:37,226 --> 01:36:39,837 I shall miss you... 1388 01:36:40,795 --> 01:36:43,710 - ♪- the wind blows weary ♪ 1389 01:36:43,754 --> 01:36:46,104 My little elf. 1390 01:36:46,148 --> 01:36:50,021 ♪ In the wailer's eyes 1391 01:36:50,065 --> 01:36:50,848 I'll miss you, too. 1392 01:36:50,892 --> 01:36:54,983 ♪ Rivers of sorrow 1393 01:36:55,026 --> 01:36:58,987 ♪ when the mountains cry 1394 01:36:59,465 --> 01:37:06,255 ♪ rivers of sorrow 1395 01:37:06,298 --> 01:37:11,434 ♪ when the mountains cry 1396 01:37:21,313 --> 01:37:23,750 I'm sorry. 1397 01:37:25,883 --> 01:37:27,885 I'm sorry, too. 1398 01:37:27,929 --> 01:37:31,802 I'm sorry about that school. 1399 01:37:31,846 --> 01:37:35,197 I'm sorry about your book. 1400 01:37:38,504 --> 01:37:42,900 You made most of us feel real proud. 1401 01:37:42,944 --> 01:37:44,684 Thank you. 1402 01:37:44,728 --> 01:37:47,905 I'm sure someone else will come 1403 01:37:47,949 --> 01:37:49,733 and write down all the songs. 1404 01:37:49,776 --> 01:37:52,301 You giving up? 1405 01:37:54,346 --> 01:37:56,696 I realize that it was the voices singing them 1406 01:37:56,740 --> 01:37:58,742 that I wanted everyone to hear. 1407 01:37:58,785 --> 01:38:01,701 You going back to your university, then? 1408 01:38:01,745 --> 01:38:05,792 No, no, I don't think so. 1409 01:38:07,838 --> 01:38:09,666 Where are you going? 1410 01:38:09,709 --> 01:38:12,625 I'm not sure, um... 1411 01:38:16,978 --> 01:38:19,894 Come with me? 1412 01:38:24,942 --> 01:38:28,380 How would I earn a living down the mountain? 1413 01:38:28,424 --> 01:38:29,642 With your music. 1414 01:38:29,686 --> 01:38:35,822 I couldn't take care of you right, doing this. 1415 01:38:35,866 --> 01:38:37,824 Then work in a coal mine. 1416 01:38:37,868 --> 01:38:39,870 No, I did that once, and I guarantee you, 1417 01:38:39,914 --> 01:38:42,873 I never ever will again. 1418 01:38:42,917 --> 01:38:44,875 So you're just content to sit on a mountain 1419 01:38:44,919 --> 01:38:46,964 and hide your head in a jug, is that it? 1420 01:38:47,008 --> 01:38:48,487 A man's meant to provide 1421 01:38:48,531 --> 01:38:51,490 for his wife and his family, Lily. 1422 01:38:51,534 --> 01:38:53,971 You were meant to make music. 1423 01:38:54,015 --> 01:38:55,755 And besides which, 1424 01:38:55,799 --> 01:38:58,062 I don't want you to take care of me. 1425 01:38:58,106 --> 01:38:59,716 And I do have a plan. 1426 01:38:59,759 --> 01:39:01,979 Well, of course you do. 1427 01:39:02,023 --> 01:39:05,200 Did you ever have a day without a plan? 1428 01:39:05,243 --> 01:39:09,900 It includes you, Tom. Do you want to hear it? 1429 01:39:11,641 --> 01:39:13,686 Go on. 1430 01:39:13,730 --> 01:39:16,733 Well, um, nowadays, 1431 01:39:16,776 --> 01:39:19,779 phonographs, they only cost about $10. 1432 01:39:19,823 --> 01:39:20,911 And I think that soon 1433 01:39:20,955 --> 01:39:22,739 everyone is going to have one. 1434 01:39:22,782 --> 01:39:24,610 I was thinking that we could 1435 01:39:24,654 --> 01:39:26,699 make cylinders of mountain music 1436 01:39:26,743 --> 01:39:28,701 and sell them. 1437 01:39:32,836 --> 01:39:35,143 Who the hell would buy them? 1438 01:39:35,186 --> 01:39:37,014 I think everyone would. 1439 01:39:37,058 --> 01:39:38,407 I know they would, Tom. 1440 01:39:38,450 --> 01:39:40,322 The way the music makes you feel, 1441 01:39:40,365 --> 01:39:41,410 of course they would. 1442 01:39:41,453 --> 01:39:43,890 Lily, you're just about as crazy as-- 1443 01:39:43,934 --> 01:39:49,157 hey! What are you doing here? 1444 01:39:49,200 --> 01:39:52,290 Go on, before I shoot you. 1445 01:39:52,334 --> 01:39:55,076 I want to talk to deladis. 1446 01:40:02,431 --> 01:40:07,262 Del, I come to get you to be my wife. 1447 01:40:12,702 --> 01:40:14,660 I don't want no part of you. 1448 01:40:14,704 --> 01:40:18,664 If you don't take me now, I'm marrying Polly. 1449 01:40:18,708 --> 01:40:23,843 I went to the woods... 1450 01:40:23,887 --> 01:40:26,977 And the knot didn't hold. 1451 01:40:30,111 --> 01:40:33,505 You're Polly's now. 1452 01:40:48,520 --> 01:40:51,088 I love you, child. 1453 01:40:54,265 --> 01:40:56,833 Hey, del... 1454 01:40:57,660 --> 01:41:01,185 We're going down the mountain. 1455 01:41:01,229 --> 01:41:04,841 You want to come with us? 1456 01:41:08,323 --> 01:41:09,411 We're going to make cylinders 1457 01:41:09,454 --> 01:41:12,414 of mountain music to sell to outlanders. 1458 01:41:16,070 --> 01:41:17,158 What? 1459 01:41:17,201 --> 01:41:18,942 Isn't that the craziest thing 1460 01:41:18,985 --> 01:41:19,986 you ever heard? 1461 01:41:20,030 --> 01:41:21,379 It's the craziest. 1462 01:41:21,423 --> 01:41:24,339 Of course she'll come with you. 1463 01:41:24,948 --> 01:41:26,123 Granny? 1464 01:41:26,167 --> 01:41:29,300 Tom, I'll be fine. 1465 01:41:29,344 --> 01:41:30,823 I'll be right here 1466 01:41:30,867 --> 01:41:33,783 when you come back to visit. 1467 01:41:45,490 --> 01:41:46,926 Why don't you back up a ways 1468 01:41:46,970 --> 01:41:48,798 till one of us can pull over? 1469 01:41:48,841 --> 01:41:52,628 Perhaps I'd better get out. 1470 01:41:55,021 --> 01:41:56,675 Are you Cyrus whittle? 1471 01:41:56,719 --> 01:42:00,766 Yes, yes, I am. Who are you? 1472 01:42:00,810 --> 01:42:02,768 I'm Lily penleric. 1473 01:42:02,812 --> 01:42:05,641 Lily penleric? Well, how marvelous! 1474 01:42:05,684 --> 01:42:09,123 I was just on my way to meet you. 1475 01:42:09,166 --> 01:42:11,429 Didn't you get professor aldrich's letter? 1476 01:42:11,473 --> 01:42:12,865 Yes, I did, but I didn't realize 1477 01:42:12,909 --> 01:42:14,824 you were coming immediately. 1478 01:42:14,867 --> 01:42:15,694 The work is urgent. 1479 01:42:15,738 --> 01:42:18,262 Your discovery is too great. 1480 01:42:18,306 --> 01:42:20,395 The collection must be moved forward 1481 01:42:20,438 --> 01:42:22,788 as expeditiously as possible. 1482 01:42:22,832 --> 01:42:23,876 That's why I'm here 1483 01:42:23,920 --> 01:42:26,836 in hopes of being able to assist you. 1484 01:42:26,879 --> 01:42:28,359 Assisting me? 1485 01:42:28,403 --> 01:42:32,189 I told aldrich to ask your permission. 1486 01:42:32,233 --> 01:42:34,800 I made myself quite clear to the Dean. 1487 01:42:34,844 --> 01:42:38,413 I am only here to facilitate and cooperate 1488 01:42:38,456 --> 01:42:40,328 in the completion of the collection 1489 01:42:40,371 --> 01:42:42,939 of this vast body of songs. 1490 01:42:42,982 --> 01:42:44,767 There is no collection 1491 01:42:44,810 --> 01:42:48,118 beyond the 10 songs that I sent professor aldrich. 1492 01:42:48,162 --> 01:42:51,208 What? All this time, you mean... 1493 01:42:51,252 --> 01:42:52,818 Was destroyed in a fire. 1494 01:42:52,862 --> 01:42:54,472 I can't bear it. 1495 01:42:54,516 --> 01:42:55,517 I'm afraid so, 1496 01:42:55,560 --> 01:42:57,040 along with my phonograph recordings. 1497 01:42:57,083 --> 01:43:00,435 My lord! Phonograph, you say? 1498 01:43:01,392 --> 01:43:03,786 I had no idea it was feasible 1499 01:43:03,829 --> 01:43:08,399 to lug a phonograph into the wilderness. 1500 01:43:08,443 --> 01:43:10,227 It isn't. 1501 01:43:11,185 --> 01:43:12,708 Well, in that case, 1502 01:43:12,751 --> 01:43:15,537 it is very fortuitous that I'm here, isn't it? 1503 01:43:15,580 --> 01:43:19,497 We can start again, you and I. 1504 01:43:29,072 --> 01:43:30,639 Thank you, professor whittle, 1505 01:43:30,682 --> 01:43:32,858 but I'm afraid I have other plans. 1506 01:43:32,902 --> 01:43:35,644 What on earth could be more important 1507 01:43:35,687 --> 01:43:38,516 than this collection of songs? 1508 01:43:38,560 --> 01:43:39,474 I bequeath the collection 1509 01:43:39,517 --> 01:43:41,389 of the mountain ballads to you. 1510 01:43:41,432 --> 01:43:42,520 To me? 1511 01:43:42,564 --> 01:43:46,437 Well, how am I going to work without you? 1512 01:43:47,569 --> 01:43:48,961 Well, when you get to bear creek, 1513 01:43:49,005 --> 01:43:50,049 ask for Viney Butler. 1514 01:43:50,093 --> 01:43:53,052 Tell Viney that Tom, Lily, and deladis 1515 01:43:53,096 --> 01:43:55,229 said that you're a very nice man 1516 01:43:55,272 --> 01:43:58,188 and she should help you. 1517 01:43:58,232 --> 01:43:59,842 Who? Deladis? 1518 01:43:59,885 --> 01:44:02,236 Deladis. 1519 01:44:02,888 --> 01:44:04,063 Viney Butler. 1520 01:44:04,107 --> 01:44:07,763 She knows dozens of songs. She will help you. 1521 01:44:12,289 --> 01:44:13,682 Very well, professor, 1522 01:44:13,725 --> 01:44:15,771 but I must assure you that I intend 1523 01:44:15,814 --> 01:44:19,644 to publish these songs under both our names. 1524 01:44:19,688 --> 01:44:21,733 Yours first, of course. 1525 01:44:21,777 --> 01:44:26,390 It's penleric-- that's one n and no k. 1526 01:44:30,089 --> 01:44:35,965 ♪ 'Twas in the merry month of may ♪ 1527 01:44:36,008 --> 01:44:40,491 ♪ when all gay flowers were bloomin' ♪ 1528 01:44:40,535 --> 01:44:46,323 ♪ sweet William on his deathbed lay ♪ 1529 01:44:46,367 --> 01:44:51,154 ♪ for the love of Barbara Allen ♪ 1530 01:44:51,197 --> 01:44:56,638 ♪ he sent his servant to the town ♪ 1531 01:44:56,681 --> 01:45:01,338 ♪ to the place where she was dwelling ♪ 1532 01:45:01,382 --> 01:45:07,344 ♪ saying, you must come to my master's house ♪ 1533 01:45:07,388 --> 01:45:11,870 ♪ if your name be Barbara Allen ♪ 1534 01:45:11,914 --> 01:45:18,137 ♪ so slowly, slowly she gets up ♪ 1535 01:45:18,181 --> 01:45:22,316 ♪ and to his bedside going 1536 01:45:22,359 --> 01:45:28,409 ♪ she drew the curtains to one side ♪ 1537 01:45:28,452 --> 01:45:33,109 ♪ and says, young man, you're dying ♪ 1538 01:45:33,152 --> 01:45:39,115 ♪ I know I'm sick, and very sick ♪ 1539 01:45:39,158 --> 01:45:43,293 ♪ and sorrow dwells within me 1540 01:45:43,337 --> 01:45:49,212 ♪ no better, no better I never will be ♪ 1541 01:45:49,255 --> 01:45:53,825 ♪ till I have Barbara Allen 1542 01:45:53,869 --> 01:46:00,136 ♪ don't you remember last Saturday night ♪ 1543 01:46:00,179 --> 01:46:04,358 ♪ when I was at the tavern 1544 01:46:04,401 --> 01:46:10,407 ♪ you gave your drinks to the ladies all ♪ 1545 01:46:10,451 --> 01:46:14,890 ♪ but you slighted Barbara Allen ♪ 1546 01:46:14,933 --> 01:46:20,939 ♪ he reached up his pale, white hands ♪ 1547 01:46:20,983 --> 01:46:25,335 ♪ intending for to touch her 1548 01:46:25,379 --> 01:46:31,036 ♪ she turned away from his bedside ♪ 1549 01:46:31,080 --> 01:46:36,172 ♪ and says, young man, I won't have you ♪ 1550 01:46:36,215 --> 01:46:42,265 ♪ he turned his cheek unto the wall ♪ 1551 01:46:42,308 --> 01:46:46,400 ♪ and bursted out a-crying 1552 01:46:46,443 --> 01:46:52,493 ♪ adieu to thee, adieu to all 1553 01:46:52,536 --> 01:46:58,629 ♪ and adieu to Barbara Allen 1554 01:47:00,718 --> 01:47:03,460 captioning made possible by trimark pictures 1555 01:47:03,504 --> 01:47:07,943 captioned by the national captioning institute --www.Ncicap.Org-- 1556 01:47:18,214 --> 01:47:23,872 ♪ She had not more than reached the town ♪ 1557 01:47:23,915 --> 01:47:28,485 ♪ she heard the death bells ringing ♪ 1558 01:47:28,529 --> 01:47:34,491 ♪ and as they rung they seemed to say ♪ 1559 01:47:34,535 --> 01:47:38,974 ♪ hardhearted Barbara Allen 1560 01:47:39,017 --> 01:47:45,067 ♪ o mother, o mother, go make my bed ♪ 1561 01:47:45,110 --> 01:47:49,506 ♪ make it both long and narrow 1562 01:47:49,550 --> 01:47:55,294 ♪ sweet William died for me today ♪ 1563 01:47:55,338 --> 01:47:59,690 ♪ I'll die for him tomorrow 1564 01:47:59,734 --> 01:48:05,957 ♪ sweet William was buried in the old church yard ♪ 1565 01:48:06,001 --> 01:48:10,353 ♪ and Barbara there lay nigh him ♪ 1566 01:48:10,396 --> 01:48:16,446 ♪ and out of his grave grew a red, red Rose ♪ 1567 01:48:16,490 --> 01:48:20,755 ♪ and out of hers, a briar 1568 01:48:20,798 --> 01:48:27,152 ♪ they grew and grew to the old church gate ♪ 1569 01:48:27,196 --> 01:48:31,461 ♪ where they could grow no higher ♪ 1570 01:48:31,505 --> 01:48:37,380 ♪ and there they tied in a true love knot ♪ 1571 01:48:37,423 --> 01:48:41,423 ♪ the Rose wrapped round the briar ♪ 108285