Take That Night Train to Memphis (Roy Acuff)(Prince Albert) | Grand Ole Opry (01-02-43)

Summary

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Old Time Radio Westerns — Episode Summary

Episode Title: Take That Night Train to Memphis (Roy Acuff) | Grand Ole Opry (01-02-43)
Original Air Date: January 2, 1943
Podcast Host: Andrew Rhynes
Podcast Date: January 1, 2026

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Main Theme & Purpose

This episode transports listeners back to the golden era of American radio with a restored broadcast of the Prince Albert-sponsored Grand Ole Opry from January 2, 1943. Focusing on classic country performances, homespun humor, and patriotic themes, it features Roy Acuff and his band, comedic sketches, and audience participation—all with improved audio clarity. The show gives a snapshot of wartime America, blending entertainment, community, and a touch of nostalgia.

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Key Segments & Discussion Highlights

1. Show Introduction and Atmosphere (03:43–05:16)

• Host Introduction: Andrew Rhynes welcomes listeners, outlines digital enhancements, and sets the historic scene.
• Setting: The Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville is “filled with neighbors from many states” and features “headquarters for swapping yarns, recipes and the latest information on how to feed the nation.”

2. Opener — Roy Acuff & the Smoky Mountain Boys (05:16–07:38)

• Host George D. Hay (‘The solemn old Judge’): Reiterates the Opry’s tradition of “homespun songs and hoedowns which have a big place in American life.”
• Musical Performance:
  • “Take That Night Train to Memphis” by Roy Acuff and his band.
    • Quote: “Take that night train to Memphis...and I'll shout hallelujah all the way.” (06:02–07:36)
  • Energetic, welcoming, and rich in Southern flavor.

3. Pee Wee King’s Golden West Cowboys — “I Want to Be a Cowboy’s Sweetheart” (07:38–09:47)

• Feature of girl singer (“Miss San Antonio Rose”), singing a Western swing classic highlighting aspirations and Western imagery.
  • Quote: “I want to ride o’er the plains and the desert...just a thousand miles from the city lights...” (08:03–09:00)

4. Comic Relief — “I Wish I Was Single Again” (09:47–12:24)

• Comic song by Pap and the Boys satirizing the trials of marriage with tongue-in-cheek lyrics and lively audience response.
  • “I married me another, the devil’s grandmother, and I wish I was single again.” (11:56–12:06)

5. Sacred Song — Roy Acuff: “I’ll Reap My Harvest in Heaven” (14:04–17:10)

• Acuff delivers a heartfelt, gospel-style performance that underscores the spiritual and moral tone of the show.
  • “I’ll reap my harvest in heaven on that heavenly shore.” (14:34–17:10)
• Praised by George D. Hay: “Beautiful, Roy. Mighty, mighty pretty.” (17:24)

6. Wartime Audience Participation: Messages Home (17:24–22:41)

• Introduction of a new segment for soldiers: Miss Trudy Brown calls families of servicemen in the audience, sharing their stories and relaying greetings.
  • Aviation Cadet Patrick Charles Lagaifa: Discussion about his family, his sister “Pepsi Cola,” and what he misses from home.
    • “I like the Army Air Force very much and army life agrees with me. The food is excellent. But mom, you’re still the best cook in the world.” (20:05–20:21)
  • Private Harold Scott: Family anecdotes, dealing with cold in the tent, and his New Year’s resolution to “do my best efforts to help winning the war this coming year.” (22:27–22:41)
  • Humor and warmth dominate, celebrating family connections and wartime resilience.

7. More Music & Storytelling (22:49–28:31)

• Ford Rush (“High Sheriff”): Sings “Maple on the Hill,” a sentimental country classic. (23:10–24:56)
• Minnie Pearl, iconic comedienne: Introduced as “dead blame cute” and delivers a comic monologue about family, rural parties, birthday cakes, and watch parties.
  • Noteworthy exchange:
    • “She says, well, is it compulsory? He says, lord, no, it’s coconut…” (25:44–25:50)
  • Shares her “new revolution” (resolution) for the year: “I’m gonna get me a husband for next 19... All right, come on, fellas.” (27:20–27:45)
• Musical Interlude: Minnie Pearl sings “Luly Wong.” (27:45–28:13)

8. Down-Home Wisdom & Patriotic Appeal (28:31–29:56)

• Hosts exchange: The Judge and Cousin Louie discuss the value of laughter during wartime and promote Prince Albert’s calming effect.

  • “Everything that eases our minds off our worries and problems for a while is good for us.” (28:58–29:15)

• War Effort Reminder: A brief public service announcement stresses the importance of keeping war information secret:

  • “It’s called the bits and pieces method…and it can lose battles for us and the lives of our boys...just one safe and patriotic rule: Keep your mouth shut tight.” (30:40–31:17)

9. Closing Musical Numbers & Farewells (31:17–32:35)

• Comedy and light verse: Oswald delivers a joke poem: “The proper place to kiss, you know, just beneath the nose.” (30:07–30:18)
• Final Songs:
  • “Ida Red, I’m in Love with Ida Red” – a lively, toe-tapping tune. (31:33–32:03)
• Farewell Message:
  • “The old clock on the opera house wall tells us that it’s time to drop the curtain on our first Prince Albert Grand Ole Opry of 1943. But we’ll be with you next Saturday night at the same time...” (32:03–32:35)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On the role of music and radio:

  • “These ballads tell stories which come from the heart and our girls and boys really shake a foot when the breakdowns hit the air.” — George D. Hay, 05:16

• Wartime sentiment:

  • “If you know someone in a war factory and how many shells or parts he makes...there’s just one safe and patriotic rule. Keep your mouth shut tight...” — Public Service Announcement, 30:40

• On family connection:

  • “Your family’s gathered around the radio in the parlor right this minute. If you were there with them, what would you like to say?” — Trudy Brown, 19:44

• Minnie Pearl’s comic resolution:

  • “I done made one more new revolution and that is, I’m gonna get me a husband for next 19. All right, come on, fellas!” — Minnie Pearl, 27:20

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Timestamps for Key Segments

| Segment | Timestamps | |------------------------------------------|--------------| | Introduction and Atmosphere | 03:43–05:16 | | Roy Acuff: “Night Train to Memphis” | 05:16–07:38 | | “I Want to Be a Cowboy’s Sweetheart” | 07:38–09:47 | | Comic Song: “I Wish I Was Single Again” | 09:47–12:24 | | Gospel: “I’ll Reap My Harvest in Heaven” | 14:04–17:10 | | Messages Home: Soldiers' Segment | 17:24–22:41 | | “Maple on the Hill” (Ford Rush) | 23:10–24:56 | | Minnie Pearl Monologue & Song | 25:17–28:13 | | Public Service Announcement | 30:40–31:17 | | Closing/Farewell | 31:33–32:35 |

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Episode Tone and Style

Warm, homespun, and deeply rooted in American tradition, the original show’s atmosphere permeates the entire episode: communal, humorous, and filled with optimism even amid the worries and sacrifices of wartime. Listeners are encouraged to cherish old friends (and tobacco brands!) and to keep spirits up — all with the twang of fiddles and the camaraderie of a live show.

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For Further Enjoyment

The Grand Ole Opry’s 1943 Prince Albert broadcast, as presented by Old Time Radio Westerns, stands as a vivid, well-restored time capsule. It celebrates the enduring power of music, comedy, and community, and offers listeners a genuine taste of vintage Americana—faithfully preserved and lovingly enhanced.

Transcript

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Welcome to the Old Time Radio Westerns. I'm your host Andrew Rines and let's get into this episode. This episode is going to be Grand Ole Da Prairie Original air dates January 2, 1943 and the title of this episode is going to be Take that Night Train to Memphis. We got Roy Ako in the lead role and this is a Prince Albert production. They were the sponsor. Let's get into it and I hope you enjoy. Think advertising on TikTok isn't for your business.

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Thank you Cousin Louie and Happy New Year to all of our friends and our neighbors gathered here in the Grand Ole Opry House. For more than 17 years, the grand Ole Opry has been presenting the homespun songs and hoedowns which have a big place in American life. These ballads tell stories which come from the heart and our girls and boys really shake a foot when the breakdowns hit the air. We open our shindig by presenting Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mound Boys and little Rachel in a red hot song. Take that night train to Memphis.

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Take that night train to Memphis Take that night train to Memphis and when you arrive at the station I'll be right there to meet you I'll be right there to greet you so don't turn down my invitation. Hallelujah, Hallelujah.

[F]

Hallelujah.

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I'll be shouting hallelujah all the day. Oh, we'll have a jubilee down in Memphis, Tennessee. And I'll shout hallelujah all the way. Take that night train to Memphis. Take that night train to Memphis. You know how I'm longing to see you. Leave at 357, arrive at 11 then I'll be shouting hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. I'll be shouting hallelujah all the day. Oh, we'll have a jubilee down in Memphis, Tennessee and we'll shout hallelujah all the way. Hey, good night, Trina Milk. Take that night train to Memphis. Tell that engineer to pull the throttle open. Keep that engine stack of smoking. I'm not kidding, I'm not joking. I'll soon be with my girl I'm hoping Hallelujah, hallelujah. I'll be shouting hallelujah all the day. Oh, we'll have a jubilee down in Memphis, Tennessee. And I'll shout hallelujah all the way. That's got em right, that's got em.

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I want to be a cowboy, sweetheart. I want to learn to go faster and to ride. I want to ride over the planes and the dances. I'll whistle the great divine. I want to hear the coyote see the sun sink in the wind. I want to be a cowboy, sweetheart.

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I want to ride opaque going at a run. I want to feel the wind in my face Just a thousand miles from the city light to going at a cowhand speed. I want a pillow my head near the sleeping moon While the moon shines from above. I want to spill my guitar in Ho ho de that's the life that I love.

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I wish I was single again. I wish I was single Again When I was single my love used to tingle and we wish I was single again I married me wife I married me wife o l I married me wife and she ruined my life and wish I was single again. She pinged me, she banged me o them she pinged me, she banged me oh, then she pinged me, she banged me she swore she would hang me and wish I was single again she went for the rope for then went for the rope oh, then she went for the rope My porn egg she didn't choke and wish I was single again. The rope, it broke all in the rope it broke all in the rope it broke and I laughed till I choked to think I was single again My wife, she died oh man. My wife, she died on them My wife, she died and I laughed till I cried to think I was single again I married me another old man I married me another old man I married me another the devil's grandmother and I wish I was single again.

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Sacred songs and heart songs have been a very important factor in our Grand Ole Opry and Here's a man who rings the bell every time we present Roy Acuff singing one of his favorite sacred numbers. I'll reap my harvest in heaven.

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I reap my harvest in heaven all that beauty for sure I'm filled up in glory and live in peace ever more the world I leave to my neighbor here we meet at that heavenly door I reap my harvest in heaven on that heavenly shore. The time has come to depart from this world and prove my heavenly word My maker told me to give all my crops to his children here on earth I reap my harvest in heaven on that beauty for sure I'll plow a field up in glory and live in peace evermore the world I leave to my neighbor Till we meet at that heavenly door I reap my harvest in heaven on that heavenly shore. The time has come I must hurry along don't cry for me when I'm gone I'm going over that heavenly road that we all must travel long I reap my harvest in heaven on that beautiful shore I'm proud, filled up in glory and live in peace evermore the world I leave to my neighbor Till we meet at that heaven.

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I reap.

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My harvest in heaven on that heavenly shore.

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Beautiful, Roy. Mighty, mighty pretty. Ever since America's entry into the war, the Prince Albert Grand Ole Opry has entertained the soldiers in scores of camps throughout the nation. It is our pleasure to introduce a new feature tonight which directly concerns our servicemen. We introduce Miss Trudy Brown of our staff. Come on in here, Miss Trudy. We're mighty glad to have you.

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Thank you, Judge. The two thoughts uppermost in a serviceman's mind when he's a long way from home are, I wonder what the folks back home are doing tonight. And I wonder if the girlfriend is really sitting at home by herself listening to the radio. So this evening we went out into the Grand Ole Opry audience and picked out some of the lonesomest looking fellows we could find and called their homes and checked up on the home folks. We called aviation cadet Patrick Charles Lagaifa's family way up in Rochester, New York.

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Did you really talk to my family?

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Uh huh.

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Your whole family. Your mother, your father and your sister.

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Did you talk to Pepsi?

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The Pepsi?

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Yes. Pepsi Sharper. Pepsi call up.

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Oh, well, what is it?

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It's my sister. We call her Pepsi Cola.

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Oh, why?

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Oh, she's one of those jitterbugs.

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Oh, I see. Pepsi Cola for short. Huh? Now that that's settled, tell us about the rest of your family.

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Well, I have a sister who works in a defense plant. My father is a grocer and mother stays home and just cooks.

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Cooks what?

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Eggplant. And the best fried chicken in the world.

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Now look, in a land where Southern fried chicken grows. Them's fighting words, partner.

[F]

You never tasted my mother's roasted chicken.

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Could be. Now tell me, what do you miss most?

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Well, I guess it's those early morning arguments my sister and I used to have. Which one of us was going to get to the bathroom first. Seems that every time I was ready to shave, one or the other was always taking a bath.

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That's one of our weaknesses. You know, when I talked to your mother just a little while ago, she asked me how you spent Christmas and New Year.

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Sleeping.

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You spent Christmas and New Year sleeping?

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Yeah. No Reveley, no exercise.

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Oh, no wonder. Now, on New Year's, your family had a reunion. And your sister told me that they offered a toast to all the boys all over the world. You know, that was a mighty nice thing to do.

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Well, I've got a mighty nice family.

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You certainly have. Pepsi Cola. That's the silliest name I ever heard. Tells me to be sure and thank you for the wings you sent her. Said she wears them on a brown coat.

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I wonder if they got my New Year's package.

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Uh huh. They got it this afternoon when I talked to Frances. She said your mother had been crying all afternoon. And then the mailman blew his whistle and he brought your package and your picture. And your mother says to thank you so much for sending it. You know, your family's gathered around the radio in the parlor right this minute. You were there with them. What would you like to say?

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I'd like to say hello to Mother, dad, my sisters Frances and Theresa. I like the Army Air Force very much and army life agrees with me. The food is excellent. But mom, you're still the best cook in the world. I had a swell time during the Christmas holidays and the Southern hospitality is really great.

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Thank you so much. Aviation cadet like I. Now, here's Private Harold Scott from Wexford, Pennsylvania. How you feeling, Private?

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Sort of cold.

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Cold?

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You're from Pennsylvania and you're cold?

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Why, I'm sleeping in a tent.

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Oh, look. Is it a little cold for camping trips?

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That's what I've been trying to tell my commanding officer before. But do you know commanding officers?

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Yeah, I know commanding officers. If you want something that will really make you feel out in the cold, guess what they're having at your house tonight for supper.

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Old Philadelphia Scrambled.

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Oh, that's just another name for what we Southerners call sows. No, tonight for supper at your house, they're having potato cakes and creamed onions.

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I know, cooked by the best cook in the world.

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Now, if you boys don't stop bragging about your mother's cooking, some of these army cooks are gonna slip some arsenic in your silver. Listen, Private Scott, what do you think they're doing at your house tonight?

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Listening to the grand old opera.

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Is that what you used to do when you were at home?

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Yes. Me and my girlfriend.

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Oh, your girlfriend.

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You mean the one you call Emma?

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Yes.

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Well, look, believe it or not, that's what she's doing right this minute. And she's listening all by herself. Look, if you were beside her, see, sitting on the settee, what would you say to her?

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Well, I can't say it in front of this audience.

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Oh.

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Do you. Do you think it would be a proposal?

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I think so.

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Oh, well, you'd better not propose over the radio. Not only is it unromantic, but think of the witnesses. Private, tell us about your family.

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I have four brothers, two sisters, my parents and one grandmother.

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Any of your brothers in the armed service?

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No, but probably will soon.

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Well, according to your mother, who I talked to a few moments ago, everything's fine at home. Your dad's over his coat. Oh, yes. Your mother did want to know if those patches she put on your GI underwear are still holding.

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Yes, real well.

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Well, now, if you could be home with them tonight, gathered around the radio in the parlor, listening to the Grand Ole Opry. What would you like to tell them?

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I like to say, ahold of all.

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My family and relations, my grandmother and friends. And I like the air forces. And I have made a resolution to do my best efforts to help winning the war this coming year.

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That goes for all of us, Private. Thanks and good luck.

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That's swell, boys. Mighty fine. And thank you, Ms. Trudy Brown. You boys better be good and quit your shenanigans over there in the corner. Cause here comes the high sheriff Ford Rush. The sheriff's been checking up on our constant pap and his deputies. But before he turns in his report, he's going to sing a sweet old song. Maple on the hill.

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Near a quiet country village Stood a maple on a hill Grown up from a little scene of long ago when the stars were shining brightly we could hear the whippoorwill when we sat beneath the maple on the hill don't forget me, little darling when they lay me down to die Just one little Wish, my darling, that I crave. As you linger there in sadness you are thinking of a. And let your teardrops hit the flowers on my grave. We will sing a song together when the birds have gone to rest. We will listen to the mumble of the wind. Will you love me, little darling, as you did that starry night when we sat beneath the maple on the hill? I will soon be with the angels on that bright and happy shore. Even now I hear them coming o' er the hill. Don't you cry, my little darling it is time for us to part. I must have leave you and the maple on the hill.

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That's well Ford rush mighty fine. Now's the time to introduce a gal who has broken countless hearts in the army camps for the past year and a half. She may not be beautiful, but she's dead blame cute. And she's our reporter, Miss Minnie Pearl from Grinder Switch. Come on out here, Miss Minnie Pearl.

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Howdy. I'm just as proud to be here. I'm just as proud I could come. Well, sir, I'll tell you, along with all the rest of the excitement, I thought Grinding Switch this week. Well, sir, Sister had a birthday party. Well, sir, I tell you, I'm always proud to give brother or sister a birthday party. I had to quit having any birthday parties for myself. Cause last time I did, Mammy got blistered from the heat from the candles on my birthday cake. But this week we had a party for sister. And oh, these folks there from everywhar had the nicest time answered. Mammy done baked one of them ary coconut cakes we'd saved from Christmas. And she is passin it around. And there's a city feller thar here's her from Queen ovar Centerville. And sir, here's our. And Mammy, she passed him the cake and she says, well, have some. He says, no, he didn't care for none. Hardly at all, you might say. She says, well, go ahead, we got a plenty. He said, no, he didn't care for none. She says, well, go ahead. He says, well, is it compulsory? She says, lord, no, it's coconut. But we had a nice time. That what's me in the mind, brother. He went to a party. It is Thursday night. It was. He's invited. He said to me. And Mammy said he's invited to a watch party. Well, sir, he's excited about it. I seen right straight off he was. He's happy about it. Well, he went o bar and Mammy told him to behave. And he's awful happy about it. But when he come back, he wasn't happy a bit. Come in. It is late. Mammy told him to be in by 9 o', clock, but he won't. It is nearly morning. Must have been 12:30. Well, sir, Mammy says to him, says, brother, did you have a nice time? He says, well, no. Says I was going to a watch party but they was telling a story. Why, I didn't see a watch hardly there and they didn't give me none. So he didn't care nothing for the watch party. Said it's a story all the way around. That brother, though, he has to see.

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Things before he'll bleep.

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But I tell you, I'm gonna. I'm gonna tell you what my new revolution is now and then I'm gonna quit and sing a spasm or two. I done made one more new revolution and that is I'm gonna get me a husband for next 19. All right, come on, fellas. I aim to sing out there and call Louie Wong.

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Hello.

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One evening getting dark I met her in the park Sitting by the fountain all alone I lifted up my head and then began to chat she said she'd love to see me at her home Such a star I've never seen she's prettiest queen she's like an angel from the golden home she'd only be my wife I'd be happy all my life with that aggravated beauty.

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Luly.

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That's fine. Okay. Happy you quit that.

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Shame on you. The Prince Albert Grand Ole Opry is in an uproar. Pappy, go sit down. All right now, Louis. The other night I saw a movie that didn't have a speck of gloom or grousing in it. Just a pack of good fun and nonsense and laughs it was. And you know, I felt more cheerful ever since.

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Sure thing, Judge. Everything that eases our minds off our worries and problems for a while is good for us. Everything that puts us in a good, calm, contented frame of mind and keeps us from jittering all over the place. That's why Prince Albert, with all its smoking pleasure is such an extra blessing these days.

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Man alive. Don't let me stop you from rushing right out. First chance you get to buy that big red pocket pack of Prince Albert smoking tobacco. It's time. You are enjoying the national joy smoke.

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Here they come, neighbors Rachel and a great big bashful brother, Oswald. Oswald's got a little poem here for us tonight. All right, son, go right ahead.

[E]

All right. Step aside. Just.

[G]

Yeah.

[E]

Tis done beneath the mistletoe. Tis done beneath the rose.

[F]

But the proper place to kiss, you.

[E]

Know, just beneath the nose.

[B]

Yeah, you go there in the corner now you going fiddling, Art. Let's. Let's let her have a little hold down here. Katie Hill. Art, will you?

[C]

Enemy ears on listening. Every scrap of information they collect goes to a central bureau where it's sorted and facts that don't seem to mean much all by themselves are pieced together to tell a lot. It's called the bits and pieces method, and it can lose battles for us and the lives of our boys. So if you know where a plane or ship or man or any war material is going, or if you know someone in a war factory and how many shells or parts he makes in a day or week, there's just one safe and patriotic rule. Keep your mouth shut tight and all such information. That way you help win the war and save lives.

[B]

Thank you, cousin Louie. Oroy, Where's Ida? Red.

[E]

I'm in love with I'd read. Red I. Green the prettiest girl I ever seen I read, I read I'm in love with I read I read I read I'm in love with I.

[B]

Well, friends, the old clock on the opera house wall tells us that it's time to drop the curtain on our first Prince Albert grand ole Opry of 1943. But we'll be with you next Saturday night at the same time. In the meantime, here's a note for the mail. If you want to get the right kind of a start in 1943, go down to the corner store and get a supply of good old Prince Albert smoking tobacco. This is George D. Hay, the solemn old Judge Sanders. So long and let's all keep smiling. What's smoking, yeah.

[E]

Prince Albert smoking, yeah.

[C]

This program came to you from Nashville. This is the National Broadcasting Company.

[D]

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[B]

Ra.