Long Ago

Transcribed. Ladies and gentlemen, the railroad hour. And here comes our summer show train. Tonight the Association of American Railroads presents a new Lawrence and Lee operator long ago starring Gordon Macray and his charming guest Dorothy Warren show.

Acquire is under the direction of Norman Luboff and our music is prepared and conducted by Carmen Dragon. Yes tonight another delightful musical first is brought to you by the American Railroad, the same railroads that bring you most of the food you eat, the clothes you wear, the fuel you burn, and all the other things you use in your daily life.

And now here is our star, Cornish, Mac Ray! Thank you, Marvin Miller, and good evening ladies and gentlemen. Tonight, Dorothy Warren, Sheldon and I are going to tell you a tale of days that were sweet.

Do you remember those wonderful golden days? The Gittinger was all the rage. Momma wore a hobble skirt. And if you had one of those strange contraptions called an automobile, everybody would yell at you. Hey, get a horse!

And do you remember the dancing? Oh sure. The slow, graceful harvest time dances. The mechanical moon in the dance pavilion would twirl around and make a million molar colored raindrops that fell all around this.

of my dad. Nora Bayes used to sing that. Life was good and we were young in a whole century lay ahead of us. Long ago and it all began with two young fellas named Ned Delaney and Jack Fleming.

One June night they went serenading a girl's dormitory with mandolin and hand. Which is a window jack. Right here I think. Now look, singing good with you. This one's the peaches redhead and the whole dormitory.