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Innocents Abroad

Railroad Hour · September 3, 1951 · 27 min · 2,127 words

The transcript of “Innocents Abroad”, an episode of Railroad Hour first broadcast September 3, 1951. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). All Mixed Up plays Railroad Hour free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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Ladies and gentlemen, the Railroad Hour. And here comes our summer show train. Tonight the Association of American Railroads presents the premier performance of a new musical suggested by Mark Twain's delightful Innocence Abroad, starring Gordon MacRae and his charming guest Dorothy Warren showed.

Our choir is under the direction of Norman Luboff, and our music is prepared and conducted by Carmen Dragon. Yes, tonight another 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, Gordon MacRae. Well done, good evening, ladies and gentlemen. The incomparable Mark Twain gave Lawrence and Lee their inspiration for this musical romp. I shall be the nimble tongue, Mr. Twain, born Samuel Clemens, And Dorothy Warren Schold is Sylvia in this lyrical excursion called, Innocence Abroad.

How do you do? Delighted. The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.

Jov'e clean the twin of us, Mr. Twain. Where did you ever care to name? Well, you have been within earshot of a navigating chant on a riverboat. But now just listen to him. Shout'n' his sound in this.

That's it. That's where I got it. From the jargon of the Mississippi River. That's my jargon too. Take this story for instance. There are a few whoppers in it, but it's the truth mainly. How about joining us? We're off on an ocean voyage.

Sing, sailing over the bounding mane. For many a stormy windshobble, Attack from storm again. sailing sailing sailing for many a stormy winds so blow a jack comes home again for the good ship Quaker City on a conductor tour of the garden spots of the world now this year is quite a shift it's sort of a black hole of Calcutta with a

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