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The Pirate of New Orleans

Railroad Hour · July 28, 1952 · 29 min · 2,695 words

The transcript of “The Pirate of New Orleans”, an episode of Railroad Hour first broadcast July 28, 1952. 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, a railroad hour. And here comes our star-studded show train. Tonight, the Association of American Railroads presents the premier performance of the new Lawrence and Lee play with music, the Pirate of New Orleans, starring Gordon Macray and his charming guest star Dorothy Warren Show.

Our choir is under the direction of Norman Lubal, and our music is prepared and conducted by Carmen Dragon. Yes, tonight another musical first is brought to you transcribed by the American railroads. 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 McRae. Thank you, Marvin Miller, and good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Well, sir, we have a brand new operator for you tonight. Dorothy Warnshaw will be the unforgettable Suzanne, and I shall be Sean A. Feet, the pirate of New Orleans.

pirate of New Orleans. Down in New Orleans on the old Gulf Coast, there's a walking, talking, singing, go. A night when the fog sits on the river, and the moon is aching through the clouds.

Jean La Fite walks through New Orleans town, remembering the days he was a pirate king. Gentlemen, I propose your thoughts, the most daring, the most courageous, the most A romantic book here in a memory of man.

My share. Ha ha ha! Have we no marriage to young grandielope? Why should we have? Show me a man who's my equal dominique and I'll be modest. All we know about you is starry's la vite, which is true.

Fair defense. What a viewer. Is it true that you came from Guadalupe and moved to the town of Gumbo soup? I've heard a lot of people speak. That you came from the aisle of part unique?

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