The Million Pound Bank Note

Ladies and gentlemen, the railroad hour. And here comes our star-studded show train. Tonight the Association of American Railroads brings you a new musical play based on the celebrated American story, The Million Pound Bank Note, starring Gordon MacRae and his charming guest Dorothy Warren Show.

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

And now here is our star, Gordon McPray. Thank you, Mariner, and good evening, ladies and gentlemen. The man who wrote tonight's story also wrote Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. Yes, Sam Clemens knew a lot about the dreams that boys have.

Say, remember when you were a kid and you dreamed you were a millionaire? Well, I do. And here's what I used to tell all the other kids in the block. If I was a millionaire, kids, if I was a millionaire, there wouldn't be nothing too good in the world for me and my pals to share.

Don't tell me I'm shooting hot-air kids. But here's what I do on the square If I was a real live regular first class Ross my heart, millionaire I'll buy up every schoolhouse in the nation I'd ride upon the blackboard big and clear Instead of one, there will be two vacations Each vacation six months twice a year.

There wouldn't be no school when it was raining. I'd let you stay at home when it was fair. You'd have free soda fountains. Say I'd build you ice-free mountains. If I was a millionaire... When I grew up, I wasn't a millionaire, however.