On Wings of Song

Ladies and gentlemen, the Railroad Hour. Come, Star, Star, started show train. Tonight, the Association of American Railroads presents the world premiere of a new musical play on Wings of Song, starring Gordon MacRae and his celebrated 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 musical first is brought to you by the American Railroads. The same railroads that bring you the food you eat, the clothes you wear, the fuel you burn, and the multitude of other things you use in your daily life.

And now here is your star, Gordon MacRae! Thank you, Armin Miller, and good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Our rail-at-hour playwrights, Lawrence and Lee, have fashioned a new musical based on the life and music of Felix Mendelssohn.

In our play Dorothy Warren showed us Cecile and I am the composer as we bring you on wings of song That wasn't too much for you was it father? No, no Felix your music is better medicine than any doctor could prescribe my son

How soon do you go back to life sick in an hour? I? I don't know if I shall see you again Father, don't say such things. No, no. My going will simply be the passing away of a hyphen.

Nothing more. A hyphen? I began life as the son of an illustrious father, and I shall end it as the father of an illustrious son. I am the hyphen between a philosopher and a musician between Moses Mendelssohn and Felix Mendelssohn.

I'd be lost in the white. Now how does one do that? The magnet and the piece of string? Should I walk down the street tipping my hat and saying, a big pardon, Foiline. My name is Felix Mendelssohn. I am 26 and I'm looking for a wife.