Belle of the Nineties Page #9

[Lively instrumental music]

- I didn't know she was in town, did you?

- No, I didn't.

See here, you're not gonna fall for her

all over again, are you?

- Lf you are, maybe we better not go in.

- Don't worry about me.

Come on, Ace is expecting me.

Coming, bunny boy?

Yeah, sure.

- Where is the party for the fighters?

- Right in there.

- Ace there?

- No, he's upstairs.

Thanks.

[Slow instrumental music]

ACE:
Nice work, Kid.

Just as smooth and easy.

TIGER:
I hope it stays that way.

Jails are draughty this time of the year.

Don't worry. No one would have known you

in a million years.

I hardly recognised you myself.

TIGER:
Swell stuff, Ace.

I'll put it away and we'll join the party.

[Band playing lively song]

[Singing] Folks, I've just come down

Down from Memphis town

That's where people smile

smile at you all the while

Hospitality

They were good to me

I couldn't spend a dime

I had the grandest time

I went out dancing

with a Tennessee dear

They had a fellow there named Handy

with a band you should hear

While the white folks gently swayed

All those darkies played

real harmony

I never will forget the tune

that they call the Memphis blues

Oh, those blues

They've got a fiddler up there

who always slickens his hair

And, boy, he sure do pull some bow

And when the big bassoon

seconds to the trombone's croon

Oh, yeah

No one can make it

like that piano man

They got a hot cornet

that you could never forget

Oh, play it, boy

When the drum goes wild

Mother, come and get your child

[Drum solo]

I brought them here 'cause

I couldn't bear to lose

those Memphis blues

There's too much fuss

being made over this woman.

Don't think you're fooling me.

You're in love with her.

ACE:
That again?

Yes, I was good enough for you

till she came here.

You're working here and getting paid.

If you're dissatisfied, get out.

- Ace, you can't do this to me.

- You're getting to be a nuisance.

[Band playing lively music]

TIGER:
Hello, Ruby.

I didn't expect to meet you in this town.

- No?

- No.

I didn't think I'd ever see you again.

You don't mean to tell me

you actually missed me.

More than that.

I can't get you out of my mind, Ruby.

- I think about you all the time.

- Oh, yeah?

Did you ever give me a second thought?

Do you suppose I could forget

a guy as good as you?

- You mean that?

- Of course.

BUNNY BOY:
Why don't you join the party?

They got wine, they got whiskey, they got...

Who's your friend?

- You don't know him?

- No.

You don't know her?

I'm glad you mentioned it,

I was gonna tell you about that.

You were gonna tell me about it, huh?

I'll be back in a minute, Ruby.

BUNNY BOY:
Look, it was a joke.

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