Carmen Jones Page #2

That girl's mighty pretty.

Oh, I don't know.

She's what the fellas back home

call a hot bundle, I guess.

Yeah.

Looks like she's on fire

just for you.

I never lit it, honey.

How do I know?

Cos I got a girl.

But I live in another town

and I know what the fellas say.

"If you got a gal in another town,

well, you ain't got no gal at all."

Yeah, but you're not just any girl,

Cindy Lou.

There's nobody in the whole worid

like you. Nobody.

- Except...

- Except who?

The maw.

You talk just like my maw

You even walk just like my maw

And I know why I'm stuck on you

It's cos I'm just like my paw

I talk just like your maw

I even walk

Just like your maw

And I can see why you like me

Cos you is like your paw

- You's awful like your paw

- Oh

Let me tell you

what the Lord did

He made me live next door

So we could fall in love

The way my paw and maw did

Is you my Cindy Lou?

I is your Cindy Lou

And I belong to you

And I belong to you

I is your Joe

My Cindy Lou

And I belong

To...

You?

- Cindy, suppose I asked my CO...

- Asked him what, Joe?

To write OK in triplicate.

And what if I found a chaplain

and I said "Sir, here are orders

for a rushed wedding"?

Joe...

No use waiting till the war's over

for us to get married,

not when I got a 24-hour pass.

Our honeymoon could be tonight.

What'll our folks say,

us not getting married in church?

What do you say?

You wait right here

while I go find the CO.

You blabbermouth witch! I told you

if you told the foreman on me, I'd...

Go back to that bad street

you come off of!

Take that off. What's this?

A full net of catfish!

Bail her out of that 'chute!

Who's responsible for this?

Me!

Corporal,

take custody of that prisoner.

- Prisoner?

- Interfering with the war effort.

Destroying Government property.

You heard me.

Remove the prisoner off that table.

You go for me and I'm taboo

But if you're hard to get,

I go for you...?

Give this to the judge in Masonville.

Masonville?

You know the Army

can't put civilians in jail.

Gotta leave that pleasure

to the other civilians.

But I'm off-duty.

I got a 24-hour pass.

You mean you had yourself a pass.

This is an emergency.

- Sabotage, maybe.

- But Sarge, I don't see why...

You don't go to flying school

till the morning

which leaves all night

to take care of the prisoner.

Here's the formal charges.

Judge sure to get it now.

Corporal, do your duty.

Take me to town.

Request a five-minute pass,

respectfully.

What for?

- Private reasons.

- Request not granted, respectfully.

In case you forgot the manual,

you're responsible for this prisoner

until you dump her in the lap

of the civilian authorities.

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