The Ballad of Little Jo Page #2

ALONE, FRANK BADGER?

HE JUST WANTS:

TO GO HIS OWN WAY.

PERCY, WE WERE

JUST BEING FRIENDLY.

FAIR ENOUGH,

PERCY.

FAIR ENOUGH.

GOOD NIGHT...GENTLEMEN.

[SNORING]

THIS GROUND TURNS

TO ICE IN WINTER.

IS THAT WHAT YOU RODE OU TO TELL ME, MR. CORCORAN?

NOT A NUGGE IN SIGHT, HUH?

NO, SIR.

NOT YET.

BUT ANY DAY NOW,

I'M SURE.

MANY DIFFERENT SORTS

OF MEN COME HERE,

AND MOST OF THEM

LEAVE THE SAME--

TIRED, BROKE,

AND HUNGRY.

OH!

WORKING IN THE ASSAY

OFFICE IS ENOUGH FOR ME.

IT'S STEADY PAY

AND A WARM BED.

THEY'RE LOOKING

FOR A HAND, YOU KNOW,

OVER A THE LIVERY STABLE.

ARE THEY?

PRETTY HEAVY WORK

FOR A SLIGHT FELLOW.

YOU'VE GOT TO

SHOVEL A LOT OF MUCK.

I THINK I'VE GOTTEN

THE HANG OF THAT.

I'VE NOTICED YOUR HORSE

IS ALWAYS WELL-TENDED.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THINK THEY'D

LET ME BUNK THERE?

THE HOTEL IS...

WELL...

NOT MUCH ROOM:

FOR DECENCY?

EXACTLY, SIR.

I COULD RENT YOU A BED

FOR A SMALL FEE.

I WOULDN' WANT TO IMPOSE.

I'VE GO ROOM TO SPARE, JO.

ALL RIGHT, THEN.

THANK YOU, MR. CORCORAN.

DON'T YOU

KNOW HOW TO COOK?

NOT REALLY, SIR.

GOOD TO KNOW.

SAVED ME QUITE A LO OF MONEY OVER THE YEARS.

PEEL THAT.

AND YOU WON'T HAVE

TO PUT UP WITH A WOMAN

YOUR WHOLE LIFE.

WHAT'S WRONG WITH

HAVING A WOMAN AROUND?

I HAD A WIFE...

FOR A WHILE.

I FOUND WOMEN TO BE MORE

TROUBLE THAN THEY'RE WORTH.

WHAT HAPPENED:

TO YOUR WIFE?

DON'T ASK ME

ABOUT THE PAST,

AND I WON'T ASK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

ONCE A MONTH,

I VISIT THE GIRLS

IN THEIR TENTS.

THAT'S SUFFICIENT.

CHEAPER:

IN THE LONG RUN:

AND LESS TROUBLE.

I SEE MARY'S EYES

FOLLOW YOU.

WILL YOU:

BE COURTING HER?

NO.

YOU'RE MORE LIKE ME,

I THINK.

'CAUSE WE'RE

ALONE, MOSTLY.

MAYBE.

WELL, DUMP THA IN THE POT.

NOW, DON'T TELL ME

YOU'VE NEVER SMOKED?

NO, SIR.

IF I CARED TO KNOW...

I'D WONDER WHERE

YOU COME FROM.

MY FATHER:

SMOKED CIGARS.

SORT OF:

A RICH MAN, EH?

MMM.

NOW, DON' DRAW TOO HARD.

JUST A LITTLE:

AND TASTE IT.

THAT'S IT.

NOW, AS YOU SMOKE...

CLOSE YOUR EYES.

GO ON,

CLOSE YOUR EYES.

THINK ABOU YOUR FUTURE.

[MUSIC PLAYS]

ALL RIGHT,

YOU HARD-ROCK MINERS,

DROP THOSE:

PICKS AND AXES.

COME ON OUT,

YOU HARD-MAN MINERS!

WE GOT SOMETHING

BETTER FOR YOU.

OLD DUKE BILLY'S

COMING TO TOWN.

THAT'S RIGHT, GENTS,

COME ON OUT.

DROP THOSE PANS:

AND DROP THOSE PANTS.

COME ON OUT, GENTS.

THAT'S RIGHT, DROP THOSE PANS,

DROP THOSE PANTS.

COME ON OUT, BOYS.

COME DOWN FROM THE HILLS.

THAT'S RIGHT.

HEY, DROP THOSE AXES,

GET OFF YOUR ASSES.

GET OUT OF THOSE TENTS.

COME TAKE A LOOK A

WHAT DUKE BILLY:

HAS TO OFFER.

COME ON OUT AND MEET ELVIRA.

SHE CAN'T HEAR,

AND SHE CAN'T TALK.

COME AND SEE HER,

IT'S WORTH THE WALK.

[WHOOPING AND HOLLERING]

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