Tom Sawyer Page #4

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- I got six marbles.

- I done ate some, but it's half good.

Watch you don't slop any.

You call this work?

Well, ain't that funny

We ain't doin' this for money

Heck, it's a regular privilege

to be occupied

It's a source of pride

Anyone can swim and fish

on Saturday

Anyone can just lay down

Layin' in a hammock,

layin' in the grass

Like a lazy, no-good hound

They just know

that I'm soft-hearted

I was barely gettin' started

Now I'm givin' all of my fun away,

they keep beggin' me,

And I'm generous

I mean, when's the last time

you could slosh a buck full of wash

On a mile of fence?

Look at 'em smilin',

havin' a time

And all at my expense

And you get that deep-down inside

Gratifaction

Gratifyin'

Satisfact...

Well, I mean that

deep-down inside

Gratifaction

Oh, how good you feel

when your shoulder's to the wheel

You don't need nothin'

except ambition

Elbow grease for ammunition

And bang, what a righteous glow

you get from honest sweat

It's a natural bet

Anyone who puts his nose

to the grindstone's

Gonna get a great reward

Your eyes will see the glory

of the comin' of the Lord

And you get that

deep-down inside

Gratifaction

Pure enjoyment

from employ...

Well, I mean that

deep-down inside

Gratifaction

Oh, how good you feel

when your shoulder's to the wheel

You don't need nothin'

except ambition

Elbow grease for ammunition

And bang, what a righteous glow

you get from honest sweat

It's a natural bet

Anyone who puts his nose

to the grindstone's

Gonna get a great reward

Your eyes will see the glory

of the comin' of the Lord

And you get that

deep-down inside

Gratifaction

Gratifyin'

Satisfact...

Well, I mean that

deep-down inside

Gratifaction

Oh, how good you feel

when your shoulder's to the wheel

Get him!

- Just moved in?

- We're from St. Petersburg.

How do you like Hannibal?

We just moved.

What's your name?

Maximillian Q. Sullivan

at your service, ma'am.

But all my friends

just call me Mr. Bones.

I've spent the best part

of my life in a minstrel show.

I'm a minstrel man.

Aren't you awfully young

to be a minstrel man?

No, not really.

My folks was minstrels.

I just growed up in family tradition.

Rebecca?

Rebecca, we've got

a lot of unpacking to do.

Father, I'd like you to meet

Mr. Maximillian Q. Sullivan.

He's a real minstrel man.

Everybody just calls him Mr. Bones.

Well, it's nice to meet you,

Mr. Sullivan.

Always pleasant to meet

a gentleman of the theater.

Any relation to the moving company?

Oh, well...

Sullivan's just my theater name.

My real name's Sawyer.

Maximillian Q. Sawyer.

Well, you must come and visit

as soon as we get settled.

Now come along, Rebecca.

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