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PHILADELPHIA, JULY 4, 1776.
HERE THEY MET TO FORGE FROM ANCIENT, OLD-WORLD WAYS
A NEW VISION --
A VISION OF FREEDOM FOR THEMSELVES
AND FOR THEIR POSTERITY.
ON THIS DAY,
THEY LIT A TORCH, A LAMP, A BEACON FOR THE AGES.
ON THIS DAY, A NEW REPUBLIC TURNED SPARK TO FLAME
AND BATHED THE WORLD, ONCE DARK, IN HARD-WON FREEDOM'S LIGHT.
? THIS IS A GREAT COUNTRY
? A GREAT COUNTRY
? SO LET'S SHOUT IT CLEAR AND LOUD ?
? LOUD AND CLEAR
? TAKE A LOOK IN THE HISTORY BOOK ?
? AND YOU'LL SEE WHY WE SHOULD BE PROUD ?
? HATS OFF TO AMERICA
? THE HOME OF THE FREE AND THE BRAVE ?
? IF THIS IS FLAG WAVING
? FLAG WAVING
? DO YOU KNOW OF A BETTER FLAG TO WAVE? ?
WITH YOUR HOSTS...
STARRING...
WITH THE CHAMPAGNE MUSIC MAKERS
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF JOHN BAHLER.
? SO, HATS OFF TO AMERICA
? THE HOME OF THE FREE AND THE BRAVE ?
? IF THIS IS FLAG WAVING
? FLAG WAVING
? CAN YOU THINK OF
? A BETTER FLAG
? TO WAVE? ?
THIS IS A GREAT COUNTRY, ISN'T IT, TOM?
WHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD
WOULD WE HAVE FOUND CAREERS AS FUN AND FULFILLING
AS WORKING ON THE "LAWRENCE WELK" SHOW?
BECAUSE PUBLIC TELEVISION CONTINUES TO HONOR
THE LEGACY OF LAWRENCE WELK, WITH SPECIALS LIKE THIS ONE,
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH YOU.
AND WE OWE IT ALL TO THIS GREAT COUNTRY OF OURS.
YOU'RE RIGHT, MARY LOU,
AND OUR GRATITUDE TO THIS GREAT COUNTRY
IS EXCEEDED ONLY BY THE STRONG FEELINGS
HELD BY LAWRENCE WELK, HIMSELF,
WHO BELIEVED WITH ALL HIS HEART
THAT HE OWED EVERYTHING TO BEING BORN AN AMERICAN,
IN A LAND WHERE WE ARE FREE --
FREE TO WORK HARD, AND FREE TO ATTAIN ANY GOAL.
IN 1892, CHRISTINA AND LUDWIG WELK
CAME HERE TO BEGIN A NEW LIFE
IN WHAT WOULD BECOME STRASBURG, NORTH DAKOTA.
GUY HOVIS SALUTES THEM,
AND ALL THE DETERMINED MEN AND WOMEN
WHO HELPED BUILD THE STRENGTH AND SPIRIT OF AMERICA.
? FAR, WE'VE BEEN TRAVELING FAR ?
? WITHOUT A HOME
? BUT NOT WITHOUT A STAR
? FREE
? ONLY WANT TO BE FREE
? WE HUDDLE CLOSE
? AND HANG ON TO A DREAM
? ON THE BOATS AND ON THE PLANES ?
? THEY'RE COMING TO AMERICA
? NEVER LOOKING BACK AGAIN
? THEY'RE COMING TO AMERICA
? HOME
? DON'T IT SEEM SO FAR AWAY? ?
? OH, WE'RE TRAVELING LIGHT TODAY ?
? IN THE EYE OF A STORM
? IN THE EYE OF A STORM ?
? HOME
? TO A NEW AND SHINING PLACE
? MAKE OUR BED AND WE'LL SAY OUR GRACE ?
? FREEDOM'S LIGHT BURNING WARM
? FREEDOM'S LIGHT BURNING WARM ?
? EVERYWHERE AROUND THE WORLD
? THEY'RE COMING TO AMERICA
? EVERY TIME THAT THE FLAG'S UNFURLED ?
? THEY'RE COMING TO AMERICA
? GOT A DREAM TO TAKE THEM THERE ?
? THEY'RE COMING TO AMERICA
? GOT A DREAM THEY'VE COME TO SHARE ?
? THEY'RE COMING TO AMERICA
? OH, THEY'RE COMING TO AMERICA ?
? TODAY
? THEY'RE COMING TO AMERICA
? TODAY
? THEY'RE COMING TO AMERICA
? TODAY
? THEY'RE COMING TO AMERICA TODAY ?
? THEY'RE COMING TO AMERICA
? OH, TODAY
? THEY'RE COMING TO AMERICA
? TODAY
? THEY'RE COMING TO AMERICA
? OH, TODAY
? MY COUNTRY 'TIS OF THEE
? SWEET LAND OF LIBERTY
? OF THEE I SING
? THEY'RE COMING TO AMERICA
? TODAY
? OH, THEY'RE COMING TO AMERICA ?
? TODAY
? THEY'RE COMING TO
? THEY'RE COMING TO AMERICA ?
EARLY IN THE 20th CENTURY,
THE COHAN FAMILY WORKED THE VAUDEVILLE CIRCUIT,
ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
INSPIRING YOUNGSTERS LIKE LAWRENCE WELK
TO GO INTO SHOW BUSINESS.
BROADWAY BECKONED, AND THE TALENTED GEORGE M. COHAN
WROTE SOME OF OUR CLASSIC PATRIOTIC SONGS
LIKE "YANKEE DOODLE DANDY" AND "YOU'RE A GRAND OLD FLAG."
HERE'S OUR OWN VAUDEVILLE TEAM --
JACK IMEL, MARY LOU METZGER,
BOBBY BURGESS, AND ELAINE BALDEN
TO SALUTE GEORGE M. COHAN.
? OVER THERE, OVER THERE ?
? OVER THERE, OVER THERE
? SEND THE WORD, SEND THE WORD OVER THERE ?
? THAT THE YANKS ARE COMING
? THE YANKS ARE COMING
? THE DRUMS RUM-TUMMING EVERYWHERE ?
? SO PREPARE
? SAY A PRAYER
? SEND THE WORD, SEND THE WORD TO BEWARE ?
? WE'LL BE OVER, WE'RE COMING OVER ?
? AND WE WON'T COME BACK TILL IT'S OVER OVER THERE ?
? I'M A YANKEE DOODLE DANDY
? A YANKEE DOODLE, DO OR DIE
? A REAL LIVE NEPHEW OF MY UNCLE SAM ?
? BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY
? I'VE GOT A YANKEE DOODLE SWEETHEART ?
? SHE'S MY YANKEE DOODLE JOY
? YANKEE DOODLE CAME TO LONDON JUST TO RIDE THE PONIES ?
? I AM THAT YANKEE DOODLE BOY
? YOU'RE A GRAND OLD FLAG YOU'RE A HIGH FLYING FLAG ?
? AND WE WON'T COME BACK TILL IT'S OVER OVER THERE ?
WHEN THE UNITED STATES SENT TROOPS TO EUROPE IN WORLD WAR I,
LAWRENCE WELK WAS JUST 14 YEARS OLD.
HE HAD SURVIVED A TERRIBLE INFECTION
AFTER HIS APPENDIX BURST,
AND HAD SPENT A FULL YEAR CONVALESCING AT HOME,
PRACTICING HIS MUSIC
AND DECIDING TO MAKE IT HIS LIFE'S WORK.
MORE THAN TWO MILLION U.S. SOLDIERS
FOUGHT ON THE BATTLEFIELDS IN FRANCE,
THEIR COURAGE FORCING THE GERMAN ARMY
TO RETREAT SOONER THAN EXPECTED.
WELL, GERMANY SURRENDERED ON NOVEMBER 11, 1918.
THE LENNON SISTERS -- KATHY, JANET, AND MIMI,
SING TWO GERSHWIN SONGS
THAT SAY EVERYTHING ABOUT BEING SEPARATED
FROM THEY MEN THEY LOVE.
? SOMEDAY HE'LL COME ALONG
? THE MAN I LOVE
? AND HE'LL BE BIG AND STRONG
? THE MAN I LOVE
? AND SO ALL ELSE ABOVE
? I'M WAITING FOR
? THE MAN I LOVE ?
? IT COST ME A LOT
? BUT THERE'S ONE THING THAT I'VE GOT ?
? IT'S MY MAN
? COLD AND WET, TIRED, YOU BET
? BUT ALL THAT I SOON FORGET
? WITH MY MAN
? HE'S NOT MUCH FOR LOOKS
? AND NO HERO OUT OF BOOKS
? IS MY MAN
? TWO OR THREE GIRLS HAS HE
? THAT HE LIKES AS WELL AS ME
? BUT I LOVE HIM
? OH, MY MAN, I LOVE HIM SO
? HE'LL NEVER KNOW
? ALL MY LIFE IS JUST DESPAIR
? BUT I DON'T CARE
? WHEN HE TAKES ME IN HIS ARMS
? THE WORLD IS BRIGHT
? ALL RIGHT
? WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IF I SAY I'LL GO AWAY ?
? WHEN I KNOW I'LL COME BACK ON MY KNEES SOMEDAY ?
? FOR WHATEVER MY MAN IS
? I AM HIS
? FOREVER
? MORE ?
IMMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES PLUMMETED DURING WORLD WAR I.
BUT AFTERWARD, AMERICAN FREEDOM WAS MORE COVETED THAN EVER.
A GERMAN IMMIGRANT WHO LANDED IN NEW YORK IN THE 1920s SAID,
"MY MOTHER RUSHED US TO THE WINDOW
"TO SEE THE MAGIC STATUE STANDING THERE.
NOW WE ARE GOING TO GO TO HEAVEN," SHE SAID.
THESE WORDS
FROM THE EMMA LAZARUS POEM "THE NEW COLOSSUS"
ARE EMBLAZONED ON THE LIBERTY PEDESTAL
AND HAVE GREETED TRAVELERS FOR OVER 115 YEARS.
? GIVE ME YOUR TIRED
? YOUR POOR
? YOUR HUDDLED MASSES
? YEARNING TO BREATHE FREE
? THE WRETCHED REFUSE
? OF YOUR TEEMING SHORE
? SEND THESE
? THE HOMELESS
? TEMPEST-TOSSED TO ME
? I LIFT MY LAMP
? BESIDE THE GOLDEN DOOR ?
LAWRENCE WELK TURNED 21 ON MARCH 11, 1924,
KEEPING A PROMISE THAT HE WOULD STAY ON THE FARM
UNTIL THAT VERY DAY.
IN JUST THREE YEARS, AFTER WORKING WITH A GROUP
CALLED THE PEERLESS ENTERTAINERS,
HE STARTED A FOUR-PIECE BAND,
LAWRENCE WELK'S NOVELTY ORCHESTRA.
THAT BECAME THE HOTSY TOTSY BOYS
AND THEN THE HONOLULU FRUIT GUM ORCHESTRA.
BY 1938, THE BAND HAD GROWN TO 10 PIECES,
WITH BOOKINGS AT BIG HOTELS LIKE THE WILLIAM PENN IN PITTSBURGH.
LAWRENCE HAD GONE FROM FARM BOY TO BIG TIME BAND LEADER
IN LESS THAN 15 YEARS.
THE SAME YEAR THAT LAWRENCE FORMED HIS FIRST BAND, 1927,
GEORGE AND IRA GERSHWIN WROTE A GREAT SONG
THAT SEEMS TO DEFINE HIS LIFE'S WORK,
GLORIOUSLY SUNG BY RALNA ENGLISH.
? LET THE DRUMS ROLL OUT
? LET THE TRUMPET CALL
? WHILE THE PEOPLE SHOUT
? "STRIKE UP THE BAND"
? HEAR THE CYMBALS RING
? CALLING ONE AND ALL
? TO THE MARTIAL SWING
? STRIKE UP THE BAND
? THERE IS WORK TO BE DONE, TO BE DONE ?
? THERE'S A WAR TO BE WON, TO BE WON ?
? COME, YOU SON OF A SON OF A GUN ?
? TAKE YOUR STAND
? FALL IN LINE, YEA A BOW
? COME ALONG, LET'S GO
? HEY, LEADER, STRIKE UP THE BAND! ?
? LET THE DRUMS ROLL OUT
? LET THE TRUMPET CALL
? WHILE THE PEOPLE SHOUT "STRIKE UP THE BAND" ?
? HEAR THE CYMBALS RING
? CALLING ONE AND ALL
? TO THE MARTIAL SWING
? STRIKE UP THE BAND
? THERE IS WORK TO BE DONE, TO BE DONE ?
? THERE'S A WAR TO BE WON, TO BE WON ?
? COME, YOU SON OF A SON OF A GUN ?
? TAKE YOUR STAND
? FALL IN LINE, YEA A BOW
? COME ALONG, LET'S GO
? HEY, LEADER, STRIKE UP THE BAND! ?
? THERE IS WORK TO BE DONE, TO BE DONE ?
? THERE'S A WAR TO BE WON, TO BE WON ?
? COME, YOU SON OF A SON OF A GUN ?
? TAKE YOUR STAND
? FALL IN LINE, YEA A BOW
? COME ALONG, LET'S GO
? HEY, LEADER
? STRIKE UP THE BAND ?
Netherton: THE YEAR 1939 WOULD BRING
LAWRENCE WELK CONTINUED SUCCESS AS HE ENTERTAINED A COUNTRY
WHOSE ECONOMY WAS BOOMING
WITH EUROPEAN ORDERS FOR WAR EQUIPMENT.
BUT 1939 WOULD BRING THE UNITED STATES
EVEN CLOSER TO THE BRINK OF WORLD WAR
WHEN ON SEPTEMBER 1st, ADOLF HITLER'S PLANES
RAINED DEATH AND DESTRUCTION ON POLAND.
THE COUNTRY LOOKED TO THEIR BELOVED PRESIDENT FOR ASSURANCE
AND TURNED TO CLASSIC PATRIOTIC SONGS FOR INSPIRATION,
LIKE THIS ONE, ROUSINGLY PLAYED BY MYRON FLOREN
AND THE WELK CHAMPAGNE MUSIC MAKERS.
[ PLAYING "THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC" ]
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THIS IS WHAT PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D
THIS IS WHAT PRESIDENT FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT SAID.
"YESTERDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1941,
"A DATE WHICH WILL LIVE IN INFAMY,
"THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
"WAS SUDDENLY AND DELIBERATELY ATTACKED
"BY NAVAL AND AIR FORCES OF THE EMPIRE OF JAPAN.
"ALWAYS WILL WE REMEMBER
"THE CHARACTER OF THE ONSLAUGHT AGAINST US.
"NO MATTER HOW LONG IT MAY TAKE US
"TO OVERCOME THIS PREMEDITATED INVASION,
"THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN THEIR RIGHTEOUS MIGHT
"WILL WIN THROUGH TO ABSOLUTE VICTORY.
"WITH CONFIDENCE IN OUR ARMED FORCES,
"WITH THE UNBOUNDING DETERMINATION OF OUR PEOPLE,
"WE WILL GAIN THE INEVITABLE TRIUMPH,
SO HELP US GOD."
Metzger: THE BOMBING OF PEARL HARBOR
CAUGHT AMERICA COMPLETELY BY SURPRISE.
IT WAS A BRIGHT SUNDAY MORNING,
COLD AND CRISP IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY,
WHEN PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT RECEIVED THE FIRST CALL
FROM THE STUNNED SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.
ENGLAND'S PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL,
AT DINNER WHEN HE HEARD THE NEWS,
CALLED THE WHITE HOUSE TO SEE IF THE REPORTS WERE TRUE.
"IT'S QUITE TRUE," ROOSEVELT REPLIED,
"WE ARE ALL IN THE SAME BOAT NOW."
AMERICANS WOULD LEAD THE WAY IN WORLD WAR II
AND EARN THE RIGHT TO SAY TO ONE AND ALL
WE ARE A GREAT COUNTRY.
? THIS IS MY COUNTRY
? LAND OF MY BIRTH
? THIS IS MY COUNTRY
? GRANDEST ON EARTH
? I PLEDGE THEE MY ALLEGIANCE
? AMERICA THE BOLD
? FOR THIS IS MY COUNTRY
? TO HAVE AND TO HOLD
? THIS IS MY COUNTRY
? LAND OF MY CHOICE
? THIS IS MY COUNTRY
? HEAR MY PROUD VOICE
? I PLEDGE THEE MY ALLEGIANCE
? AMERICA THE BOLD
? FOR THIS IS MY COUNTRY
? TO HAVE AND TO HOLD
? THIS IS MY COUNTRY
? LAND OF MY BIRTH
? THIS IS MY COUNTRY
? GRANDEST ON EARTH
? I PLEDGE THEE MY ALLEGIANCE
? AMERICA THE BOLD
? FOR THIS IS MY COUNTRY
? TO HAVE
? AND TO HOLD ?
WHEN WORLD WAR II BEGAN, LAWRENCE WELK WAS 38 YEARS OLD,
THE FATHER OF THREE, AND PERFORMING IN CHICAGO.
THE WELK BAND BEGAN PLAYING SHOWS
AT THE ARMY AND NAVY BASES IN THE AREA,
AND WHEN LAWRENCE HAD A SPARE MINUTE,
HE AND HIS CHAMPAGNE LADY, JAYNE WALTON,
WOULD ENTERTAIN AT HOSPITAL WARDS.
FELLOW BAND LEADER GLENN MILLER
HAD ENLISTED IN THE ARMY AIR FORCE.
AND WHEN A GENERAL ASKED HIM
TO TURN ONE OF HIS BIG BAND NUMBERS INTO A MARCH,
HE CHOSE A 1914 CLASSIC BY W.C. HANDY.
HERE'S OUR FORMER SAILOR,
JACK IMEL AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA PERCUSSIONISTS
WITH THE "ST. LOUIS BLUES" MARCH.
IN THE GREAT TRADITION OF IRVING BERLIN
AND GEORGE M. COHAN,
AMERICAN COMPOSERS GOT TO WORK ON UPBEAT, PATRIOTIC SONGS.
AND STARS SUCH AS THE ANDREWS SISTERS
HAPPILY STEPPED UP TO SING THEM.
THEY WERE AMERICA'S WARTIME SWEETHEARTS.
AND AS HONORARY WACs,
THEY PROUDLY WORE UNIFORMS
AS THEY TIRELESSLY ENTERTAINED THE TROOPS.
YEARS LATER,
LAWRENCE WELK INTRODUCED SOME VERY SPECIAL SISTERS.
AND HERE THEY ARE -- KATHY, JANET, AND MIMI LENNON,
TO SALUTE THE ANDREWS SISTERS
AND ONE OF THEIR BIGGEST HITS.
? HE WAS A FAMOUS TRUMPET MAN FROM OUT CHICAGO WAY ?
? HE HAD A BOOGIE STYLE THAT NO ONE ELSE COULD PLAY ?
? HE WAS THE TOP MAN AT HIS CRAFT ?
? BUT THEN HIS NUMBER CAME UP AND HE WAS GONE WITH THE DRAFT ?
? HE'S IN THE ARMY NOW, HE'S BLOWIN' REVEILLE ?
? HE'S THE BOOGIE WOOGIE BUGLE BOY OF COMPANY B ?
? THEY MADE HIM BLOW A BUGLE FOR HIS UNCLE SAM ?
? IT REALLY BROUGHT HIM DOWN BECAUSE HE COULD NOT JAM ?
? THE CAPTAIN SEEMED TO UNDERSTAND ?
? BECAUSE THE NEXT DAY THE CAP' WENT OUT AND DRAFTED A BAND ?
? AND NOW THE COMPANY JUMPS WHEN HE PLAYS REVEILLE ?
? HE'S THE BOOGIE WOOGIE BUGLE BOY OF COMPANY B ?
? A-ROOT, A-TOOT, A-ROOT-DIDDELYADA-TOOT ?
? HE BLOWS IT EIGHT-TO-THE-BAR
? IN BOOGIE RHYTHM
? HE CAN'T BLOW A NOTE UNLESS THE BASS AND GUITAR ?
? IS PLAYING WITH HIM
? AND THE COMPANY JUMPS WHEN HE PLAYS REVEILLE ?
? HE'S THE BOOGIE WOOGIE BUGLE BOY OF COMPANY B ?
? HE WAS SOME BOOGIE WOOGIE BUGLE BOY OF COMPANY B ?
? AND WHEN HE PLAYED BOOGIE WOOGIE BUGLE ?
? HE WAS BUSY AS "BZZ" A BEE ?
? AND WHEN HE PLAYED HE MADE THE COMPANY JUMP ?
? EIGHT-TO-THE-BAR
? HE WAS THE BOOGIE WOOGIE BUGLE BOY OF COMPANY B ?
? DA-DA-DA-DIDDELYADA, DIDDELYADA, TOOT-TOOT ?
? HE BLOWS IT EIGHT-TO-THE-BAR
? HE CAN'T BLOW A NOTE
? IF THE BASS AND GUITAR ISN'T WITH HIM ?
? AND THE COMPANY JUMPS WHEN HE PLAYS REVEILLE ?
? HE'S THE BOOGIE WOOGIE BUGLE BOY OF COMPANY B ?
? HE PUTS THE BOYS TO SLEEP WITH BOOGIE EVERY NIGHT ?
? AND WAKES 'EM IN THE SAME WAY IN THE EARLY BRIGHT ?
? THEY CLAP THEIR HANDS AND STAMP THEIR FEET ?
? BECAUSE THEY KNOW HOW IT GOES WHEN SOMEONE GIVES HIM A BEAT ?
? WHOA, WHOA, HE WAKES 'EM UP WHEN HE PLAYS REVEILLE ?
? THE BOOGIE WOOGIE BUGLE BOY OF COMPANY B ?
? A-ROOT, A-TOOT, A-ROOTY-A-TOOT TOOT ?
? HOW HE BLOWS EIGHT-TO-THE-BAR ?
? HE CAN'T BLOW A NOTE
? IF THE BASS AND GUITAR ISN'T WITH HIM ?
? AND THE COMPANY JUMPS WHEN HE PLAYS REVEILLE ?
? HE'S THE BOOGIE WOOGIE BUGLE BOY OF COMPANY B ?
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE GREAT HENRY CUESTA.
AMAZING.
WELL, THE RHYTHMIC SOUND OF THE BIG BANDS
BECAME THE HEARTBEAT OF WORLD WAR II.
AND LAWRENCE WELK'S CHAMPAGNE MUSIC PLAYED ON
AT THE ARAGON AND THE TRIANON BALLROOMS IN CHICAGO.
IT WAS DIFFICULT TO KEEP A BAND TOGETHER IN THOSE DAYS
WITH THE MILITARY DRAFT AND THE WARTIME PRESSURES.
GLENN MILLER HAD DISBANDED HIS ORCHESTRA IN 1942
AND ASSEMBLED A DANCE BAND TO PLAY FOR THE TROOPS.
ONE OF GLENN'S HIT SONGS WAS "AMERICAN PATROL,"
BASED ON A SONG WRITTEN IN 1885 SUBTITLED "WE MUST BE VIGILANT,"
AS APPROPRIATE TODAY AS IT WAS THEN.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BOBBY BURGESS AND ELAINE BALDEN.
Metzger: THE WAR ENDED IN 1945,
ANNOUNCED WITH THE RINGING OF CHURCH BELLS EVERYWHERE,
FROM TIMES SQUARE IN NEW YORK CITY
TO LAWRENCE'S HOMETOWN OF STRASBURG, NORTH DAKOTA.
IN 1946 THE WELK BAND HAD ITS FIRST WEST COAST ENGAGEMENTS
IN SAN FRANCISCO, AND THEN MORE IMPORTANTLY
THE ARAGON BALLROOM IN SANTA MONICA.
IT WAS TELEVISION
THAT WOULD MAKE LAWRENCE WELK A NATIONAL ICON.
BY THE LATE 1950s, HIS WEEKLY SHOW WAS A SMASH HIT,
AND HIS STARS, LIKE JO ANNE CASTLE,
WERE THE TOAST OF THE TOWN.
WELL, IN JUNE 1950,
JUST FIVE YEARS AFTER THE END OF WORLD WAR II,
PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN AGREED TO PARTICIPATE
IN THE UNITED NATIONS' FIRST POLICE ACTION.
WELL, IT QUICKLY BECAME THE KOREAN WAR,
AS FAR AS AMERICAN FAMILIES WERE CONCERNED,
A BRUTAL, NON-TELEVISED STRUGGLE THAT MANY CALL
"THE FORGOTTEN WAR."
IT ALL ENDED AFTER 37 LONG MONTHS IN STALEMATE
AT A BLEAK TRUCE VILLAGE IN PANMUNJOM.
LAWRENCE WELK NEVER STOPPED SALUTING THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN
OF THE ARMED FORCES.
AND THIS WAS ONE OF HIS FAVORITE PATRIOTIC MEDLEYS,
PLAYED BY THE WELK CHAMPAGNE MUSIC MAKERS
AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA BAND
WITH OUR SPECIAL GUEST CONDUCTOR, MYRON FLOREN.
Bahler: WE ASK ALL OF THE MEN AND WOMEN
WHO SERVED IN THE AIR FORCE TO PLEASE STAND.
HERE WE GO.
? OFF WE GO INTO THE WILD BLUE YONDER ?
? CLIMBING HIGH INTO THE SUN
? HERE THEY COME ZOOMING TO MEET OUR THUNDER ?
? AT 'EM, BOYS, GIVE 'ER THE GUN! ?
? DOWN WE DIVE
? SPOUTING OUR FLAMES FROM UNDER ?
? OFF WITH ONE HECK OF A ROAR!
? WE LIVE IN FAME OR GO DOWN IN FLAME ?
? HEY! NOTHING WILL STOP THE U.S. AIR FORCE ?
ALL RIGHT, NOW IT'S THE ARMY'S TURN.
EVERY MAN AND WOMAN WHO'S SERVED IN THE ARMY,
PLEASE STAND UP.
HERE WE GO.
? OVER HILL, OVER DALE, AS WE HIT THE DUSTY TRAIL ?
? AND THE ARMY GOES ROLLING ALONG ?
? IN AND OUT, HEAR THEM SHOUT
? COUNTER MARCH AND RIGHT ABOUT ?
? AND THE ARMY GOES ROLLING ALONG ?
? THEN IT'S HI! HI! HEY!
? THE ARMY'S ON ITS WAY
? SHOUT OUT YOUR NUMBERS LOUD AND STRONG ?
? FOR WHERE E'ER WE GO, YOU WILL ALWAYS KNOW ?
? THAT THE ARMY GOES ROLLING ALONG ?
EXCELLENT, NOW THE COAST GUARD, EVERY MAN AND WOMAN
WHO SERVED IN THE COAST GUARD, PLEASE STAND
FOR "SEMPER PARATUS."
? SO HERE'S THE COAST GUARD MARCHING SONG ?
? WE SING ON LAND OR SEA
? THROUGH SURF AND STORM AND HOWLING GALE ?
? HIGH SHALL OUR PURPOSE BE
? "SEMPER PARATUS" IS OUR GUIDE ?
? OUR FAME, OUR GLORY, TOO
? TO FIGHT TO SAVE OR FIGHT TO DIE ?
? AYE! COAST GUARD, WE ARE FOR YOU! ?
NOW THE MARINES.
ALL MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED IN THE MARINES
PLEASE STAND FOR "THE MARINES' HYMN."
HERE WE GO.
? FROM THE HALLS OF MONTEZUMA
? TO THE SHORES OF TRIPOLI
? WE WILL FIGHT OUR COUNTRY'S BATTLES ?
? IN THE AIR, ON LAND, AND SEA
? FIRST TO FIGHT FOR RIGHT AND FREEDOM ?
? AND TO KEEP OUR HONOR CLEAN
? WE ARE PROUD TO CLAIM THE TITLE ?
? OF UNITED STATES MARINE ?
Bahler: EXCELLENT -- LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE NAVY.
EVERYONE WHO SERVED IN THE NAVY,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE STAND.
HERE WE GO.
? ANCHORS AWEIGH, MY BOYS, ANCHORS AWEIGH ?
? FAREWELL TO COLLEGE JOYS
? WE SAIL AT BREAK OF DAY-AY-AY-AY ?
? THROUGH OUR LAST NIGHT ON SHORE ?
? DRINK TO THE FOAM
? UNTIL WE MEET ONCE MORE
? HERE'S WISHING YOU A HAPPY VOYAGE HOME ?
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director ofski,
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[MUSIC]
THIS IS WHAT GENERAL NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF SAID --
"I ASKED MY PRINCIPLE STAFF TO MEET ME IN THE WAR ROOM
"30 MINUTES BEFORE H-HOUR.
"I'D WRITTEN A MESSAGE TO ALL THE FORCES.
"I READ THEM MY MESSAGE,
"ASKED THE CHAPLAIN TO SAY A PRAYER,
"AND THEN I PLAYED THE SONG 'GOD BLESS THE U.S.A.'
"I THINK IT CHARACTERIZED
"THE PRIDE THAT ALL OF US HAVE IN OUR PROFESSION.
"A LINE IN THE SONG THAT SAYS
"'I WOULD PROUDLY STAND NEXT TO YOU
"AND DEFEND HER STILL TODAY.'
AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT."
? IF TOMORROW ALL THE THINGS WERE GONE ?
? I'D WORKED FOR ALL MY LIFE
? AND I HAD TO START AGAIN
? WITH JUST MY CHILDREN AND MY WIFE ?
? I'D THANK MY LUCKY STARS
? TO BE LIVING HERE TODAY
? 'CAUSE THE FLAG STILL STANDS FOR FREEDOM ?
? AND THEY CAN'T TAKE THAT AWAY ?
? AND I'M PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN ?
? WHERE AT LEAST I KNOW I'M FREE ?
? AND I WON'T FORGET THE MEN WHO DIED ?
? WHO GAVE THAT RIGHT TO ME
? AND I'D GLADLY STAND UP NEXT TO YOU ?
? AND DEFEND HER STILL TODAY
? 'CAUSE THERE AIN'T NO DOUBT
? I LOVE THIS LAND
? GOD BLESS THE U.S.A.
? FROM THE LAKES OF MINNESOTA
? TO THE HILLS OF TENNESSEE
? ACROSS THE PLAINS OF TEXAS
? FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA
? FROM DETROIT DOWN TO HOUSTON
? FROM NEW YORK TO L.A.
? THERE'S PRIDE IN EVERY AMERICAN HEART ?
? AND IT'S TIME WE STAND AND SAY ?
? I'M PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN
? WHERE AT LEAST I KNOW I'M FREE ?
? AND I WON'T FORGET THE MEN WHO DIED ?
? WHO GAVE THAT RIGHT TO ME
? AND I GLADLY STAND UP NEXT TO YOU ?
? AND DEFEND HER STILL TODAY
? 'CAUSE THERE AIN'T NO DOUBT
? I LOVE THIS LAND
? LOVE THIS LAND
? GOD BLESS THE U.S.A.
? I'M PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN
? WHERE AT LEAST I KNOW I'M FREE ?
? AND I WON'T FORGET THE MEN WHO DIED ?
? WHO GAVE THAT RIGHT TO ME
? AND I'D GLADLY STAND UP
? NEXT TO YOU
? AND DEFEND HER STILL TODAY
? 'CAUSE THERE AIN'T NO DOUBT
? I LOVE THIS LAND
? GOD BLESS
? THE U.S.A. ?
I WALKED THROUGH A COUNTY COURTHOUSE SQUARE
AND ON A PARK BENCH AN OLD MAN WAS SITTING THERE.
I SAID, "YOUR OLD COURTHOUSE IS KIND OF RUN DOWN."
HE SAID, "NAW, IT'LL DO FOR OUR LITTLE TOWN."
I SAID, "YOUR OLD FLAGPOLE HAS LEANED A LITTLE BIT,
AND THAT'S A RAGGED OLD FLAG YOU GOT HANGING ON IT."
HE SAID, "HAVE A SEAT," AND I SAT DOWN.
HE SAID, "IS THIS THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE BEEN TO OUR LITTLE TOWN?"
I SAID, "I BELIEVE IT IS."
HE SAID, "WELL, I DON'T LIKE TO BRAG,
"BUT WE'RE KIND OF PROUD OF THAT RAGGED OLD FLAG.
"YOU SEE, WE GOT A HOLE IN THAT FLAG THERE
"WHEN WASHINGTON TOOK IT ACROSS THE DELAWARE.
"AND IT GOT POWDER BURNS THE NIGHT FRANCIS SCOTT KEY
"SAT WATCHING IT WRITING 'OH, SAY, CAN YOU SEE.'
"AND IT GOT A BAD RIP IN NEW ORLEANS
"WITH PACKINGHAM AND JACKSON TUGGIN' AT ITS SEAMS.
"AND IT ALMOST FELL AT THE ALAMO
"BESIDE THE TEXAS FLAG,
"BUT SHE WAVED ON THOUGH.
"SHE GOT CUT WITH A SWORD AT CHANCELLORSVILLE,
"SHE GOT CUT AGAIN AT SHILOH HILL.
"THERE WAS ROBERT E. LEE,
"BEAUREGARD, AND BRAGG,
"AND THE SOUTH WIND BLEW HARD
"ON THAT RAGGED OLD FLAG.
"AND ON FLANDERS FIELD IN WORLD WAR I
"SHE GOT A BIG HOLE FROM A BERTHA GUN.
"SHE TURNED BLOOD RED IN WORLD WAR II.
"SHE HUNG LIMP AND LOW A TIME OR TWO.
"SHE WAS IN KOREA AND VIETNAM.
"SHE WENT WHERE SHE WAS SENT BY HER UNCLE SAM.
"SHE WAVED FROM OUR SHIPS UPON THE BRINY FOAM,
AND FOR A WHILE WE ABOUT QUIT WAVING HER BACK HERE AT HOME."
"IN HER OWN GOOD LAND SHE'D BEEN ABUSED --
"SHE'D BEEN BURNED, DISHONORED, DENIED, REFUSED.
"AND THE GOVERNMENT FOR WHICH SHE STANDS
"HAD BEEN SCANDALIZED THROUGHOUT THE LAND.
"SHE'S GETTING THREADBARE
"AND SHE'S WEARING A LITTLE THIN,
"BUT SHE'S IN GOOD SHAPE
"FOR THE SHAPE SHE'S IN.
"'CAUSE SHE'S BEEN THROUGH THE FIRE BEFORE
"AND I BELIEVE SHE CAN TAKE A WHOLE LOT MORE.
"SO WE RAISE HER UP EVERY MORNING,
"AND WE TAKE HER DOWN EVERY NIGHT.
"AND WE DON'T LET HER TOUCH THE GROUND,
"WE FOLD HER UP JUST RIGHT.
"ON SECOND THOUGHT I DO LIKE TO BRAG,
"'CAUSE I'M MIGHTY PROUD
OF THAT RAGGED OLD FLAG."
? THIS COUNTRY'S FAR TOO YOUNG TO DIE ?
? WE'VE STILL GOT A LOT
? OF CLIMBING TO DO
? AND WE CAN MAKE IT IF WE TRY
? BUILT BY TOILS AND STRUGGLES
? GOD HAS LED US THROUGH
? WE'VE FOUGHT FOR FREEDOM DEAR ?
? BOTH HERE AND ON THE DISTANT SHORE ?
? WE'VE PAID THE PRICE OF SACRIFICE ?
? A PRICE YOU CAN'T IGNORE
? WE'RE FAR TOO YOUNG TO DIE
? WE CAN MAKE IT IF WE TRY
? WE'VE NOT YET BEGUN TO FLY
? IT'S TIME TO LET THAT MIGHTY EAGLE ?
? SOAR ONCE MORE
? OH, LET THE EAGLE SOAR
? LET THE EAGLE SOAR
? LIKE SHE'S NEVER SOARED BEFORE ?
? NEVER SOARED BEFORE
? FROM ROCKY COAST TO GOLDEN SHORE ?
? LET THE MIGHTY EAGLE
? SOAR
? SO WITH HEALING IN HER WINGS
? AS THE LAND BENEATH HER SINGS ?
? ONLY GOD
? NO OTHER KINGS
? LET THE MIGHTY EAGLE SOAR
? ONLY GOD
? NO OTHER KINGS
? LET THAT MIGHTY EAGLE SOAR
? LET THE EAGLE SOAR
? LET THE EAGLE SOAR ?
Metzger: LAWRENCE WELK ALWAYS ADMIRED RED SKELTON,
AND I WANT TO SHARE ONE OF MR. WELK'S
FAVORITE READINGS PERFORMED BY THE GREAT COMEDIAN.
WHEN RED WAS A SCHOOLBOY,
A TEACHER HAD EXPLAINED THE WORDS AND MEANING
OF THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE,
AND HE ALWAYS REMEMBERED IT.
YEARS LATER, ADDING THE TWO NEW STATES
AND THE WORDS "UNDER GOD,"
HE THRILLED AUDIENCES WITH THESE POWERFUL WORDS.
I...
ME, AN INDIVIDUAL,
A COMMITTEE OF ONE.
PLEDGE...
DEDICATE ALL OF MY WORLDLY GOODS
TO GIVE WITHOUT SELF PITY.
ALLEGIANCE...
MY LOVE AND MY DEVOTION.
TO THE FLAG...
OUR STANDARD, OLD GLORY,
A SYMBOL OF FREEDOM.
WHEREVER SHE WAVES, THERE'S RESPECT,
BECAUSE YOUR LOYALTY HAS GIVEN HER A DIGNITY
THAT SHOUTS "FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S JOB."
OF THE UNITED...
THAT MEANS THAT WE'VE ALL COME TOGETHER.
STATES OF AMERICA...
INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITIES
THAT HAVE UNITED INTO 50 GREAT STATES.
50 INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITIES
WITH PRIDE AND DIGNITY AND PURPOSE,
ALL DIVIDED WITH IMAGINARY BOUNDARIES,
YET UNITED TO A COMMON PURPOSE,
AND THAT'S LOVE FOR COUNTRY.
AND TO THE REPUBLIC...
REPUBLIC, A STATE IN WHICH SOVEREIGN POWER
IS INVESTED IN REPRESENTATIVES
CHOSEN BY THE PEOPLE TO GOVERN.
AND GOVERNMENT IS THE PEOPLE.
AND IT'S FROM THE PEOPLE TO THE LEADERS,
NOT FROM THE LEADERS TO THE PEOPLE.
FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION
UNDER GOD...
ONE NATION, MEANING SO BLESSED BY GOD.
INDIVISIBLE...
INCAPABLE OF BEING DIVIDED.
WITH LIBERTY...
WHICH IS FREEDOM,
THE RIGHT OF POWER TO LIVE ONE'S OWN LIFE
WITHOUT THREATS, FEAR, OR SOME SORT OF RETALIATION.
AND JUSTICE...
THE PRINCIPLE OR QUALITIES
OF DEALING FAIRLY WITH OTHERS.
FOR ALL.
FOR ALL, WHICH MEANS IT'S AS MUCH YOUR COUNTRY
AS IT IS MINE.
PLEASE, JOIN US NOW IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
AND TO THE REPUBLIC
FOR WHICH IT STANDS,
ONE NATION UNDER GOD,
INDIVISIBLE,
WITH LIBERTY
AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, MISS NORMA ZIMMER.
? O BEAUTIFUL
? FOR SPACIOUS SKIES
? FOR AMBER WAVES
? OF GRAIN
? FOR PURPLE MOUNTAIN
? MAJESTIES
? ABOVE THE FRUITED PLAIN
? AMERICA, AMERICA
? GOD SHED HIS GRACE
? ON THEE
? AND CROWN THY GOOD
? WITH BROTHERHOOD
? FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA
? AMERICA, AMERICA
? GOD MEND THINE EVERY FLAW
? CONFIRM THY SOUL
? IN SELF-CONTROL
? THY LIBERTY
? IN LAW ?
SEPTEMBER 11th MEASURES TIME AND MEMORY.
AMERICA BEFORE,
BATTERED BY WARS ON FOREIGN SOIL.
AMERICA AFTER,
A COUNTRY ATTACKED AT HOME,
ASSAULTED BY THE DEADLIEST OF ALL ENEMIES --
COWARDS WITH NO REGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE,
NOT EVEN THEIR OWN.
ON THAT FIERY MORNING,
AMERICA LOST HER INNOCENCE.
HER PRIDE WAS BRUISED
AND HER HEART BROKEN,
BUT COURAGE AND PATRIOTISM FLOWED FROM HER SOUL.
AND FROM THOSE SOMBER ASHES,
SHE WILL RISE TO BUILD A GREATER AMERICA,
HOLDING HIGH THE TORCH OF FREEDOM,
SO ALL THE WORLD CAN SEE.
FOR AMERICA IS THE IDEAL OF FREEDOM,
WASHED IN THE BLOOD OF BRAVE AMERICANS,
AND SHE WILL NEVER BE DESTROYED,
NOR WILL HER HEROES BE FORGOTTEN.
REMEMBER THE WORDS THAT DEFINE US --
WE DON'T LIVE IN FREEDOM,
FREEDOM LIVES IN US.
LET THEM RESONATE IN YOUR MIND
AND RESIDE IN YOUR HEARTS FOREVER.
? AMAZING GRACE
? HOW SWEET THE SOUND
? THAT SAVED A WRETCH
? LIKE ME
? I ONCE WAS LOST
? BUT NOW AM FOUND
? WAS BLIND
? BUT NOW I SEE
? T'WAS GRACE THAT TAUGHT
? MY HEART TO FEAR
? AND GRACE
? MY FEARS RELIEVED
? HOW PRECIOUS
? DID THAT GRACE APPEAR
? THE HOUR I FIRST BELIEVED
? THROUGH MANY DANGERS
? TOILS AND SNARES
? I HAVE ALREADY COME
? AND IT'S GRACE
? THAT'S BROUGHT ME
? SAFE THUS FAR
? AND GRACE
? WILL LEAD ME HOME
? OH, WHEN WE'VE BEEN THERE
? 10,000 YEARS
? BRIGHT SHINING
? AS THE SUN
? WE'VE NO LESS DAYS
? TO SING GOD'S PRAISE
? THAN WHEN
? THAN WHEN WE FIRST
? OOH, BEGUN
? AMAZING
? GRACE ?
LAWRENCE WELK ENJOYED LIFE FROM 1903 TO 1992,
LIVING THROUGH MOST OF THE 20th CENTURY.
THE 100th ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH
HAS BEEN JOYOUSLY CELEBRATED,
AND WE'RE PROUD TO SAY HIS MUSICAL LEGACY LIVES ON.
AND IN HIS BOOK "MY AMERICA, YOUR AMERICA,"
LAWRENCE WROTE THESE WORDS --
AND THE FIRST ONE HE NOTED WAS THIS --
HE WOULD HAVE TOLD US, IN THESE DIFFICULT DAYS,
TO KEEP A SONG IN OUR HEARTS.
AND THE SONG WOULD HAVE BEEN THIS ONE,
WRITTEN BY HIS LONGTIME FRIEND, IRVING BERLIN.
FOR THE WELK MUSICAL FAMILY,
AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA BAND,
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA.
? WHILE THE STORM CLOUDS GATHER ?
? FAR ACROSS THE SEA
? LET US SWEAR ALLEGIANCE
? TO A LAND THAT'S FREE
? LET US ALL BE GRATEFUL
? FOR A LAND SO FAIR
? AS WE RAISE OUR VOICES
? IN A SOLEMN PRAYER
? GOD
? BLESS AMERICA
? LAND THAT I LOVE
? STAND BESIDE HER
? AND GUIDE HER
? THROUGH THE NIGHT
? WITH THE LIGHT FROM ABOVE
? FROM THE MOUNTAIN
? TO THE PRAIRIE
? TO THE OCEAN
? WHITE WITH FOAM
? GOD BLESS AMERICA
? MY HOME SWEET HOME
? GOD BLESS AMERICA
? MY HOME SWEET HOME
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haslk always been a big
of that. For
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[MUSIC]t .
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TO SOME GOOD LOOKING NEW FACES.
COMERS MARY LOU METZGER, GAIL
YOUR HOSTS COMING UP NEXT ON
TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN SO
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>> THAT WAS ONE OF OUR FAVORITE
THE PARADE OF THE WOODEN
THE CHILDREN REALLY LOVED IT.
VERSION YOU JUST SAW, BUT WE
WELL.
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COSTUMES YOU HAVE SEEN A COUPLE
ROSE, THE HEAD OF OUR COSTUME
TIME WHEN IT CAME TO RECYCLING.
CHRISTMAS SHOW, BUT THE PERSON
HIMSELF.
TAKE THE TIME TO SAY SOMETHING
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ENTIRE FAMILY TO BE WITH HIM AT
LAWRENCE AND FERN HAD THREE
LARRY AND A TOTAL OF TEN
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HAVE CHOSEN AND WE'RE GOING TO
BETWEEN LAWRENCE AND DONNA'S
>> YOU WANT TO COME OVER HERE
>> CHRISTINE.
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>> UH-HUH.
? JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS
? OH, WHAT FUN IT IS TO RIDE
? JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS
? OH, WHAT FUN IT IS TO RIDE
>> ISN'T THAT NICE.
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>> UH-HUH.
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HERE'S THE BOOK SHE WAS READING
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NOW, TELL ME SOMETHING, HOW OLD
>> WHAT IS THAT?
AND TELL ME THAT YOU CAN READ
>> UH-HUH.
COULD YOU SPELL IT FOR ME FIRST?
[ APPLAUSE ]
AND UM, CAN YOU ALSO, CAN YOU
>> ISN'T THAT NICE?
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SLEEPING HE KNOWS WHEN YOU'RE
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SAKE.
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THE PROGRAM.
1985 I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
I HAD NO IDEA IT WOULD BE THE
FOREVER.
[ APPLAUSE ]
I see that you are
director'm Jon Miskowski ,
Tonight Wisconsin.
thisre celebrating
wonderful tradition
Lawrence
Welk on PBS.
As it
comes to an
end. And
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back to this
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celebratingza
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celebration.
withrence Welk
some grandchildren and
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would loveand connection, we
to hear from you.
We have
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God Bless
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show, and
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Berman, a
volunteer here at
Wisconsin. And we
celebrating
But we're Welk.
also celebrating
you just so that,
we had know,
over 58,
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calls just
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support means
programs
will continue
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generation, especially
ther educational
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as Stephanie
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got some very
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cards that of the playing
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have to say, I love the
because if Ik playing cards,
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where we
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,
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need to know
memories here lots of wonderful
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we celebrate
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know ite lives on
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and certainly
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YouTube and other
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especially to
people in the
in Midwest
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Norths in
Dakota and
traveling
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as a
bandleader and a
American
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We encourage you
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mehat you're giving
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you thank
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good things.ouple really
It's been
summer and but
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ther us,
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two seven year olds,
think, had a fundraiser
PBS. We've had
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So it
we're going
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I said
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for 108 years through a
ofot challenges. So
finish with Lawrence
words.s
May I express
heartfelt
thanks for your
kindness to
all of you who
supported our
show so
generously. Well
? FAR ACROSS THE SEA
? LET US SWEAR ALLEGIANCE
? TO A LAND THAT'S FREE
? LET US ALL BE GRATEFUL
? FOR A LAND SO FAIR
? AS WE RAISE OUR VOICES
? IN A SOLEMN PRAYER
? GOD
? BLESS AMERICA
? LAND THAT I LOVE
? STAND BESIDE HER
? AND GUIDE HER
? THROUGH THE NIGHT
? WITH THE LIGHT FROM ABOVE
? FROM THE MOUNTAIN
? TO THE PRAIRIE
? TO THE OCEAN
? WHITE WITH FOAM
? GOD BLESS AMERICA
? MY HOME SWEET HOME
? GOD BLESS AMERICA
? MY HOME SWEET HOME
? FROM THE MOUNTAIN
? TO THE PRAIRIE
? TO THE OCEAN
? WHITE WITH FOAM
? GOD BLESS AMERICA
? MY HOME SWEET HOME
? GOD BLESS AMERICA
? MY HOME SWEET HOME
.
? Help! ? It's been a hard day's night
ANNOUNCER: They defined a generation...
? Oh, I believe in yesterday
They changed the world with their music...
? Here comes the sun...
...The Fab Four: The Ultimate Tribute is next.
(screams)
(guitar soloing)
("I Want To Hold Your Hand" intro playing)
? Oh, yeah, I'll
? Tell you something
? I think you'll understand
? When I say that something
? I want to hold your hand
? I want to hold your hand ?
? I want to hold your hand
? Oh, please, say to me
? You'll let me be your man
? And please say to me
? You'll let me hold your hand
? Now let me hold your hand
? I want to hold your hand
? And when I touch you I feel happy ?
? Inside
? It's such a feeling that my love ?
? I can't hide
? Yeah, you got that something
? I think you'll understand
? When I say that something
? I want to hold your hand
? I want to hold your hand ?
? I want to hold your hand
? And when I touch you, I feel happy ?
? Inside
? It's such a feeling that my love ?
? I can't hide
? Yeah, you got that something
? I think you'll understand
? When I feel that something
? I want to hold your hand
? I want to hold your hand ?
? I want to hold your hand
? I want to hold your hand. ?
(applause, cheering)
How you doing this evening? You doing all right?
(cheering, applause)
Well, this next song is a very special dedication
to all the lovely ladies out there, so, girls,
we need to hear you, girls. Where are you?
(women screaming) Two, three, four, five!
? Close your eyes and I'll kiss you ?
? Tomorrow I'll miss you
? Remember I'll always be true
? And then, while I'm away
? I'll write home every day
? And I'll send all my loving to you ?
? I'll pretend that I'm kissing ?
? The lips I am missing
? And hope that my dreams will come true ?
? I'll write home every day
? And I'll send all my loving to you ?
? All my loving
? Ooh... ? I will send to you
? All my loving
? Darling, I'll be true
Hey, yeah!
(instrumental break)
? Close your eyes and I'll kiss you ?
? Tomorrow I'll miss you
? Remember I'll always be true
? And then, while I'm away
? I'll write home every day
? And I'll send all my loving to you ?
? All my loving
? Ooh... ? I will send to you
? All my loving
? Ooh... ? Darling, I'll be true
? Ooh... ? All my loving
? Ooh-ooh, all my loving
? Ooh. ? I will send to you.
(song ends)
(applause, cheering)
Thank you very much! Thank you!
(applause, cheering)
Two, three, four!
? Help!
? I need somebody
? Help!
? Not just anybody
? Help!
? You know, I need someone
? Help!
? When...
? When I was younger
? So much younger than today
? I never need
? I never needed anybody's help in any way ?
? Now ? But now, these days are gone
? These days are gone ? I'm not so self-assured
? And now I find
? Now I find I've changed my mind ?
And opened up the doors ?
? Help me if you can, I'm feeling down ?
? And I do appreciate you being round ?
? Help me get my feet back on the ground ?
? Won't you please, please help me? ?
? Now my life has changed ? ? And now my life has changed
? In, oh, so many ways ? My independence ?
? My independence seems to vanish in the haze ?
? Oh, and now and then ? ? But every now and then
? I feel so insecure ? I know that I ?
? I know that I just need you like ?
? I've never done before
? Help me if you can, I'm feeling down ?
? And I do appreciate you being round ?
? Help me get my feet back on the ground ?
? Won't you please, please help me? ?
? When I was younger, so much younger than today ?
? I never needed anybody's help in any way ?
? Now these days are gone ? ? But now these days are gone
? I'm not so self-assured
? And now I find ?
? Now I find I've changed my mind ?
? And opened up the door
? Help me if you can, I'm feeling down ?
? And I do appreciate you being round ?
? Help me get my feet back on the ground ?
? Won't you please, please help me? ?
? Help me, help me, ooh.
(audience cheering)
("Yesterday" intro plays)
(acoustic guitar plays soft chords)
? Yesterday...
? All my troubles seemed so far away ?
? Now it looks as though they're here to stay ?
? Oh, I believe in yesterday
? Suddenly
? I'm not half the man I used to be ?
? There's a shadow hanging over me ?
? Oh, yesterday came suddenly
? Why she had to to go, I don't know ?
? She wouldn't say
? I said something wrong
? Now I long for yesterday
? Yesterday
? Love was such an easy game to play ?
? Now I need a place to hide away ?
? Oh, I believe in yesterday
? Why she had to go, I don't know ?
? She wouldn't say
? I said something wrong
? Now I long for yesterday-ay-ay-ay ?
? Yesterday
? Love was such an easy game to play ?
? Now I need a place to hide away ?
? Oh, I believe in yesterday
? Mm-mm-mm, mm, mm, mm-mm.
(audience cheering)
Thank you.
Thank you very much, everyone.
Thank you, folks. Now listen,
this next song, this next number
happens to be one of me favorites, all right?
So we'd like to ask everyone a bit of a favor.
We need everyone to stand up.
Everybody stand up.
You're gonna know what to do.
All together now. Here we go.
One, two...
a one, two, three.
("Twist and Shout" intro playing)
? Well, shake it up, baby, now
? Shake it up, baby
? Twist and shout
? Twist and shout ?
? Come on, come on, come on, come on, baby, now ?
? Come on, baby
? Come on and work it on out
? Work it on out
? Well, work it on out ? Work it on out
? You know you look so good ? Look so good
? You know you got me going now ?
? Got me going
? Just like I know you would ? Like I knew you would, whoo
? Let's shake it up, baby, now ? Shake it up, baby
? Twist and shout
? Come on, come on, come on, come on, baby, now ?
? Come on, baby
? Come on and work it on out ? Work it on out
? You know you twist, little girl ?
? Twist, little girl
? You know you twist so fine ?
? Twist so fine
? Come on and twist a little closer now ?
? Twist a little closer
? And let me know that you're mine ?
? Let me know you're mine, whoo ?
All right, they told me you people at Pechanga
really know how to rock and roll, is that right?
All right, here's your chance to prove it.
On the count of four, open wide and say "Ah."
One, two, three, four.
? Ah...
? Ah... ah...
? Ah...
? Wow!
? Yeah, shake it up, baby, now
? Shake it up, baby
? Twist and shout
? Come on, come on, come on, come on, baby, now ?
? Come on, baby ? ? Come on and work it on out
? Work it on out
? Whoo! ? You know, you twist, little girl ?
? Twist, little girl
? You know you twist so fine ? Twist so fine
? Come on and twist a little closer now ?
? Twist a little closer
? And let me know that you're mine ?
? Let me know you're mine, whoo! ?
? Well, shake it, shake it, shake it, baby, now ?
? Shake it up, baby
? Well, shake it, shake it, shake it, baby, now ?
? Shake it up, baby
? Well, shake it, shake it, shake it, baby, now ?
? Shake it up, baby
One more time, everyone.
? Ah...
? Ah... ah...
? Yeah!
(playing flourish)
(song ends, audience cheering)
Hello again
Levitan and it is my Stu
andnor privilege
as wee with you
night ofe another great
music here on
Wisconsin with
the Fab
Theur. Ultimate
tribute. All those
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? Nothing is real
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? Strawberry Fields forever
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? Misunderstanding all you see
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? Nothing is real
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? Nothing is real
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? Strawberry Fields forever
? Strawberry Fields forever ?
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(opening chord of "Yellow Submarine" plays)
? In the town where I was born
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? Who sailed to sea
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? In the land of submarines
? So we sailed into the sun
? Till we found a sea of green
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? In our yellow submarine
? We all live in a yellow submarine ?
? Yellow submarine, yellow submarine ?
? We all live in a yellow submarine ?
? Yellow submarine, yellow submarine ?
? And our friends are all aboard ?
? Many more of them live next door ?
? And the band begins to play All right!
(carnival trumpets play)
? We all live in a yellow submarine ?
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? We all live in a yellow submarine ?
? Yellow submarine, yellow submarine ?
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? As we live a life of ease
? Every one of us Every one of us.
? Has all we need Has all we need.
? Sky of blue Sky of blue!
? And sea of green Sea of green!
? In our yellow In our yellow...
? Submarine Submarine! Ah-ha!
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? Yellow submarine, yellow submarine ?
? We all live in a yellow submarine ?
? Yellow submarine... (drumming)
? We all live in a yellow submarine ?
? Yellow submarine, yellow submarine ?
? We all live in a yellow submarine ?
? Yellow submarine, yellow submarine ?
One more time!
? We all live in a yellow submarine ?
? A yellow submarine...
Whoo-hoo!
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So, everybody now, if you wouldn't mind,
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One, two, three, four.
("Sgt. Pepper (Reprise) intro plays)
? We're Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ?
? We hope you have enjoyed the show ?
? Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ?
? We're sorry but it's time to go ?
? Sergeant Pepper's lonely
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? Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ?
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? It's getting very near the end ?
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("A Day in the Life" intro playing)
? I read the news today, oh, boy ?
? About a lucky man who made the grade ?
? And though the news was rather sad ?
? Well, I just had to laugh
? I saw the photograph
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? He didn't notice that the lights had changed ?
? A crowd of people stood and stared ?
? They'd seen his face before
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to anybody out there tonight
who still believes in peace,
love and freedom.
(audience cheering)
("Imagine" intro playing)
? Imagine there's no heaven
? It's easy if you try
? No hell below us
? Above us only sky
(drums and bass join in)
? Imagine all the people
? Living for today
? Ah, ah... ah
? Imagine there's no countries
? It isn't hard to do
? Nothing to kill or die for
? And no religion, too
? Imagine all the people
? Living life in peace
? Yoo-hoo, ooh
? You may say I'm a dreamer
? But I'm not the only one
? I hope someday you'll join us ?
? And the world will be as one
? Imagine no possessions
? I wonder if you can
? No need for greed or hunger
? A brotherhood of man
? Imagine all the people
? Sharing all the world
? Yoo-hoo, ooh
? You may say I'm a dreamer
? But I'm not the only one
? I hope someday you'll join us ?
? And the world will live as one. ?
(audience cheering)
Thank you.
("Here Comes The Sun" intro plays)
(keyboard plays in harmony)
? Here comes the sun, doo-doo, doo-doo ?
? Here comes the sun
? And I say it's all right
? Little darling, it's been a long, cold, lonely winter ?
? Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here ?
? Here comes the sun, doo-doo, doo-doo ?
? Here comes the sun, and I say it's all right ?
? Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces ?
? Little darling, it seems like years since it's been here ?
? Whoo...
? Here comes the sun, doo-doo, doo-doo ?
? Here comes the sun, and I say it's all right ?
? Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
? Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting ?
? Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear ?
? Here comes the sun, doo-doo, doo-doo ?
? Here comes the sun, and I say it's all right ?
? Here comes the sun, doo-doo, doo-doo ?
? Here comes the sun
? It's all right
(plays ending flourish)
(audience cheering)
("Get Back" intro playing)
? Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner ?
? But he knew it couldn't last
? Jojo left his home in Tucson, Arizona ?
? For some California grass
? Get back, get back
? Get back to where you once belonged ?
? Get back, get back
? Get back to where you once belonged ?
? Get back, Jojo
(playing solo)
? Go home
? Get back ? Come on
? Get back
? Back to where you once belonged ?
? Get back, get back
? Back to where you once belonged... yeah ?
? Get back, Jo
I didn't hear ya. How you feeling?
(audience cheering)
? Sweet Loretta Martin thought she was a woman ?woman
? But she was another man
? All the girls around her say she's got it coming ?
? But she gets it while she can ?
? Oh, get back, get back
? Get back to where you once belonged ?
? Get back, get back
? Get back to where you once belonged ?
? Get back, Loretta
(playing solo)
? Go home, oh, get back ?
Come on. Let's hear ya!
One more time.
? Get ba-a-ack
? Get back to where you once belonged ?
? Ooh...
(drum break, all clapping in rhythm)
(song resumes)
? Oh, yeah
? Get back, Loretta
? Your mama's waiting for you
? Wearing her high-heel shoes and her low-neck sweater ?
? Back home, Loretta
? Get back, get ba-a-ack
? Get back to where you once belonged ?
? Get back, get ba-a-ack
? Get back to where you once belonged ?
? Whoo...
(music fades out)
(audience cheering)
? Oh, yeah, get back
? All right, Loretta
? Mama's waiting for ya.
(playing flourish)
(song ends)
All right. Thanks so much, everyone.
Thank you so much. Cheers.
Thanks.
How about your, how about our guitarist's pants?
Do you like those pants or what?
(plays glissando)
(laughs)
All right, the next song expresses how we all feel.
We all want to change, and a change for the good.
And this change goes like George!
(guitar plays fast riff)
(screaming)
? You say you want a revolution ?
? Well, you know
? We all want to change the world ?
? You tell me that it's evolution ?
? Well, you know
? We all want to change the world ?
? But when you talk about destruction ?
? Don't you know that you can count me out? ?
? Don't you know it's gonna be all right? ?
? All right?
? You say you got a real solution ?
? Well, you know
? We'd all love to see your plan ?
? You ask me for a contribution ?
? Well, you know
? We're all doing what we can
Yeah!
? But if you want money for people with minds that hate ?
? All I can tell you is, brother, you have to wait ?
? Don't you know it's gonna be all right? ?
? All right?
Everybody, stand up! Come on!
(guitar playing solo)
? Well, you know
? We'd all love to change your head ?
? Shooby-doo-wop, oh, shooby-doo-wop ?
? You tell me it's the institution ?
? Well, you know
? You better free your mind instead ?
? Shooby-doo-wop, oh, shooby-doo-wop ?
? But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao ?
? You ain't gonna make it with anyone anyhow ?
? Don't you know it's gonna be all right? ?
Let me hear ya! Come on!
Pechanga, one more time!
Look out!
? All right!
? All right, all right!
(playing flourish)
(song ends)
(audience cheering)
Thank you.
Thank you very much. Thank you!
All right, so we're gonna leave you with one more.
? Hey, Jude, don't make it bad
? Take a sad song and make it better ?
? Remember to let her into your heart ?
? Then you can start to make it better ?
(acoustic guitar joins in)
? Hey, Jude, don't be afraid
? You were made to go out and get her ?
? Ah... ? The minute you let her under your skin ?
? Then you begin
? To make it better
? And any time you feel the pain ?
? Ah... ? Hey, Jude, refrain
? Don't carry the world upon your shoulders ?
? For, well, you know that it's a fool who plays it cool ?
? By making his world a little colder ?
? Na, na-na, na, na, na-na-na-na ?
? Hey, Jude, don't let me down
? You have found her, now go and get her ?
? Let it down, let it in ?
? Remember to let her into your heart ?
? Then you can start to make it better ?
Yeah!
? So let it out and let it in
? Ah... ? Hey, Jude, begin
? You're waiting for someone
? To perform with
? And don't you know that it's just you ?
? Oh... ? Hey, Jude, you'll do
? The movement you need is on your shoulder ?
? Na, na-na, na, na, na-na-na-na ?
? Yeah...
All together now.
? Hey, Jude, don't make it bad
Come on. All together. Let's hear ya.
? Take a sad song and make it better ?
Come on! You're on the telly! Louder!
? Remember to let her under your skin ?
? Then you'll begin to make it better ?
? Better, better, better, better, better ?
Take it to... ? Yeah!
? Yeah... yeah-yeah- yeah-yeah-yeah ?
? Nah, nah, nah, nah-nah-nah-nah ?
? Oh, yeah
? Nan-nah-nah-nah
? Hey, Jude
Look at that. Keep on doing it.
Let's see those hands up, everyone.
Come on. Yeah!
? Nah, nah, nah, nah-nah-nah-nah ?
? Oh, yeah
? Nah-nah-nah-nah
? Hey, Jude
Keep it going. You sound great out there.
? Nah, nah, nah, nah-nah-nah-nah ?
? Whoo!
? Nah-nah-nah-nah
? Hey, Jude
Oh, it sounds so sweet out there.
Keep it coming now.
? Nah, nah, nah, nah-nah-nah-nah ?
? Whoo!
? Nah-nah-nah-nah
? Hey, Jude
All right, fellas, let them sing.
Come on. Just you!
(bass and drums keep beat)
AUDIENCE: ? Nah, nah, nah, nah-nah-nah-nah ?
? Nah-nah-nah-nah
? Hey, Jude
Fantastic. Just the ladies now. Come on, girls.
WOMEN: ? Nah, nah, nah, nah-nah-nah-nah ?
Ooh, yeah.
Sounds lovely indeed, don't it?
? Nah-nah-nah-nah, hey, Jude ?
Lovely girls. All right, fellas, let's top that.
Come on, guys.
GUYS: ? Nah, nah, nah, nah-nah-nah-nah ?
JOHN: I don't know, guys.
? Nah-nah-nah-nah
? Hey, Jude
Sorry, fellas, I think the girls win! Oh, yeah!
? Nah, nah, nah, nah-nah-nah-nah ?
You won a date with Mr. Sullivan out there.
? Nah-nah-nah-nah, hey, Jude
? Ju-Judey, Judey-Judey-Judey-Judey, wow ?
? Nah, nah, nah, nah-nah-nah-nah ?
Whoo! ? Nah-nah-nah
? Nah-nah-nah-nah, hey, Jude ?
? Oh, you know you can make it ?
? Ju-Judey, you're gonna make it ?
? Nah, nah, nah
Don't think about it, Jude.
? Nah-nah-nah-nah
Make it sound soul. Make it better.
? Nah-nah-nah-nah, hey, Jude ?
? Hey, yeah, one more time now, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.?
? Nah, nah, nah, nah-nah-nah-nah ?
? Take it, Jude
? Nah-nah-nah-nah
? Hey, Jude, Ju-Ju-Judey
(playing flourish)
? Whoo-hoo-hoo-ooh- ooh-ooh. ?
Oh, once again, once again, you guys were fantastic.
You guys are truly the best. Cheers!
(plays flourish)
(song ends, audience cheering)
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[Gentle rock music]
[Police siren wailing]
[Gentle pensive music]
[Gentle instrumental music]
[Gentle spirited music]
[Gentle orchestra music]
["Curtain Call" by Joe Bonamassa]
? Burnt skies and the trees are dead and gray ?
? Aftermath of a war we never made ?
? My grandfather a railroad man ?
? Not afraid of right and wrong ?
? Or how to take a stand ?
? Into the fire ?
? Against the wind ?
? Up and down and back again ?
? Under the bridge ?
? Over the coals ?
? This is the march of a broken soul ?
? Step by step one by one ?
? You'll be counted on ?
? Lights go up so don't be late ?
? For the curtain call ?
? 'Cause I've never been the type to seize the moment ?
? It's not too late ?
? While breaking down the bricks in the wall ?
? Dusty town south of Mandalay ?
? Where she still lives to this day ?
? Tears are hot and the trail's gone cold ?
? The demons follow me wherever I go ?
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? Up and down and back again ?
? Under the bridge ?
? Over the coals ?
? This is the march of a broken soul ?
? Step by step one by one ?
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? Lights go up so don't be late ?
? For the curtain call ?
? 'Cause I've never been the type to seize the moment ?
? It's not too late ?
? While breaking down the bricks in the wall ?
[Guitar solo]
[Slide guitar solo]
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? Aftermath of a war we never made ?
? My grandfather a railroad man ?
? Not afraid of right and wrong ?
? Or how to take a stand ?
? Into the fire ?
? Against the wind ?
? Up and down and back again ?
? Under the bridge ?
? Over the coals ?
? This is the march of a broken soul ?
? Step by step one by one ?
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? Lights go up so don't be late ?
? For the curtain call ?
? 'Cause I've never been the type to seize the moment ?
? It's not too late ?
? While breaking down the old bricks in the wall ?
[Guitar solo]
[Guitar solo continues]
[Crowd cheering and applauding]
? I wanna go there I wanna climb ?
? Now I don't know about no law I don't see no crime ?
? Ain't no reason ain't no rest ?
? I wanna get down to the woman and get undressed ?
? And I can't stand it, I can't stand it ?
? I can't wait to see them walls falling down ?
? Tell me Jesus why they run ?
? Is it by the weight of the woman the weight of the gun ?
? Got 15 minutes now and I just don't care ?
? I'm gonna take this all for granted when I get back ?
? And I can't stand it, and I can't stand it ?
? I can't wait to see them walls falling down ?
? And I can't stand it, I can't stand it ?
? I can't wait to see them walls falling down ?
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? No where tomorrow a Sunday rhyme ?
? You know all good things come in there time ?
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["No Good Place For The Lonely" by Joe Bonamassa]
? I keep walking walking these cold city streets ?
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? 'Cause no good place for the lonely ?
[Guitar solo]
[Crowd cheering and applauding]
["Last Matador Of Bayonne" by Joe Bonamassa]
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? The last matador of Bayonne ?
? Tomorrow this place falls ?
? Into silence ?
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[Guitar solo softens in intensity]
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? The last matador of Bayonne ?
? A hundred years of past ?
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[Soft guitar solo and orchestral music]
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["Prisoner" by Joe Bonamassa]
? Never been wrong ?
? You're the only one I trust to ?
? Show me the way ?
? I always hear your voice ?
? In my dreams ?
? Hear you calling ?
? Out my name ?
? What is it about you? ?
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? And I can't turn away ?
? I'm like a prisoner captured in your eyes ?
? I've been taken, taken by surprise ?
? I'm like a prisoner captured in your eyes ?
? Well I've been taken, I've been hypnotized ?
? Your eyes say everything ?
? You want to keep me here forever ?
? Oh I can't escape ?
? One minute so sincere ?
? Then you completely turn against me ?
? Oh I'm afraid ?
? You don't have to say you love me ?
? 'Cause if you want me now I'll stay ?
? I can't turn away ?
? I'm like a prisoner captured in your eyes ?
? Oh I've been taken, taken by surprise ?
? I'm like a prisoner captured in your eyes ?
? Oh I've been taken, I've been hypnotized ?
[Guitar solo]
[Guitar solo continues]
? I'm like a prisoner captured in your eyes ?
? Oh I've been taken, I've been hypnotized ?
? I'm like a prisoner captured in your eyes ?
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? Oh I've been taken, I've been hypnotized ?
[Guitar solo]
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[Crowd cheering and applauding]
["Twenty-Four Hour Blues" by Joe Bonamassa]
? Every morning when I wake up ?
? Lord I cry a pool of tears ?
? Seven days now since you left me ?
? Well it seems like seven years ?
? Loneliness keeps hanging around my door ?
? Long-wanted friend I can't lose ?
? Every day the same normal pain ?
? The 24 hours blues ?
? Lonely minutes turn into hours ?
? Keep waitin' by the telephone ?
? You don't call me I guess I'll leave ?
? Spend another sleepless night alone ?
? Oh I can't seem to keep myself together ?
? Without you it's all bad news ?
? Every day the same normal pain ?
? The 24 hours blues ?
[Guitar solo]
? Whoa If you don't hurry on back to me ?
? Then I have nothing left to lose ?
? Nothing left to lose ?
? Justice spoke with the walls ?
? The 24 hours blues ?
? Yeah ?
? Every day the same pain ?
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? 24 hours blues ?
[Guitar solo]
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[Guitar solo continues]
? 24 hours blues ?
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? 24 hours blues ?
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? 24 hours blues ?
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[Crowd cheering and applauding]
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["Self-Inflicted Wounds" by Joe B
["Self-Inflicted Wounds" by Joe Bonamassa]
[Bluesy bass intro]
? You got a lot of nerve trying to blame ?
? Someone else for your mistakes ?
? You got a lot of nerve offering up your help ?
? You can't carry your weight ?
? Yeah it's a put on ?
? Another late night show ?
? Yeah it's a put on ?
? Pretending you don't know ?
? The self inflicted wounds ?
? I did 'em on my own ?
? Yeah was first to draw the knife ?
? Last to throw the stone ?
? Oh the trust in me I have abused ?
? Oh have mercy on my ?
? Self inflicted wounds ?
? You never get away with trying to tell yourself ?
? One of your own lies ?
? You never get away holding back those tears ?
? Trying not to cry ?
? Darling hold on ?
? Let me try to explain ?
? Darling hold on ?
? Tryin' to own all this pain ?
? The self inflicted wounds ?
? I did 'em on my own ?
? Yeah I was first to draw the knife ?
? Last to throw the stone ?
? Oh your trust in me I have abused ?
? Oh have mercy on my ?
? Self inflicted wounds ?
? Yeah I'm looking for redemption ?
? Love's hallowed ground ?
? Yeah I'm praying for forgiveness ?
? And I've searched around ?
? But there's none to be found ?
[Guitar solo]
? Self inflicted wounds ?
? Yeah I did 'em on my own ?
? Yeah was first to draw the knife ?
? Last to throw the stone ?
? Oh I trust in me I have abused ?
? Oh have mercy on my ?
? Self inflicted wounds ?
? Oh have mercy on my ?
? Self inflicted wounds ?
? I said please please please ?
? Please have mercy on me ?
? 'Cause I know I have done wrong ?
? Too many times I've done wrong ?
? Oh oh oh ?
? Oh oh ?
? Oh ?
[Crowd cheering and applauding]
? Oh ?
? Ah ?
? Ah ah ?
? Oh have mercy ?
? Oh have mercy on me ?
[Crowd cheering and applauding]
[Credits]
[Gentle music]
[Gentle music continues and crashing sound]
[Guitar riffing]