 transcribed ladies and gentlemen the railroad out here comes our star-studded show train tonight the association of american railroads presents the lovely operetta fred rica with the great music of france leahar starring gordon mackray and his charming guest patricia mooreson our choir is under the direction of norman lubeau and the music is prepared and conducted by carmen dragon yes tonight another great musical success is brought to you by the american railroads the same railroads that bring you most of the food you eat the clothes you wear the fuel you burn and all the other things you use in your daily life and now here is our star gordon mackray tonight i shall be the poet girth and lovely patricia mooreson the girl he loved all his life the unforgettable fred rica why not the gold in the sky and the silver in the treetops are spinning us a wall every leaf has a voice every breath of wind plays a melody listen who will you always wish to dance with me always fred rica ah that's the trouble with the world nobody believes that poet can do anything but moon and past here and we're silly clothes the whole forest is singing i want to be with you always ah the sunday you'll be famous you'll forget me and the tiny forest in the country how could i every thought i have every theme i have every dream i have is fred rica i don't understand anything at all in this world my darling unless he loves it but tell me how can you know how can you be sure fred rica oh i asked somebody who is looking for you they say it's the most important thing that happened in your life now come quickly but i congratulate you for what i can able the duke has read some of your poetry some of your little plays he offers you a position as a member of his court at thima well i don't wish to leave here could could that we could come with me certainly not oh then i won't go what you can begin work on me the devil's story of yours what's it called fast yes you will have a theater publication for your poems they won't just drift away in the forest incidentally the form the duke like best was your rose in the heather you know her cannibal who the rose in the heather is fred rica you did want to go to buy my ticket this is the dream of my life and what will you tell fred rica a lie and a beautiful lie fred rica yes i'm dr nabel of that university oh can i do anything for you have a friend can do a great deal or our young friend girth i would do anything for you this young man has a very rare gift the ability to put on paper but you and i merely feel i know i know he has an opportunity to go to thima but he will not go without you and the duke would not permit such an arrangement oh give him a year of course two years at the most oh he must go i'll make him go but you must find a woman's way of telling yes yes even if i must lie to him why not give him the three times no our dancing day was fun for a while to make believe while you were a student like acting in a play fred rica but it do must be practical a groom world the merchant from strausburg has asked me to marry him and and i've accepted it i don't i don't believe it he will give me a carriage a home perhaps we shall have a family a merchant is much more practical than a poet i see if life is to be a smooth ride one must be sure of a handsome carriage as for me i shall continue to walk goodbye fred rica oh did you mean that about marrying yet no one but by the time girder finds out he'll be in by mar but you're throwing your heart away oh no no linds i'm sending it with him version of france layhouse fred rica starring gordon macray is the poet girder and patricia morrison as fred rica i hear a waltz playing and you are in my arms we're back in the old day i'm lost i cannot live if you're not with me this is my major work for this manuscript look unfinished sorry of my own life foust sold his soul to the devil i've sold my soul for fame and glory well you're going home i'm going home underprivileged oh it's not very often a little town like this gets to be a famous poet in the place white and you know that for dinner we've named every dish after a poem of yours oh i see you're going to make me eat my own words but i cannot eat i cannot do anything left until i get just one look at frowl groom walk my friend there is no frowl groom board she's dead no but she never married her groom board she never married anyone now if you'll turn around there's a lady in the doorway who is smiling fred rica fred rica welcome home here gordon dance with me oh it is not often i can dance with a famous poet except in my imagination just knowing you were here where my mind could touch your mind across the miles it made this earth a garden do you remember how we danced in the forest i remember what has he been doing all these years why haven't you married i've been a nurse maid taking care of other people's children and i've been waiting oh fred rica come on to the moonlight with me this dude every night and do you know what the villagers call me he distracted you from your work with his petty request he promises you a year two years it's necessary of solitude and financial independence so that you might finish house no and meanwhile he will build you a theater the finest in germany so that your great work can come alive on the stage i'll write it here a man must live and a man must do what he must do oh my dear love you must go your work is important i do nothing will be better from return the time will pass quickly there's a whole lifetime to look forward to a whole lifetime fred rica no no new hopes let me keep the old memory goodbye goodbye the key into our entire company fred rica by france leahar and edward ellis cue was dramatized for the railroad hour by laurence and glee the railroad hours brought to each week at this time by the american railroads in most parts of the country the opening whistle of the railroad hour locomotive starts your popular monday night of music on nbc and an important part of the night's train of music is the band of america sponsored by city service tonight city service is celebrating its 25th anniversary on radio so congratulations city service on your enviable record of entertaining america and now here again is our lovely fred rica patricia marissa singing my great friends leha music with you well you must come back real soon pat next time i hope i end up with you instead of the devil this boy is a pretty foul worker um who are you romancing next week gordon well the lovely dorthy kirsten pat and we're going to be warbing the great brutal criminal music of the firefly happy janina mia to both of you goodnight gordon goodnight pat you are wonderful oh well it looks as though ready to pull off the song till next monday night and the firefly this is gordon mackray saying goodnight rica was presented by a range that was century library incorporated of new york gordon mackray will soon be seen starring in warner brothers about faith our buyer is under the direction of norman lube off and our music is prepared and conducted by carman drag this is marvin miller saying goodbye until next week for the american railroad now keep tuned for your monday night of music on nbc the pre-city was transcribed stay tuned for the telephone hour next on nbc