 that song never went and I wrote it myself you know this afternoon we were out here rehearsing while I was talking to the social secretary and she said Raj now tonight it's gonna be a little cool so she said play it peppy and play it fast so here's about the fastest number I know gentlemen get out the flight of the bumblebee will you well I'm out of time but before I play autumn leaves I always have to play that one I just want to thank President and Mrs. Reagan for inviting me here tonight I'd like to thank all of you for coming I want to leave you with a little poem when nature paints with colors bold the autumn leaves of red and gold touch of sadness fills our hearts for soon we know this all departs like autumn leaves these moments here will fade and die and disappear a blaze of glory all around then suddenly without a sound autumn leaves Rocky Top Tennessee Rocky Top are looking for a moonshine stick They ain't Rocky Top the dirt's too rocky by far Rocky Top get their corn from a jar Rocky Top Two jukebox all night When I see these are the things that we took on to make some changes in our own name Beat them, join them, you wanted me to be Well I'll change if it takes that Just follow the step Didn't say quite right today Just say what they Thank you so much First of all I want to say a special thanks to President and Mrs. Reagan for inviting us deep south I was born in the state of Mississippi and raised in Mississippi and Alabama and I want to do these next few parts of songs special for President Reagan and Mrs. Reagan because I want to do it special for them for your days I know are filled with such horrible tasks that we never realize as an individual out of the White House so our prayers and our thoughts are with you and this is the kind of music that we're going to sing and dedicate special to you Go son I've been accused among other things of doing most of my rata song that was special for all you guys We don't want you to go away feeling slighted This is special for all of you Thank you so much You've been wonderful we love you and until we hopefully will leave you with this Yeah sit down Gee I didn't ever thought of that Well before I talk about these wonderful entertainers who've been so generous and kind with their entertainment It's so wonderful I want to thank at the beginning of the evening I want to thank my good friend from California and the other good friends with him and his troop are barbecuers from Santa Maria, California who came here all the way to barbecue I thank Roger, I thank Roger Williams except he isn't here to hear that Now the reason he came down and said goodbye was he had to catch a plane so he's on his way and we appreciate his talent I know and we certainly all appreciate Tammy Winette You were nervous I had goosebumps Tammy it was beautiful and thank you so very much for being with us and you know I'm going to get a record of that and send it up to these ladies and gentlemen on the hill Stand by your man I like the whole idea and finally this Army Chorus it's always an inspiration to hear you and of course the Marine Orchestra has left us already and they were wonderful in their part of the program and this orchestra and your company that is with you, Tammy We're most grateful to all of you and I think one of the great pleasures that Nancy and I have had is getting to know so many of you personally in these 20 months that we've been here and to discover that we can disagree and still be agreeable and on the Republican side your support and guidance has been a valuable asset I don't take it for granted there's one thing you can't be called a rubber stamp I found that out on the tax bill but it's kind of like a happy marriage though you can have quarrels and it's still a happy marriage but somebody told me this is another news announcement that Dave Stockman is getting married his toughest budget battles lie ahead if you think he doesn't take the budget seriously the wedding cake is going to be a cheesecake made with surplus cheese but this has been an historical congress I want to say to all of you whichever side you were on I think a great philosophical change in direction and I think it's a tribute to our form of government to each of you that we can move from one basic economic and social perspective to another without a threat to the political freedoms that we all love so well and which we're so beautifully proclaimed by the chorus here but if there were any doubts you made it clear that we are publicans we are democrats but one thing for certain we are all Americans now again under an almost full moon weather turned out everything was just fine but this entertained Matami and all of you back there it was just wonderful and we thank you very much thank you