 Transgrant ladies and gentlemen the railroad hour Tonight the Association of American Railroad presents the delightful Victor Herbert operetta babes in Toiland Darling Gordon Macrae and his charming guest star Lucille Norman Our choir is under the direction of Norman Lube off and our music is prepared and conducted by Carmen dragon Yes tonight another memorable musical success is brought to you by the American Railroad The same railroads that bring you the food you eat the clothes you wear the fuel you burn and the multitude of other things You use in your daily life the same railroads that bring you the finest in safe Luxurious all-weather transportation at the price you can afford And now here is our star Gordon Macrae You my little and good evening ladies and gentlemen Well, sir, what do you know these two seasons? So we're going back to the storybook days for the days of remember when These are once upon a time When you Well, sir, we'd like to have you meet some of the celebrated citizens of Toiland though They're really probably old friends of yours. So fellow citizens forward March May we present Miss Hood first name red riding lovely child very devoted to a grandmother That's our friend Peter over there. That boy has a mad passion for pumpkin pie And look at their simple Simon and Miss Muppet who doesn't care a bit for spiders What is Tom Tom the Piper's son and little boy blue boy farmer? So grab your trumpet, mr. Blue, and it's all forward Say these crying why it's little Bo Peep Manable what seems to be the trouble? You haven't gone and lost those sheep again We'll see Look Bo Peep there's no use worrying Never mind Bo Peep. We will find your sheep Mabel Pete though a stray your sheep in pastures new Never mind And bring them home Dear fellow citizens of Toiland How are you Mary? I'm quite well. Thank you considering. I'm so contrary dear Mary Have you had any word from Alan and Jane? No Tom Tom their wicked uncle Barnaby says they've both been lost to see If it's true, then I'll never see my beloved Alan again golly. Mary It looks as if you'll have to spend the rest of your life teaching arithmetic Everybody knows what a dreadful thing arithmetic is It's so everlasting me dull Two and two just always seem to equal four But I'll give it some variety It's way to thousand times and sailed by thousand It's a make for almost six, but you subtract or multi- On one long arithmetic problem Don't give away on the disguise Uncle Barnaby tried to have us killed at sea and he won't hesitate to have us killed here You think you'll recognize me disguise as a gypsy fortune teller? I don't recognize you Alan and you're my own brother Oh look a gypsy fortune teller Perhaps he can tell me about my own true love Fortune teller. Yes my pretty. What is your name? For at home For at who flirts with the future Will you tell my fortune? Give me your hand Such a pretty hand No song Ah, yes, I can read the entire future For I am a Romany rye A timorous sprite of the wild hood I dabble in magic both comic and tragic Which I have been from my childhood Great is my mystical mind The blizzard and avalanche mind me I'm likewise a voodoo at casting a voodoo Qualify by this fuel boy to tell you a glance Great notice I'll I'll be glad to pay you in advance, senor floreto. How much will you charge me? Oh uh A kiss Now tell me what do you read in my palm? Your name begins with an M That's right It's not mafusula or mohittable or marmaduke or minnehaha No, I have it. It's Mary You're wonderful I always thought so Oh now let me see. Oh, you should marry a chap whose name begins with uh an A Alan He's charming Gifted and attractive To know him is to love him Oh, but he's dead and will never come back to me. What's happening here? Barnaby I will not have gypsies wandering around giving toilet and a bad name shoe shoe. You better be careful where you put your shoe Besides I have an important announcement to make. I have decided to marry the lovely though sometimes Compare a Mary. Oh Mary But Barnaby aren't you a little well old for me? Certainly not Besides Barnaby, I'm Well, I'm in love with somebody else with Alan, but he's been lost at sea. He's asleep with the oysters Makes me feel like I'm swimming in tartar sauce. I have positive proof that he will never return Oh, no, I'm in love with somebody new with um, with the Barney old friend Mary Who is Barney old friend? Oh Tom Tom? I can't marry that old ogre Barnaby. So I just made him up Is a lad some coffee so wild ones come from there And be sure it isn't him for girls, he casts a spell Oh, but there for between us from the cell He's been to the heart, Ellen Made me He's forgotten all about me. No, Alan. It's not true You heard her Jane. She's fallen in love with some County Claire Casanova named old Flynn. What are we going to do Alan? Must leave here dear sister and never return Leave Toyland I have nothing more to keep me here Mary is in love with somebody else and uncle Barnaby might try to kill us Be boundless here I'll go with you Bye Toyland Bye forever We'll return in just a moment for act two of Babes in Toyland Before this week is over will come the exciting moment millions of us have anxiously awaited for many months Across the land from the nation's capital to the golden gate from the canadian border to the gulf coast We'll roll the thrilling and familiar command And these timetables reflecting the railroad's characteristic flexibility Make allowances for the exciting possibilities of extra inning games Suddenly arranged double headers and other unpredictable features By now the railroads are all set to play ball with your favorite team Ready to provide a safe comfortable dependable home on the roads for players managers trainers sportswriters and fans Minor league teams of course also travel a great deal by train and for the same reasons Dependability of service and safety are paramount considerations Add to that the unequal convenience afforded by comfortable sleeping accommodations and dining car service enroute Plus the comforts and opportunity for restful relaxation after a hard game And you have the reasons why most of the big league ball players depend on the railroads To carry them through their grueling 154 game schedules They are after all the same reasons why you choose the railroads For your vacation business and pleasure travel For dependability comfort and safety You can't beat the nation's number one form of transportation The railroads Now here is act two of the laurence and lee version of victor herbert's musical fairy tale babes in toiland Starring gordon mackray as alan and lucille norman as contrary mary When jane and i left toiland never more to return we went to a distant land We found work in a spot that was the closest thing to the real toiland. We love so much The shop of the master toy maker And we tried to forget our troubles in the busy preparation for christmas Hurry hurry hurry every toy must be ready in time for christmas See that all the music about his play on key Good good see that every mama doll says mama Good good After all we wouldn't want a mama doll to say papa I guess just about everything is ready for christmas. Yes, sir. Everything's ready Hail to Hail to christ, dear frisk wringo We'll break frisk wringo Very good. That's the spirit the christmas spirit to be exact. Oh, oh, I almost forgot to mention We have a new sales lady a recent arrival in these parks. Her name is mary mary q. Contrary Jane did you hear that? Yes alan. What are you supposed to be doing here? Must hide until we find out you get in that packing box and i'll just stand here and pretend to be a wooden soldier Here comes our new sales lady now. Welcome miss. Contrary. Thank you master toy maker Now you are to be in charge of all the dolls have a look around the stock. You'll find quite a variety of them. Oh, thank you Oh, how beautiful they all are Dolls of all nations side by side on the same shelf. What a beautiful world that makes Hello, little norwegian doll. Hello, little dutch doll with the pigtails and the wooden shoes And this one a british doll. Do you say mama dolly? May Turn. Oh, yes. And here's a french doll. Do you say mama too little one? Wee wee Oh, if alan were not lost to me, we might have had such beautiful dolls of our own And each night I would have sung lullabies to them, but it was never meant to be I was this a wooden soldier He looks just like alan But he certainly needs a paint job A paint job and he ought to have some medals on his chest I'll sew some on him. Oh, no, I forgot. He's a wooden soldier Well, I'll just nail them on to him Oh dear, I wish you weren't wooden I wish you were alan so I could tell you how much I love you and how I ran off from that wicked Barnaby and how I had to make up a sweetheart named o flinn to stay out of the old man's clutches You made him up He talks Mary It's me alan Mary I'll never leave you again But wait, you're sure there's nobody named o flinn you love me. I'll never never Downing, you know, there's one test of true love the toys the toys Everybody knows that a toy is only worth something when there's a child to love it Otherwise it might just as well be wood and cloth and buttons That's why toys always know when there's love around especially at holiday time at christmas or easter What happened alan? Close your eyes They feel that love's in the air they They start to march My eyes are closed. I'm listening and loving They're starting to march Wooden soldiers the beautiful dolls the jacks in the box. They're all falling to the line Oh forward forward march The whole room the whole world is filled with love Will you marry me marry? Oh, yes, dear alan, but only back in toiland I love the guests we feel normal we'll be back in just one moment and meanwhile our thanks to poly bear julie bennett Sam edwards lou maryl and to all the members of our company Babes in toiland with book and lyrics by glenn mcdonough and music by victor herbert was dramatized for the railroad hour by laurence and lee The railroad hour is brought to you each week at the same time by the american railroads And now folks here again as our charming guest miss lucy or norman Thank you, gordon and congratulations on the good news in the may issue of radio tv mirror magazine I see the readers have again voted the railroad hour as their favorite radio musical program That is good news lucille and for myself and on behalf of the entire cast I certainly wish to thank the editors for conducting the poll And the readers of radio tv mirror magazine for voting this honor to the railroad hour It sure means a lot to us. Well, what's on the show train next week gordon? Well, you just listen I'm on my hand one of my favorite songs. Oh, it's mine, too It's vince and humans unforgettable smiles lucy And the lane malbon will be here to play the title role I'm sure everybody will have time on their hands next monday night so they can listen Good night, gordon night lucy. We're expecting you back again real soon Oh Well, dear friends. It looks is all ready to pull out. So until next monday night and smiles On behalf of the rest of the cast and of the american railroads. This is your friend gordon mcray saying Vaved in toyland was presented by special arrangement with the tans whitmark music library Our choir is under the direction of norman lube off and our music is prepared and conducted by common dragon This is marvin miller saying goodbye until next week for the american railroads and reminding you Some 23 million americans now living will die of cancer if present rates continue This must not happen each of us must help the american cancer society fight and conquer this dread disease May is your contribution to cancer c a n c e r Care of your local post office And now stay tuned for your monday night of music on nbc Transcribe keep tuned for the pacific telephone hour with eile