[BANJO PLAYS]
DID YOU KNOW THAT KNOWLEDGE OF OUR HEROES
WAS PASSED DOWN TO US BY PEOPLE TELLING STORIES?
FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.
FROM THE LOGGERS OF THE NORTHEAST
ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE PIONEERS IN THE COVERED WAGONS
THAT TRAVELED WESTWARD ON THE PLAINS.
THEY BEGAN AS POPULAR TALES OF SIMPLE MEN
WHO DID MIGHTY THINGS.
THE STORIES OF THEIR DEEDS GREW WITH EVERY RETELLING
INTO THE LEGENDS THAT FORGED OUR NATIONAL BACKBONE.
THESE TALES NOT ONLY GAVE HOPE AND LAUGHTER
TO EARLY AMERICANS--
THE SETTLERS, PIONEERS, IMMIGRANTS, FREED SLAVES,
MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN--
THEY GAVE THEM THE COMMON GROUND OF MYTH AND LEGEND,
FUELING THEIR COURAGE TO PUSH BACK THE FRONTIER
AND BUILD THIS GREAT COUNTRY OF OURS TOGETHER.
OUR FIRST TALE FIRED THE HEARTS OF AMERICANS
IN THE ALLEGHENY MOUNTAINS IN 1872.
IT GLORIFIED THE HERCULEAN EFFORTS OF A FREED SLAVE
NAMED JOHN HENRY.
ONE OF THE EARLIEST AFRICAN-AMERICAN ROLE MODELS,
HE WAS PROUDLY PROCLAIMED IN OLD TIME SPIRITUALS
AND WORK SONGS.
OVER THE YEARS, HIS LEGEND GREW.
PEOPLE ALL OVER THE NATION CAME TO RESPECT HIS MEMORY
AND LEARN OF HIS GREAT DEED,
PITTING HIS OWN FLESH AND BLOOD AGAINST THE GEARS AND WHEELS
OF AN ENCROACHING MODERN MACHINE.
THEY SAY THAT EVERYTHING ABOUT JOHN WAS EXTRA, EXTRA LARGE,
LIKE THIS HAMMER, HIS APPETITE,
HIS BELIEF THAT HE COULD MOVE MOUNTAINS.
AT A TIME WHEN AFRICAN-AMERICANS HAD JUST BEGUN
TO MAKE THEIR PLACE IN THE WORLD,
HE WAS A TOWERING EXAMPLE OF LEADERSHIP AND DETERMINATION.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, JOHN HENRY.
♪ A MAN WITH THE STRENGTH OF MANY ♪
♪ YES, HE WAS ♪
♪ BRAVE AND BOLD WITH A HEART OF GOLD ♪
♪ JOHN HENRY WAS A MIGHTY MAN ♪
♪ BORN WITH A HAMMER RIGHT IN HIS HAND ♪
♪ OH ♪
Polly: EVERY SOUL HAS A DREAM...
AND EVERY HEART HAS A WAY TO MAKE IT SO.
NOW LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY JOHN HENRY...
WHO LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS DREAM.
JOHN AND ME WERE BORN SLAVES.
NOTHIN’ TO CALL OUR OWN...
NOT EVEN EACH OTHER.
[WHIP CRACKS]
THEN THE DAY OF JUBILATION CAME
AND ALL THE SLAVES WERE FREE,
AND JOHN VOWED, "NEVER AGAIN!"
AND WITH THAT, I HAD THOSE CHAINS
FORGED INTO A MIGHTY HAMMER...
A PRESENT FOR JOHN ON OUR WEDDING DAY.
OH, YOU’D A-THOUGHT HE’D GOTTEN HIS FREEDOM ALL OVER AGAIN. HA!
HE SAID, "POLLY, I’LL DIE WITH THIS HAMMER IN MY HAND."
AND OFF WE SET TO FIND WORK AND A PLACE OF OUR OWN.
[MEN SHOUTING]
NOW, THE C&O RAILROAD HAD PROMISED LAND,
50 ACRES TO EVERY MAN WHO’D FINISH THE LINE.
BUT WHEN JOHN AND I CAME UP ON ’EM,
THEY WERE ALREADY WORN OUT
AND ’BOUT TO LOSE THEIR PROMISED LAND.
MacTavish: LADS! DEADLINE’S BEEN MOVED UP.
IF WE DO NOT GET TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT MOUNTAIN,
WE CAN KISS OUR LAND GOOD-BYE!
WHAT? THAT CAN’T BE DONE!
WE HAD A DEAL! IT’S NOT FAIR!
WE’RE WORKING AS HARD AS WE CAN!
I’LL TAKE YOU THERE.
AND WHEN DID YOU START BUILDING RAILROADS?
TODAY.
[GRUNTS]
Polly: ♪ WELL, COME ON, JOHN ♪
♪ YOU’RE THE ONE THAT WE’RE DEPENDING ON ♪
♪ SWING THAT HAMMER WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT ♪
♪ I KNOW YOU CAN SHOW ’EM HOW TO DO IT RIGHT ♪
♪ HUH ♪
♪ HAH ♪
♪ HUH ♪
♪ HAH ♪
♪ HUH ♪
Polly: JOHN’S HAMMER RANG OUT AND THE TALL TALES GREW.
♪ JOHN HENRY, JOHN HENRY ♪
♪ JOHN HENRY IS A MIGHTY MAN ♪
♪ BORN WITH A HAMMER ♪
♪ A 10-POUND HAMMER ♪
♪ A 20-POUND HAMMER RIGHT IN HIS HAND ♪
♪ I HEARD JOHN’S MAMA LIKED TO SEW AT NIGHT ♪
♪ SO HE PULLED DOWN THE MOON FOR A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT ♪
♪ TOOK A LOT OF COOKING TO KEEP JOHN FED ♪
♪ 10 DOZEN EGGS AND 8 LOAVES OF BREAD ♪
♪ JOHN HENRY, JOHN HENRY ♪
♪ JOHN HENRY IS A MIGHTY MAN ♪
♪ BORN WITH A HMER, BORN WITH A HAMMER ♪
♪ BORN WITH A HAMMER RIGHT IN HIS HAND ♪
♪ HE PLOWED THE EARTH SO WIDE AND DEEP ♪
♪ THE SEED HE SOWED THE GROUND HAD TO KEEP ♪
♪ HIS HAMMER HIT THE EARTH WITH SUCH A MIGHTY BLOW ♪
♪ EVERYTHING HE PLANTED WOULD JUMP UP AND GROW ♪
♪ JOHN HENRY, JOHN HENRY ♪
♪ JOHN HENRY IS A POWERFUL MAN ♪
♪ ALL OUR LIVES WE’VE BEEN SO POOR ♪
♪ JOHN, LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT WE’RE WORKING FOR ♪
Chorus: ♪ CANAAN LAND, CANAAN LAND ♪
♪ EVERYBODY WORKING FOR THE CANAAN LAND ♪
♪ HOME AND FREEDOM HAND IN HAND ♪
♪ WORKIN’ FOR THE CANAAN LAND ♪
♪ OH, MOVIN’ ON DOWN THE LINE ♪
♪ JOHN HENRY CAME RIGHT ON TIME ♪
♪ NOW WE’RE MOVIN’ ON DOWN THE LINE ♪
♪ JOHN HENRY CAME RIGHT ON TIME ♪
♪ HOME AND FREEDOM HAND IN HAND ♪
♪ WORKIN’ FOR THE CANAAN LAND ♪
[STEAM WHISTLE BLOWS]
[RUMBLING]
[ENGINE CHUGGING]
[MEN SHOUTING]
WHAT IS THAT THING?
IT’S A STEAM DRILL.
THAT THING’S GONNA TAKE OUR JOBS.
BUT--BUT WE HAD A CONTRACT.
AAH!
[MEN GRUMBLING]
WE HAD A DEAL! LET’S GET IT!
PUSH IT OVER!
[GRUNTING]
THIS AIN’T NO WAY TO SETTLE THINGS.
BUT, JOHN, THEY’RE THROWING US AWAY LIKE WE WAS NOTHIN’!
I’VE GOT A BETTER WAY. A CHALLENGE.
[HISSES]
I’VE GOT 2 FREE HANDS AND A 20-POUND HAMMER.
IF I CAN BEST THIS HERE MACHINE,
THE LAND YOU PROMISED IS OURS.
[HISSING]
JOHN, WE’RE FREE.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO DO THIS.
POLLY, IF THEY STEAL OUR DREAMS,
THEY PUT A CHAIN ’ROUND OUR SOULS.
SOMEBODY’S GOT TO STAND TALL.
BELIEVE IN ME.
[SIGHS]
Man: GO, JOHN.
Man: JOHN’S GONNA DO IT.
COME ON, JOHN! SHOW THAT STEAM DRILL!
FURTHEST BY SUNDOWN, GENTLEMEN!
Man: YOU CAN DO IT!
Man: THIS IS IT!
Man: YOU CAN DO IT, JOHN!
[CHEERING]
UNH! UNH!
♪ JOHN HENRY, JOHN HENRY ♪
♪ JOHN HENRY IS A MIGHTY MAN ♪
[ROARS]
UNH!
♪ JOHN HENRY, JOHN HENRY ♪
♪ JOHN HENRY IS A POWERFUL MAN ♪
♪ HUH ♪
♪ HAH ♪
♪ HUH ♪
♪ HAH ♪
♪ STEEL DRIVIN’ MAN, JOHN HENRY WAS ♪
♪ STEEL DRIVIN’ MAN, OH, YES, HE WAS ♪
♪ SO PROUD DEFIANT, A GENTLE GIANT ♪
♪ A STEEL DRIVIN’ NATURAL MAN ♪
[GRUNTING]
Man: JOHN WINS!
[CHEERING]
[STEAM WHISTLE BLOWS]
HUH?
IT’S NOT SUNDOWN YET.
[MEN GRUMBLING]
[SIGHS]
♪ WELL, A-COME ON, JOHN ♪
♪ YOU’RE THE ONE THAT WE’RE DEPENDIN’ ON ♪
♪ SWING THAT HAMMER, BUST THAT ROCK ♪
♪ COME ON, GIVE IT EVERYTHING YOU’VE GOT ♪
♪ JOHN HENRY, JOHN HENRY ♪
♪ JOHN HENRY IS A MIGHTY MAN ♪
♪ BORN WITH A HAMMER, BORN WITH A HAMMER ♪
♪ BORN WITH A HAMMER RIGHT IN HIS HAND ♪
♪ JOHN AND THE DRILL MADE THE VALLEY SHAKE ♪
♪ RUMBLIN’ ALMOST CAUSED AN EARTHQUAKE ♪
♪ THUNDER AND LIGHTNING WAS EVERYWHERE ♪
♪ OH, LORD, THAT BATTLE WAS YOND COMPARE ♪
♪ JOHN HENRY, JOHN HENRY ♪
♪ JOHN HENRY IS A POWERFUL MAN ♪
♪ BORN WITH A HAMMER, BORN WITH A HAMMER ♪
♪ BORN WITH A HAMMER RIGHT IN HIS HAND ♪
OHH! OHH!
[CHEERING AND LAUGHING]
[BANG]
[CLATTERING]
[GASPING]
AYE, POLLY, HE DID IT!
[GROANS]
OH, AND HE WAS SMILIN’...
’CAUSE HE MOVED THAT MOUNTAIN AND LED US TO THE PROMISED LAND.
YOU CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS, TOO, BABY.
ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS BELIEVE.
[THUNDER]
OH, DON’T YOU BE SCARED OF THAT THUNDER NO MORE, CHILD.
THE STORM’S DONE ROLLED AWAY,
JUST THE SOUND OF YOUR PAPA
DRIVIN’ STEEL TO GLORY.
SO, JUST REMEMBER...
♪ NO MOUNTAIN TOO HIGH ♪
♪ NO VALLEY TOO LOW ♪
♪ NO RIVER TOO WIDE ♪
♪ NO PLACE TOO FAR TO GO ♪
♪ O, BELIEVE ♪
♪ O, WHEN YOU BELIEVE YOU CAN OVERCOME ♪
♪ THE BATTLE IS ALREADY WON ♪
♪ O, JUST KEEP ON ♪ ♪ JUST KEEP ON KEEPIN’ ON ♪
♪ STAND TALL JUST LIKE JOHN ♪
IN TALCOTT, WEST VIRGINIA, A STATUE OF JOHN HENRY
NOW TOWERS OVER THE GREAT BEND TUNNEL.
IT IS A POWERFUL REMINDER THAT THE AMERICAN SPIRIT
IS AS INDOMITABLE TODAY AS IT WAS YESTERDAY.
"LONG, LONG AFTER,
"WHEN SETTLERS PUT UP BEAM AND RAFTER,
"THEY ASKED THE BIRDS, ’WHO GAVE THIS FRUIT?’
"’WHO WATCHED THIS FENCE TILL THE SEEDS TOOK ROOT?’
"TO THE FARTHEST WEST, HE FOLLOWED THE SUN;
HIS LIFE AN EMPIRE JUST BEGUN."
THESE ARE THE VERSES OF AN AMERICAN POET,
VACHEL LINDSAY,
WHO ADMIRED OUR NEXT HERO.
THE HERO...JOHN CHAPMAN,
KNOWN TO YOU AND ME AS JOHNNY APPLESEED.
WHEN AMERICA CELEBRATED ITS INDEPENDENCE IN 1776,
JOHNNY WAS A BAREFOOT BOY OF 3.
HE WAS A BEARDED VEGETARIAN,
WHO WORE A COFFEE SACK AND A TIN POT HAT.
HE LIVED BY HIS OWN RULES,
HE KILLED NO ANIMALS, HE LOVED THE EARTH,
AND BELIEVED THAT ALL MEN WERE HIS BROTHERS.
USING HIS LEGENDARY GREEN THUMB,
HE HELPED TO FEED HUNGRY PIONEERS
BY PLANTING APPLESEEDS OVER HUNDREDS OF MILES.
JOHNNY WAS PROOF THAT YOU DIDN’T NEED GREAT STRENGTH
OR SIZE TO BECOME AN AMERICAN LEGEND.
A MAN’S DEEDS CAN LIVE ON.
Settler: EVERY TIME I SEE AN APPLE BLOSSOM SKY,
I THINK OF JOHNNY APPLESEED.
’CAUSE, OF COURSE, THEM CLOUDS UP THAR,
THEY AIN’T REALLY CLOUDS AT ALL. NO, SIR.
WHY, SHUCKS, THERE WOULDN’T BE NO APPLE BLOSSOM SKY
IF IT WEREN’T FOR THE FACT THAT JOHNNY--
BUT NOW, HOLD ON HERE.
GUESS I BETTER START BACK TO THE BEGINNING,
AND THAT’S WHEN JOHNNY LIVED ON A FARM
NEAR PITTSBURGH TOWN.
THE YEAR WAS 1806, OR MAYBE THERE AROUND.
NOW, JUST TO LOOK AT HIM, YOU’D SAY JOHNNY APPLESEED
NEVER WOULD MAKE A PIONEER.
[WHISTLING]
HE WAS SUCH A SAWED-OFF, SCRAWNY LITTLE FELLA.
COURSE, THAT DIDN’T FAZE JOHNNY NONE.
SHUCKS, HE HAD HIS APPLE TREES,
AND THE MORNIN’ SUN, AND THE EVENIN’ BREEZE.
[WHISTLING]
[TWITTERING]
♪ THE LORD IS GOOD TO ME ♪
♪ AND SO I THANK THE LORD ♪
♪ FOR GIVIN’ ME THE THINGS I NEED ♪
♪ THE S AND RAIN AND AN APPLE SEED ♪
♪
[WHISTLING]
♪ I OWE THE LORD SO MUCH ♪
♪ FOR EVERYTHING I SEE ♪
♪ I’M CERTAIN, IF IT WEREN’T FOR HIM ♪
♪ THERE’D BE NO APPLES ON THIS LIMB ♪
♪ HE’S BEEN GOOD TO ME ♪
♪ OH, HERE AM I ’NEATH THE BLUE, BLUE SKY ♪
♪ A-DOIN’ AS I PLEASE ♪
♪ SINGIN’ WITH MY FEATHERED FRIENDS ♪
♪ HUMMIN’ WITH THE BEES ♪
♪ I WAKE UP EVERY DAY ♪
♪ AS HAPPY AS CAN BE ♪
♪ BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WITH HIS CARE ♪
♪ MY APPLE TREES, THEY WILL STILL BE THERE ♪
♪ OH, THE LORD IS GOOD TO ME ♪
[WHISTLING]
Settler: WORKIN’, SINGIN’, CAREFREE, AND GAY.
THAT’S HOW JOHNNY SPENT EACH DAY--
A-TENDIN’ TO HIS APPLE TREES.
Settler: LATELY, LITTLE JOHNNY HERE
WOULD FEEL A STIRRIN’ IN THE AIR.
A RUMBLIN’, ROLLIN’ UNDERBEAT
OF RESTLESS MEN WITH RESTLESS FEET.
Pioneers: ♪ ...ROLLIN’ WEST ♪
♪ THERE’S PLENTY OF ROOM FOR YOU ♪
♪ GET ON THE WAGON ROLLIN’ WEST ♪
♪ OUT TO THE GREAT UNKNOWN ♪
♪ GET ON THE WAGON ROLLIN’ WEST ♪
♪ OR YOU’LL BE LEFT ALONE ♪
Women: ♪ WE MADE A HOME BEFORE ♪
♪ WE’RE STARTIN’ OUT AGAIN ♪
Men: ♪ WE AIN’T A-FEARED O’ MAN NOR BEAST ♪
♪ WE’RE STRONG-HEARTED MEN ♪
All: ♪ SO GET ON THE WAGON ROLLIN’ WEST ♪
♪ SEEKIN’ A LAND THAT’S NEW ♪
♪ GET ON THE WAGON ROLLIN’ WEST ♪
♪ THERE’S PLENTY OF ROOM FOR YOU ♪
♪ GET ON THE WAGON ROLLIN’ WEST ♪
♪ OUT TO THE GREAT UNKNOWN ♪
♪ GET ON THE WAGON ROLLIN’ WEST ♪
♪ OR YOU’LL BE LEFT ALONE ♪
♪ THE RIVERS MAY BE WIDE ♪
♪ THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE TALL ♪
♪ BUT NOTHIN’ STOPS THE PIONEER ♪
♪ WE’RE TRAIL BLAZERS ALL ♪
♪ OH, GET ON THE WAGON ROLLIN’ WEST ♪
♪ OUT TO THE GREAT UNKNOWN ♪
♪ GET ON THE WAGON ROLLIN’ WEST ♪
♪ OR YOU’LL BE LEFT ALONE ♪
♪ YOU’LL BE LEFT ALONE ♪
Settler: POOR JOHNNY.
HE WEREN’T NO PIONEER AND HE KNOWED IT.
IT WAS ALL JUST PRETEND.
AND THEM FOLKS GOIN’ WEST TO BUILD THIS NATION
SURE MADE PICKIN’ APPLES
LOOK LIKE A PLUMB USELESS OCCUPATION.
WELL, SIR, THAT’S WHEN A MIRACLE HAPPENED.
Voice: WELL, WHAT’S HOLDIN’ YA, JOHNNY?
Settler: ...SAYS A VOICE.
Voice: GO ON.
GO ON OUT WEST, IF THAT’S YOUR CHOICE.
Settler: WELL, SIR, IT WAS A ANGEL.
JOHNNY’S OWN PRIVATE GUARDIAN ANGEL.
MIGHT LOOK MIGHTY QUEERSOME TO YOU AND ME,
BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT’S JUST THE WAY
JOHN FIGURED HE’D BE.
WELL, SPEAK UP, BOY.
DON’T STAND THERE GAWKIN’.
UNLOCK YOUR JAW AND GET TO TALKIN’.
Y-YES, SIR. YES, SIR!
WHY DON’T I GO WEST?
’CAUSE I AIN’T GOT THE MUSCLE
OR THE BREADTH OF CHEST.
OUT THAR, IT’S THE STRONG MEN
WHO SURVIVE, AND I’M ABOUT
THE PUNIEST FELLA ALIVE.
SHAME TO YA, JOHNNY.
YOU GOT FAITH AND COURAGE AND A LEVEL HEAD.
BUT, SHUCKS. YOU SEE, SIR,
ALL I KNOW IS APPLE TREES.
AND WHAT’S WRONG WITH APPLES, IF YOU PLEASE?
AIN’T THEY ’BOUT THE FINEST FRUIT
IN ALL THE LAND?
WHY--WHY, SHOOT, MAN. THEY TAKE THE CAKE.
JUST THINK, JOHNNY,
OF ALL THE THINGS THAT APPLES MAKE.
♪ THERE’S, UH, A-APPLE PICKLES ♪
♪ OH, SO TASTY ♪
♪ APPLE TARTS AND APPLE PASTY ♪
♪ APPLE DUMPLINGS, NOT TO MENTION ♪
♪ APPLESASS? ♪ ♪ YES ♪
♪ AND THERE’S APPLE FRITTERS ♪
♪ LIGHT AS THISTLE ♪
♪ AND FOR FOLKS TO WET THEIR WHISTLE ♪
♪ TANGY APPLE CIDER IN A GLASS ♪
♪ STEW ’EM, FRY ’EM, BOIL ’EM, BAKE ’EM ♪
♪ APPLE PIE AND APPLE CAKE ’EM ♪
♪ YEP, YOU CAN COOK ’EM ANY WAY ♪
♪ THERE’S APPLE THIS AND APPLE THAT ♪
♪ THE RECIPES WOULD FILL YOUR HAT ♪
♪ WHY, I COULD CARRY ON LIKE THIS ALL DAY ♪
♪ SO PACK YOUR STUFF AND GET A-GOIN’ ♪
♪ GET THEM APPLE TREES A-GROWIN’ ♪
♪ THERE’S A LOT OF WORK ♪
♪ OUT THERE TO DO ♪
Both: ♪ THERE’S A LOT OF WORK TO DO ♪
YES, SIR! [WHISTLING]
I MEAN, NO, SIR. YOU SEE, SIR,
I AIN’T GOT THE TRACKS, AIN’T GOT THE GEAR,
OR NONE OF THE THINGS I’LL NEED OUT THERE.
YOU AIN’T GOT THE-- DADGUM IT, BOY!
I’M ASHAMED OF YOU!
YOU GOT THE STUFF TO SEE YOU THROUGH.
Angel: WHY, YOU GOT
ALL THE SEEDS YOU’RE NEEDIN’,
AND FOR PRETTY DARN GOOD READIN’...
♪ THERE AIN’T NOTHIN’ FINER THAN YOUR BOOK ♪
HERE’S A MIGHTY HANDY BONNET--
EVEN GOT A HANDLE ON IT.
♪ TURN IT UPSIDE DOWN AND YOU CAN COOK ♪
♪ SO COME ON, SON, AND GET A-GOIN’ ♪
♪ GET THEM APPLE TREES A-GROWIN’ ♪
Both: ♪ THERE’S A LOT OF WORK OUT THERE TO DO ♪
♪ OH, THERE’S A LOT OF WORK TO DO ♪
Settler: WELL, SIR, THAT’S HOW IT ALL BEGAN.
THAT’S HOW JOHNNY, ALL ALONE,
SET OUT TO MEET THE GREAT UNKNOWN.
’TWAS A MIGHTY BIG AND FEARSOME PLACE
FOR A MAN TO FACE.
Settler: A LITTLE MAN AND ALL ALONE,
WITHOUT NO KNIFE, WITHOUT NO GUN.
AND THOUGH THE FOREST IS DARK AND WIDE
WITH FEARSOME CRITTERS ON EVERY SIDE,
JOHNNY JUST KEPT WALKIN’ ON.
Settler: WALKED UNTIL AT LAST HE FOUND
A LITTLE SPOT OF OPEN GROUND
WITH FERTILE SOIL AND WARMSOME BREEZE--
A LIKELY PLACE FOR APPLE TREES.
NOW, THE VARMINTS HERE, THEY COULDN’T KNOW
IF JOHN WAS FRIEND OR JOHN WAS FOE.
SO SOME TOOK OFF IN SUDDEN FLIGHT...
AND SOME GOT SOT TO CLAW AND BITE.
BUT IF JOHNNY SEED ’EM, HE PAID NO HEED,
JUST GOT BUSY A-PLANTIN’ APPLE SEEDS.
[WHISTLING]
Settler: NOW, THEM VARMINTS COME FROM EVERYWHERE
TO WATCH THAT MAN A-DIGGIN’ THERE.
DIDN’T LIKE WHAT THEY WAS SEEIN’.
DIDN’T TRUST NO HUMAN BEIN’.
Settler: YEP, THAT ORNERY HUMAN HAD TO GO,
BUT WHO WAS A-GONNA TELL HIM SO?
WELL, NOT A SOUL COULD ANSWER THAT
UNTIL HERE COME ALONG A BLACK AND WHITE CAT.
NOW, HE WEREN’T TOO BRIGHT, BUT HE DIDN’T MUCH CARE.
HE KNOWED HE HAD A CERTAIN AIR...
ABOUT HIM.
[WHISTLING]
Settler: WELL, SIR, THAT DONE IT.
THE CRITTERS NE’ER SEED THE BEAT OF THAT,
THE LIKES OF A HUMAN A-LIKIN’ THAT CAT.
WHY, SHUCKS, THIS LITTLE MAN HAD WENT
AND BUSTED EVERY PRECEDENT.
HE WAS THE VERY FIRST TO COME
WITHOUT NO KNIFE, WITHOUT NO GUN,
AND SO IT WAS, FROM THAT TIME ON,
EVERY LAST LIVING VARMINT WAS A FRIEND TO JOHN.
[WHISTLING]
THEY SURELY WAS.
John: ♪ THE LORD IS GOOD TO ME ♪
♪ AND SO I THANK THE LORD ♪
♪ FOR GIVIN’ ME THE THINGS I NEED ♪
♪ THE SUN AND RAIN AND AN APPLE SEED ♪
♪ YES, HE’S BEEN GOOD TO ME ♪
Settler: WELL, AS TIME WENT BY,
JOHNNY KEPT RIGHT ON A-PLANTIN’ HIS APPLE TREES
AND MAKIN’ FRIENDS EVERYWHERE.
AND HIS BEST FRIENDS WAS THE PIONEERS,
FOR, OF COURSE, JOHN WAS PLANTIN’ MORE
THAN AN APPLE TREE. HE WAS PLANTIN’
HIS OWN BOUNDLESS FAITH AND COURAGE, TOO,
AND THAT GIVE FOLKS NEW HEART, NEW HOPE,
IN THE JOB THEY HAD TO DO.
Settler: AND AS MORE AND MORE PIONEERS
COME TO PUSH BACK THE FOREST,
THE KINDLY DEEDS OF LITTLE JOHNNY APPLESEED
SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE LAND.
AND MORE THAN ONCE,
WITH A GOOD OLD-FASHIONED JUBILEE,
FOLKS WOULD HONOR JOHNNY APPLESEED
AND THE FRUIT OF THE APPLE TREE.
Square dance caller: ♪ TO THE RIGHT OF THE RING ♪
♪ AND THE INSIDE ARCH, AND THE OUTSIDE UNDER ♪
♪ AIN’T GONNA RAIN WITHOUT NO THUNDER ♪
♪ FIRST AND THIRD, BALANCE, SWING ♪
♪ COME RIGHT OUT TO THE RIGHT OF THE RING ♪
♪ AND YOU BUCKLE UP 4 WITH 8 HANDS AROUND ♪
♪ I’LL SWING YOURS AND YOU SWING MINE ♪
♪ I’LL SWING MY GIRL HALF TIME ♪
♪ TWIST HER STRAIGHT TO A DO-SI-DO ♪
♪ CHICKEN IN THE BREAD PAN, KICKIN’ OUT DOUGH ♪
♪ BIG PIG A-ROOTIN’ UP A LITTLE TATER ROW ♪
♪ ONE MORE CHANGE, AND HOME YOU GO ♪
Settler: NOW, SOMETIMES, IF JOHN WAS A-PASSIN’ BY,
HE’D MOSEY OVER AND KINDA LOOK IN ON THE DOIN’S,
’CAUSE IT SURE TICKLED HIM TO SEE
HOW THE FRUIT OF HIS LABORS
BROUGHT ALL KINDS OF FOLKS TOGETHER
AND MADE ’EM GOOD NEIGHBORS.
♪ NOW, DUCK FOR THE APPLE, 4 IN A ROW ♪
♪ THANK YE, SON-- CORNERS GO ♪
♪ APPLE CORE ♪
Crowd: ♪ BALTIMORE ♪
Caller: ♪ BITE THAT APPLE TO THE CORE ♪
Caller: ♪ READY NOW ♪
♪ ALLEMAND LEFT WITH THE OLD LEFT HAND ♪
♪ BACK TO YOUR PARTNER, RIGHT AND LEFT GRAND ♪
♪ WHIRL ’EM RIGHT AND WHIRL ’EM WRONG ♪
♪ STRAIGHTEN ’EM OUT AND TROT ’EM ALONG ♪
♪ RIGHT AND LEFT, 4 IN A ROW ♪
♪ SECOND COUPLE ON THE CORNERS GO ♪
♪ APPLE CORE ♪
Crowd: ♪ BALTIMORE ♪
Caller: ♪ GENT AND THE PRETTY GIRL
♪ TRY ONCE MORE ♪
[CROWD LAUGHS]
[TRIANGLE CLANGING]
Woman: COME AND GET IT!
THE VICTUALS’ ON, THE TABLE’S SET,
IT’S ALL A-WAITIN’ TO BE ET!
COME AND GET IT!
APPLE PICKLES .
MIGHTY TASTY.
APPLE BUTTER.
APPLE PASTY!
APPLE DUMPLIN’S.
HOW’D YOU LIKE SOME APPLESASS?
YES, MA’AM!
Settler: YEP, JOHNNY DID BRING FOLKS A HEAP O’ HAPPINESS.
BUT SHUCKS, HE WEREN’T LOOKIN’ FOR THANKS.
DIDN’T HAVE TIME FOR IT.
HE KNOWED A MAN CAN’T TAKE NO REST
IF HE AIMS TO PLANT THE WHOLE DARN WILDERNESS
IN APPLE TREES.
Settler: AND SO IT WAS FOR MORE THAN 40 YEAR.
JOHN WALKED AND PLANTED THAT WHOLE FRONTIER.
Settler: YES, SIR,
40 YEARS OF WALKIN’ AND PLANTIN’.
AND IN THAT SPACE OF TWOSCORE YEAR,
THIS LITTLE MAN, HE THROWED HIS SHADOW
CLEAR ACROSS THE LAND,
ACROSS 100,000 MILES SQUARE.
Settler: AND IN THAT SHADOW EVERYWHERE,
YOU’LL FIND HE LEFT HIS BLESSINGS THREE...
Chorus: ♪ LOVE AND FAITH ♪
♪ AND THE APPLE TREE ♪
Angel: BOY, FOR SLEEPIN’,
YOU TAKE THE CAKE!
COME ON, GET UP! [WHISTLES]
WE GOT A LONGSOME TRIP TO MAKE.
HUH? WHY, MR. ANGEL. HOWDY DO?
I’M FINE. AND HOW BE YOU?
I’M FINE. JUST FEELIN’--WHOOP!
WHO’S THAT, SLEEPIN’ IN THE EVENIN’ DUSK?
WHY, THAT’S JUST YOUR HUSK, JOHN.
YOUR MORTAL HUSK.
MY HUSK?!
YOU MEAN TO SAY I’M--I’M PASSED AWAY?
DAG NAB IT, ANGEL! I JUST CAN’T GO.
GOT CROPS TO HARVEST, SEEDS TO SOW.
NOW, NOW, NOW. HOLD ON, BOY.
DOWN HERE ON EARTH,
YOUR WORK IS THROUGH.
BUT YONDER, WELL, WE NEED YA, JOHNNY.
YEP, WE SURE DO.
YOU’D THINK WE HAD MOST A WE PLEASE,
BUT WE AIN’T.
WE’RE KINDA SHORT ON APPLE TREES.
WELL, I SWAN.
I DIDN’T KNOW.
WHAT ARE WE WAITIN’ FER?
C’MON, LET’S GO!
Johnny: ♪ WE’RE WASTIN’ TIME ♪
♪
♪ GET THEM APPLE TREES A-GROWIN’ ♪
Both: ♪ THERE’S A LOT OF WORK UP THERE TO DO ♪
♪ OH, THERE’S A LOT OF WORK TO DO ♪
Settler: WELL, SIR, NOW YOU KNOW THE REASON WHY,
WHENEVER I SEE THAT CERTAIN SKY,
I THINK OF LITTLE JOHN.
’CAUSE IT’S LIKE I SAID, IF YOU’LL RECALL,
THEM CLOUDS AIN’T REALLY CLOUDS AT ALL.
THEY’RE APPLE BLOSSOMS, IF YOU PLEASE,
FROM JOHN’S HEAVENLY ORCHARD OF APPLE TREES.
Chorus: ♪ AND SOMEDAY THERE’LL BE APPLES THERE ♪
♪ FOR EVERYONE IN THE WORLD TO SHARE ♪
Settler: ♪ THE LORD IS GOOD TO ME ♪
Chorus: ♪ AH AH AH AH AH ♪
OUR LEGENDS TELL US A LOT ABOUT HOW WE SEE OURSELVES.
IN THE NORTHERN FRONTIER,
LUMBERJACKS WORKED HARD IN HEAT, RAIN, AND SNOW.
AT NIGHT, AROUND FLICKERING CAMPFIRES,
THEY BRAGGED ABOUT THE MAN WHO COULD STRAIGHTEN RIVERS
AND RESHAPE MOUNTAINS WITH HIS BARE HANDS.
ENTER PAUL BUNYAN.
STRONG AS 10 GRIZZLIES, 63 AXE HANDLES HIGH,
AND HE HAD A SOFT SPOT IN HIS HEART
FOR A MASSIVE BLUE OX NAMED BABE.
THE FOREST RANG LIKE THUNDER WITH THEIR LABORS.
NOTHING MADE OF FLESH AND BLOOD
COULD MATCH PAUL BUNYAN’S POWER.
YOU’LL SEE.
HERE’S PAUL BUNYAN.
♪ NORTH AMERICA WAS A GREAT BIG LAND ♪
♪ WITH A GREAT BIG JOB TO BE DONE ♪
♪ A JOB THAT NEEDED A GREAT BIG MAN ♪
♪ PAUL BUNYAN WAS THE ONE ♪
♪ HEY, PAUL ♪
♪ PAUL BUNYAN ♪
♪ HE’S 63 AXE HANDLES HIGH ♪
♪ WITH HIS FEET ON THE GROUND AND HIS HEAD IN THE SKY ♪
♪ HEY, PAUL ♪
♪ PAUL BUNYAN ♪
[ECHOING] ♪ PAUL BUNYAN ♪
MY NAME IS CAL McNAB. LUMBERJACK BY TRADE.
RECKON I WAS THE FIRST PERSON IN OUR PART OF THE COUNTRY
TO SEE PAUL BUNYAN.
Cal: OUR TOWN WAS CUT RIGHT OUT OF THE BIG TIMBER
ON THE COAST OF MAINE.
SHOULD’VE KNOWN SOMETHING UNUSUAL
WAS GONNA HAPPEN THAT NIGHT.
A SOU’EASTER COME UP AND THE WIND HOWLED SO
THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BLOW OUR TOWN RIGHT OFF THE MAP.
COME DAYLIGHT, I TOOK A LOOK
TO SEE WHAT WAS LEFT OF THE PLACE.
[HOWLING]
I SPOTTED AN ODD-LOOKING CRAFT ON THE BEACH.
THAT’S WHERE THE HOWLING WAS COMING FROM.
HEY, MA! WHAT IN THE WORLD DO YOU SUPPOSE THAT IS?
Cal: THE HOWLING ROUSED THE WHOLE TOWN
AND EVERYBODY RUSHED DOWN TO INVESTIGATE.
Man: NEVER SAW ANYTHING LIKE IT.
LOOKS LIKE A BIG CRADLE.
NOW, BE CAREFUL, CAL.
[HOWLING]
WELL, I’LL BE HORNSWOGGLED.
A BABY! AND IT’S A WHOPPER!
Cal: THE WHOLE TOWN ADOPTED HIM
AND NAMED HIM PAUL...BUNYAN.
EVERYBODY PITCHED IN TO SUPPLY HIS NEEDS.
THEY HELD SEWIN’ BEES AND KNITTIN’ CIRCLES
TO MAKE HIS CLOTHES.
FEEDIN’ HIM WASN’T ANY SMALL JOB, EITHER.
[SLURPING]
Cal: I LED THE SINGING TO PUT HIM TO SLEEP AT NIGHT.
ONE, TWO...
♪ GOOD NIGHT, SLEEP TIGHT ♪
♪ PAUL BUNYAN ♪
♪ YOU’RE ONLY 10 AXE HANDLES HIGH ♪
♪ BUT YOU’LL GET BIGGER BY AND BY ♪
SHH. ♪ GOOD NIGHT ♪
♪ PAUL BUNYAN ♪
Paul: WAAAH!
[LAUGHING]
Cal: ’TWASN’T LONG AFORE PAUL WAS BIG ENOUGH
TO GO TO SCHOOL.
HE WAS A BRIGHT BOY AND NEVER TARDY.
Teacher: GOOD MORNING, PAUL.
[LAUGHING]
GOOD MORNING, CHILDREN.
NOW EVERYONE BE SEATED.
[CREAK]
WILL THE FIRST PUPIL TO WORK THE SUM OF 5 PLUS 2
RISE AND SHOW THE ANSWER?
[CREAK] EEK!
THAT IS CORRECT, PAUL,
BUT FOR HEAVEN’S SAKE, DON’T RAISE THE ROOF.
[BELL RINGING]
All: SCHOOL’S OUT! SCHOOL’S OUT! YAY!
♪ THE BOYS WOULD HEAD FOR THE SWIMMIN’ HOLE ♪
♪ JUST AS SOON AS THEIR STUDIES HAD CEASED ♪
COME ON, PAUL!
♪ AND THOUGH YOUNG PAUL WAS SOMETIMES LAST ♪
♪ HE SURELY NEVER WAS LEAST ♪
♪ HEY, PAUL ♪
HERE HE COMES!
♪ PAUL BUNYAN ♪
♪ THOUGH HE LOVED TO SWIM, WHAT A TIME HE HAD ♪
♪ WHAT A PROBLEM, ME OH MY ♪
[SPLASH]
♪ WHEN HIS FRONT WAS IN THE WATER ♪
♪ OH, HIS BACK WAS HIGH AND DRY ♪
HOW ABOUT A DIVE, PAUL?
♪ HEY, PAUL ♪
♪ PAUL BUNYAN ♪
Cal: CHRISTMAS WAS A BIG EVENT IN OUR TOWN.
WE HAD OUR TREE IN THE TOWN SQUARE
ON ACCOUNT OF PAUL.
I HANDED OUT THE PRESENTS.
YOU KIDS READY?
WELL, HERE’S SOMETHING FOR JOHNNY...
AND FOR SUSAN.
AND FOR PAUL...
HERE’S A GIFT FROM THE WHOLE TOWN!
A DOUBLE-BLADED AXE!
Cal: PAUL TOOK TO CUTTING TIMBER
LIKE A DUCK TAKES TO WATER.
AFORE LONG, OUR SAW MILLS HAD ENOUGH TIMBER
TO LAST A LIFETIME.
THAT OPENED PLENTY OF NEW FARMLAND
AND OUR TOWN GREW SO FAST IT GOT TO CROWDIN’ PAUL.
SO ONE MORNING WE WEREN’T TOO SURPRISED
TO FIND A NOTE IN THE SQUARE.
"...AND PLENTY OF ROOM. LOVE, PAUL.
P.S. I’LL WRITE SOON."
WE’RE GONNA MISS THAT BOY.
I AM CHRIS CROSSHAUL,
STRAW BOSS OF A LOGGING CREW IN THE MIDDLE WEST.
I WILL NEVER FORGET
THE FIRST TIME I SAW PAUL BUNYAN.
I WAS TOPPING TREES ONE MORNING.
I LOOKED UP...
AND THERE STOOD THE BIGGEST MAN I EVER SAW.
[DEEP VOICE] ♪ WITH MY DOUBLE-BLADE AXE ♪
♪ AND MY HOBNAIL BOOTS ♪
♪ I GO WHERE THE TIMBER IS TALL ♪
♪ WHEN THERE’S WORK TO BE DONE, DON’T MESS AROUND ♪
♪ JUST SING RIGHT OUT FOR PAUL ♪
♪ HEY, PAUL ♪
I’M COMIN’, BOYS.
♪ PAUL BUNYAN ♪
♪ HE’S 63 AXE HANDLES HIGH ♪
♪ WITH HIS FEET ON THE GROUND AND HIS HEAD IN THE SKY ♪
♪ HEY, PAUL ♪ ♪ HEY, PAUL ♪
♪ PAUL BUNYAN ♪
♪ WELL, HE PICKED UP HIS AXE AND HE CHOPPED A TREE ♪
♪ CLEAN DOWN WITH HIS FORWARD SWING ♪
♪ GOT HIM ANOTHER WHEN HIS AXE SWUNG BACK ♪
♪ THAT TIMBER-CUTTIN’ KING ♪
♪ HE KEPT ON A-CHOPPING THE LIVE-LONG DAY ♪
♪ AND THEN WHEN IT WAS NIGHT ♪
♪ HE WALKED BACK OVER THE STUMPS HE’D CUT ♪
♪ AND STOMPED ’EM OUT OF SIGHT ♪
♪ THANKS, PAUL ♪
’TWARN’T NOTHIN’.
♪ PAUL BUNYAN ♪
Chris: WELL, SIR, PAUL CLEARED THAT COUNTRY SO QUICK
FARMERS HAD THEIR CROPS IN THE FIRST WEEK.
SO PAUL HEADED WEST FOR THE BIG WOODS AND MORE ROOM.
HE HADN’T GONE FAR WHEN HE RAN INTO
THE WORST BLIZZARD THIS COUNTRY EVER SAW.
IT WAS SO COLD EVEN THE SNOW WAS BLUE.
WHEN PAUL BUILT A FIRE, THE FLAMES FROZE.
WHILE HE WAS BUILDING A SECOND FIRE
TO MELT THE FIRST ONE,
HE HEARD A LOW "MOO."
[MOO]
HE LOOKED ALL AROUND...
AND THERE, UNDER A FOG BANK,
HE FOUND A BIG OX,
FROZEN JUST AS BLUE AS THE SNOW.
[CLINKING]
[CLANK CLANK]
NOW, THAT OX WAS MIGHTY GRATEFUL FOR BEING RESCUED.
[MOO]
THEY HIT IT RIGHT OFF AND BECAME REAL PALS.
PAUL NAMED HIM "BABE."
THE TWO OF THEM HEADED WEST,
BUT THE STORM GOT WORSE AND THEY GOT SO LOST.
[WIND HOWLING]
WELL, SIR, THEY LEFT LOTS OF TRACKS BEHIND THEM,
AND COME SPRING, THOSE TRACKS FILLED WITH WATER,
AND THIS AREA BECAME KNOWN AS "THE LAND OF 10,000 LAKES."
WITH WINTER OVER, PAUL AND BABE WENT RIGHT TO WORK.
THEY LOGGED OFF NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA...
DUG THE MISSOURI RIVER TO FLOAT THE LOGS TO THE SAW MILLS...
AND THEN, SO THEY COULD LOOK THE COUNTRY OVER
AND SEE WHAT ELSE TO DO,
THEY BUILT PIKE’S PEAK.
NOW, THAT WAS A FAIR DAY’S WORK...
EVEN FOR PAUL...
SO NEXT MORNING HE OVERSLEPT A LITTLE BIT.
BABE WANTED HIM TO GET UP.
[RRRRING]
HEY!
WHAT’S THE IDEA, YOU BIG BLUE OX?
NOW, WATCH IT, WATCH IT!
HA HA HA! CUT IT OUT, BABE!
WELL, ONE LITTLE SHOVE LED TO ANOTHER...
WHOA!
[MOOOO]
AND THE FIRST THING YOU KNOW,
THEY WAS ROUGH-HOUSING ALL OVER THE COUNTRYSIDE.
[SCREECH]
HA HA HA!
[MOO]
HA HA--OOF!
THEN PAUL AND BABE GOT INTO A BIG TUG-OF-WAR.
THEY PILED DIRT AND ROCKS SO HIGH,
IT FORMED A RANGE OF MOUNTAINS.
TODAY THEY ARE CALLED THE GRAND TETONS.
WELL, SIR, ALL THIS HORSEPLAY-- I MEAN, OXPLAY--
MADE PAUL AND BABE KIND OF DIRTY,
SO PAUL LOOKED THE COUNTRYSIDE OVER
AND GOT TOGETHER WITH BABE
AND BEFORE LONG, HE HAD BUILT THEM A SHOWER BATH.
THEY WENT OFF AND LEFT IT RUNNING,
AND TODAY, PAUL’S SHOWER BATH IS CALLED YELLOWSTONE FALLS.
SHOT GUNDERSON’S MY NAME.
I’M RIVER FOREMAN OF A TIMBER CAMP
NEAR THE OREGON TRAIL.
MY OUTFIT WAS MIGHTY DISCOURAGED
THE DAY PAUL BUNYAN ARRIVED.
WE WERE GETTING PLENTY OF TIMBER IN THE RIVER,
BUT WE COULDN’T MOVE IT TO THE SAW MILLS
’CAUSE THE RIVER WAS SO DAD-BURNED CROOKED.
PAUL LOOKED THE SITUATION OVER CAREFUL-LIKE,
THEN HE HARNESSED BABE WITH A YOKE,
HITCHED ON A BIG ANCHOR,
AND THEN THREW IT IN AT THE HEAD OF THE RIVER.
GEE-UP, BABE!
[SNORTS]
♪ WELL, PAUL AND BABE, THEY HEAVED AND HAULED ♪
♪ AND THE JOB WAS QUICKLY DONE ♪
♪ THEY PULLED THAT CROOKED RIVER OUT ♪
♪ AS STRAIGHT AS THE BARREL OF A GUN ♪
♪ HEY, PAUL ♪
THEY’RE ON THEIR WAY!
♪ PAUL BUNYAN ♪
♪ HE’S 63 AXE HANDLES HIGH ♪
♪ WITH HIS FEET ON THE GROUND AND HIS HEAD IN THE SKY ♪
♪ HEY, PAUL ♪
♪ PAUL BUNYAN ♪
[ECHOING] ♪ PAUL BUNYAN ♪
Shot: NOW THE COUNTRY BEGAN TO PROSPER.
YEP, CIVILIZATION HAD ARRIVED IN THE GREAT NORTHWEST...
AND WITH IT CAME THE "PROPHETS OF PROGRESS."
NOW, JUST MOVE IN A LILE CLOSER, BOYS.
YESSIREE, RIGHT IN THIS BOX
IS THE INVENTION THAT’S GONNA REVOLUTIONIZE
THE LOGGING BUSINESS.
IF YOU’LL STEP OVER TO THE NEAREST TREE,
I’LL DEMONSTRATE.
♪ WITH MY DOUBLE-BLADE AXE AND MY HOBNAIL BOOTS ♪
♪ I GO WHERE THE TIMBER’S TALL-- ♪
THUNDERATION! WHAT’S THAT?
YESSIR, BOYS,
JUST TURN ON THE STEAM AND LET ’ER GO!
HEY, THERE! WHO ARE YOU
AND WHAT THE SAM HILL’S THAT THING?
ME? I’M JOE MUFFAW, AND THIS THING
IS THE LATEST MODEL OF THE HANDY-DANDY STEAM SAW.
NOW, BUB, IF YOU’LL JUST STEP ASIDE,
I’D LIKE TO CUT THIS TREE DOWN.
[COUGHS]
HUH! UP HERE, WE CUT TIMBER WITH A BIG AXE,
LIKE THIS ONE,
AND WE HAUL IT WITH A BIG OX, LIKE THAT ONE!
[MOO]
LOOK, BUB, YOU GOTTA GET WITH THE TIMES,
BECOME MODERN.
THERE’S THE LATEST INVENTION FOR HAULING TIMBER.
Muffaw: A STEAM LOKEY.
[TOOT TOOT]
WITH THIS STEAM SAW AND THAT ENGINE,
I CAN CUT AND HAUL MORE TIMBER
THAN YOU AND THAT BLUE OX EVER THOUGHT OF.
HUH, IS THAT SO?
YOU WITH YOUR NEWFANGLED CONTRAPTIONS?
YOU WITH YOUR BIG AXE AND OLD-FOGEY WAYS!
I’LL SHOW YOU WHAT I CAN DO WITH THIS AXE!
I DARE YOU TO TRY IT!
HA! LOOKS LIKE A TOY TO ME!
TOY, HUH? I’LL SHOW YOU!
[SNORTS] [TOOT TOOT]
Shot: THERE WAS ONLY ONE WAY TO SETTLE IT.
I WAS APPOINTED JUDGE.
THIS CONTEST TO LAST ONE HOUR!
THEN I’LL MEASURE THE STACKS OF TIMBER
AND DECLARE THE WINNER.
YOU FELLERS READY?
READY!
[MEN WHISTLING AND CHEERING]
[CHUGGING]
[SNORTS]
♪ HEY, PAUL ♪
KEEP A-SWINGIN’, PAUL!
♪ PAUL BUNYAN ♪
YAY, PAUL!
♪ CUT THAT TIMBER, SHOW HIM HOW ♪
♪ BEAT THAT CITY SLICKER NOW ♪
♪ HEY, PAUL ♪
Man: GET UP, PAUL!
♪ PAUL BUNYAN ♪
[BANG]
Shot: THE RACE LOOKED DEAD EVEN...
AND WHEN I WENT TO MEASURE THE STACKS...
THEY LOOKED DEAD EVEN, TOO.
WELL, I SHINNIED UP PAUL’S STACK FIRST...
PULLED THE MEASURING CHAIN TAUT...
FOR PAUL, 240 FEET...EVEN!
[CHEERING] HOORAY FOR PAUL!
[MUTTERING]
FOR JOE, 240 FEET...
AND 1/4 INCH.
[MEN GROAN]
YIPPIE!
♪ POOR PAUL ♪
♪ POOR PAUL BUNYAN ♪
Shot: YEP, THE MACHINE HAD BEATEN MAN.
BUT DON’T YOU FOLKS FEEL SORRY FOR PAUL AND BABE.
I HEAR THEY’RE UP ALASKA WAY
AND MIGHTY HAPPY.
LOTS OF ROOM UP THERE, YOU KNOW.
AND THOSE NORTHERN LIGHTS YOU SEE IN THE SKY,
WELL, THAT’S PAUL AND BABE HAVING A LOT OF FUN...
OXING AROUND...
KNOCKING THE AURORA BOREALIS OUT OF THE COUNTRYSIDE.
HA HA HA HA!
HA HA HA--OOF!
♪ HEY, PAUL ♪
♪ PAUL BUNYAN ♪
♪ HE’S 63 AXE HANDLES HIGH ♪
♪ WITH HIS FEET ON THE GROUND AND HIS HEAD IN THE SKY ♪
♪ HEY, PAUL ♪
♪ PAUL BUNYAN ♪
[TRAIN WHISTLE]
Conductor: ALL ABOARD!
James Earl Jones: OUR NEXT HERO’S REAL NAME
WAS JOHN LUTHER JONES.
BUT YOU PROBABLY KNOW HIM AS CASEY JONES--
A CRACK TRAIN ENGINEER
WHO WAS COURAGEOUS, LOYAL,
AND WHO HAD AN UNFLINCHING SENSE OF DUTY.
IN THE LATE 1800’S,
RAIL TRACKS STRETCHED FROM THE CITIES OF THE EAST
TO THE PLAINS OF THE WEST.
WITH BENT BACKS AND HARD LABOR,
AMERICA’S IMMIGRANTS--EUROPEANS, ASIANS, AND AFRICANS--
LAID THE TRACKS THAT CARRIED THE BUILDING BLOCKS
OF OUR NATION:
FOOD, LUMBER, AND THE U.S. MAIL.
CASEY WAS A MASTER AT THE THROTTLE.
HE COULD PLAY A MUSICAL SYMPHONY
ON A TRAIN WHISTLE,
AND HE COULD GET THE MAIL TO THE STATION
IN RECORD-BREAKING TIME.
[TOOT TOOT]
CASEY WOULD HAVE MARVELED AT TODAY’S MODERN ADVANCES,
LIKE THE BULLET TRAIN AND E-MAIL.
NOW, HERE IS CASEY JONES.
Narrator: ♪ ’TIS MORNING! ♪
AH, ’TIS MORNING,
AND ALL THE TRAINS IN THE RAILROAD YARD
ARE FAST ASLEEP.
ALL EXCEPT CASEY’S.
HIS ENGINE IS SLOW ASLEEP.
HEY! [WHISTLES] GOOD MORNING, CASEY.
Chorus: ♪ COME ALL YOU ROUNDERS IF YOU WANT TO HEAR ♪
♪ A STORY ALL ABOUT A BRAVE ENGINEER ♪
♪ CASEY JONES WAS THE ROUNDER’S NAME ♪
♪ ON A HIGH RIGHT WHEELER HE WON HIS FAME ♪
♪ CASEY JONES, CASEY JONES ♪
♪ CASEY JONES, ARE YOU READY? ♪
[TOOT TOOT]
♪ READY TO START FOR THE WESTERN LAND ♪
Narrator: THEY’RE OFF!
THEY’RE OFF!
HELP!
Singer: ♪ OUT OF THE JUNCTION ON THE FLY ♪
♪ CASEY HAD THAT LOOK IN HIS EYE ♪
♪ THE BRAKEMAN KNEW BY THE ENGINE’S MOAN ♪
♪ THE MAN AT THE THROTTLE WAS CASEY JONES ♪
Chorus: ♪ CASEY JO-O-O-O-O-O-O-NES ♪
Narrator: EGAD!
HA HA!
DIDN’T THINK WE’D MAKE IT, DID YOU?
[SIGH]
[HUMMING]
Narrator: TOO RIPE.
Narrator: NICE DAY... WASN’T IT?
Chorus: ♪ THE RAIN WAS COMING DOWN 5 OR 6 WEEKS ♪
♪ THE RAILROAD TRACK WAS LIKE THE BED OF A CREEK ♪
♪ IT SLOWED HIM DOWN TO A 10-MILE GAIT ♪
♪ AND IT MADE THE WESTERN MAIL EXACTLY 8 HOURS LATE ♪
Deep voice: ♪ CASEY JONES ♪
♪ PLOWIN’ THROUGH THE WATER ♪
♪ CASEY JONES ♪
♪ SLUGGIN’ THROUGH THE MUD ♪
Deep voice: ♪ CASEY JONES ♪
♪ PLOWIN’ THROUGH THE WA-A-A-A-ACHOO! ♪
Narrator: TAKE OFF THE BRAKES, TRAIN’S GOT THE SHAKES.
EGAD!
Chorus: ♪ HOURS BEHIND, THERE ISN’T TIME TO FRET ♪
♪ KEEP KNOCKING AT THE FIRE DOOR ♪
♪ DON’T GIVE UP YET ♪
♪ YOU GOTTA KEEP A SCHEDULE, OH, YOU GOTTA KEEP A SCHEDULE ♪
♪ OH, YOU BETTER LOOK OUT, CASEY! ♪
[BRAKES SCREECH]
[TOOT TOOT]
Narrator: WHAT NOW, BROWN COW?
BEAT IT, BOSSY, I’M BUSY.
GOTTA DATE AND I’M LATE. GO BACK TO YOUR MATE.
YOU OLD COW, YOU OLD COW, YOU OLD COW.
FRESH...HOMOGENIZED.
PASTEURIZED...POLARIZED.
Chorus: ♪ MAKE UP SCHEDULE, DO NOT FAIL ♪
♪ GOTTA GET TO FRISCO WITH THE WESTERN MAIL ♪
♪ GOTTA GET TO FRISCO, GOTTA GET TO FRISCO ♪
♪ GOTTA GET TO FRISCO, GOTTA GET TO FRISCO... ♪
Narrator: SOMEBODY’S ON THE WRONG TRACK!
EGAD!
A-HA-HA-HA-HA!
I’LL SAVE YOU!
OH! OH! SAVE ME! OH!
Narrator: MY HERO!
CURSES!
FOILED AGAIN!
Narrator: WHAT DO YOU KNOW! SHE MAIL!
Chorus: ♪ CASEY KNEW THAT HE WAS RUNNIN’ TOO FAST ♪
♪ HE RAN THROUGH THE SIGNAL, LAST STATION PAST ♪
Singer: ♪ HE SAYS, I BELIEVE WE’RE GONNA MAKE IT THROUGH ♪
♪ ’CAUSE SHE STEAMS A LOT BETTER THAN I EVER KNEW ♪
Narrator: UH-OH.
HE WHO WRECKS A TRAIN ON A HILLSIDE
IS NOT ON THE LEVEL!
GOING DOWN!
[CRASH]
[ENGINE CHUGGING]
Narrator: NOT IN CONDITION. SMOKES TOO MUCH!
AHH!
[TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS]
Narrator: HI-HO, SILVERWARE!
Narrator: HEY, CASEY, YOU GOT COMPANY.
ANYBODY WE KNOW?
TAKE THAT! AND THAT!
AND THAT!
OW! AND THAT!
AND THAT! AND THAT! AND THAT!
TIME OUT. SUBSTITUTION.
TAKE THIS! AND THIS!
AND THIS! AND THIS!
EVERYBODY OFF! EVERYBODY OFF!
WELL, BACK TO WORK.
EGAD!
EGAD!!
Chorus: ♪ CASEY CAME A-RUNNIN’ UP THE RENO HILL ♪
♪ HE TOOTED ON HIS WHISTLE WITH AN AWFUL SHRILL ♪
♪ WHOO WHOO WHOO-OOH ♪
♪ HE OPENED UP HIS THROTTLE JUST AS FAR AS SHE’D GO ♪
♪ JUST HOW FAST HE WAS A-STEAMIN’ ♪
♪ WE WILL NEVER KNOW ♪
[TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS]
WHOA!
AHH-AAH!
[BOING! BOING! BOING!]
Narrator: WHAT’S THAT COMING?
LOOKS LIKE A TRAIN.
EGAD! IT IS A TRAIN!
Chorus: ♪ ROUND THE CURVE AND DOWN THE HUMP ♪
♪ TWO TRAINS GONNA BUMP ♪
EGAD!
[TOOT TOOT TOOT TOOT]
EGAD!
♪ Chorus: BETTER JUMP, YOU’RE GONNA BE DEAD ♪
HEY, CASEY, HERE COMES A FREIGHT.
I SAY, HERE COMES A FREIGHT!
Narrator: DON’T WORRY, MATE, WE WON’T BE LATE!
EGAD!
LOOK! LOOK! LOOK! LOOK!
FREIGHT! FREIGHT! FREIGHT!
SO WHAT?
SO LONG!
Narrator: EGAD!
[EXPLOSION]
[CRASH]
[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYS]
Chorus: ♪ HEADACHES AND HEARTACHES ♪
♪ AND ALL KINDS OF PAIN ♪
♪ THEY’RE JUST A PART OF THE RAILROAD GAME ♪
[SIGH]
♪ STORIES OF BRAVE MEN, NOBLE AND GRAND ♪
♪ BELONG TO THE LIFE OF A RAILROAD MAN ♪
[TOOT TOOT]
Chorus: ♪ CASEY JONES, IS HE GONNA MAKE IT? ♪
Narrator: IF THAT’S CASEY, I’M A RHODE ISLAND ROOSTER!
WELL, COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO!
Chorus: ♪ WELL, HE KNEW HIS DUTY ♪
♪ AND HE FINALLY WENT WEST WITH THE WESTERN MAIL ♪
Narrator: NEXT TIME, TAKE THE TRAIN!
WHO WILL BE THE DOERS AND DREAMERS OF TOMORROW?
ANY ONE OF YOU COULD BE A JOHNNY APPLESEED.
MAYBE YOU HAVE A DEVOTION TO DUTY LIKE CASEY JONES.
OR YOU HAVE AN INNER STRENGTH
TO STAND TALL AGAINST ADVERSITY LIKE JOHN HENRY.
USE YOUR IMAGINATION.
WHAT FRONTIERS WILL YOU CONQUER?
LOOK FOR THE HEROES AROUND YOU AND CELEBRATE THEM.
YOU CAN FIND THEM IN THE PAST, IN THE PRESENT,
EVEN IN THE MIRROR.
BECAUSE YOU’RE THE STUFF THAT LEGENDS ARE MADE OF.
[BANJO PLAYS]
♪ NO MOUNTAIN TOO HIGH ♪
♪ NO VALLEY TOO LOW ♪
♪ NO RIVER TOO WIDE ♪
♪ NO PLACE TOO FAR TO GO ♪
♪ O, BELIEVE ♪
♪ O, WHEN YOU BELIEVE YOU CAN OVERCOME ♪
♪ THE BATTLE IS ALREADY WON ♪
♪ O, JUST KEEP ON ♪ ♪ JUST KEEP ON KEEPIN’ ON ♪
♪ STAND TALL JUST LIKE JOHN ♪
♪ NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE ♪ ♪ NO MATTER ♪
♪ NO MATTER WHERE YOU’RE FROM ♪
♪ NOTHING CAN STOP YOU ♪ ♪ NOTHING CAN STOP YOU ♪
♪ FROM WHO YOU CAN BECOME ♪
♪ JUST KEEP ON KEEPIN’ ON ♪ ♪ O, KEEP ON ♪
♪ STAND TALL JUST LIKE JOHN ♪
♪ HEY EE AY ♪
♪ NO MOUNTAIN TOO HIGH ♪
♪ NO VALLEY TOO LOW ♪
♪ NO RIVER TOO WIDE ♪
♪ NO PLACE TOO FAR TO GO ♪
♪ O, BELIEVE ♪
♪ BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN OVERCOME ♪
♪ THE BATTLE IS ALREADY WON ♪
♪ O, JUST KEEP ON ♪ ♪ KEEP ON KEEPIN’ ON ♪
♪ STAND TALL JUST LIKE JOHN ♪
♪ NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE ♪ ♪ NO MATTER ♪
♪ NO MATTER WHERE YOU’RE FROM ♪
♪ NOTHING CAN STOP YOU ♪ ♪ NOTHING CAN STOP YOU ♪
♪ FROM WHO YOU CAN BECOME ♪
♪ JUST KEEP ON KEEPIN’ ON ♪
♪ STAND TALL JUST LIKE JOHN ♪
♪ HEY EE AY ♪
♪ NO MOUNTAIN TOO HIGH ♪
♪ NO VALLEY TOO LOW ♪
♪ NO RIVER TOO WIDE ♪
♪ NO PLACE TOO FAR TO GO ♪
♪ O, BELIEVE ♪
♪ BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN OVERCOME ♪
♪ THE BATTLE IS ALREADY WON ♪
♪ O, JUST KEEP ON ♪ ♪ KEEP ON KEEPIN’ ON ♪
♪ STAND TALL JUST LIKE JOHN ♪
♪ NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE ♪ ♪ NO MATTER ♪
♪ NO MATTER WHERE YOU’RE FROM ♪
♪ NOTHING CAN STOP YOU ♪ ♪ NOTHING CAN STOP YOU ♪
♪ FROM WHO YOU CAN BECOME ♪
♪ JUST KEEP ON KEEPIN’ ON ♪
♪ STAND TALL JUST LIKE JOHN ♪
♪ HEY EE AY ♪
♪ NO MOUNTAIN TOO HIGH ♪
♪ NO VALLEY TOO LOW ♪
♪ NO RIVER TOO WIDE ♪
♪ NO PLACE TOO FAR TO GO ♪
♪ O, BELIEVE ♪
♪ BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN OVERCOME ♪
♪ THE BATTLE IS ALREADY WON ♪
♪ O, JUST KEEP ON ♪ ♪ KEEP ON KEEPIN’ ON ♪
♪ STAND TALL JUST LIKE JOHN ♪
♪ NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE ♪ ♪ NO MATTER ♪
♪ NO MATTER WHERE YOU’RE FROM ♪
♪ NOTHING CAN STOP YOU ♪ ♪ NOTHING CAN STOP YOU ♪
♪ FROM WHO YOU CAN BECOME ♪
♪ JUST KEEP ON KEEPIN’ ON ♪
♪ STAND TALL JUST LIKE JOHN ♪
♪ HEY EE AY ♪