The laddie's health the reason you're heading west? Partly, only partly. Mostly our...
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Parson Alec Harvey:
The laddie's health the reason you're heading west?
Zebulon Prescott:
Partly, only partly. Mostly our trouble east was rocks. I had me a farm where some years I'd raise a hundred bushels of rocks to the acre.
Rebecca Prescott:
Now, Zebulon, you hadn't oughta lie to the man like that.
Zebulon Prescott:
Wife, I'm a god fearin soul and I tell the truth as I see it. Now I never used a plow, I'd blast out the furrows with gunpowder. And then one morning, I hauled the bucket up from out of the well and so help me the bucket was full of rocks. Rocks! I just stood there, right still, tryin' not to blaspheme, and I said to myself, "You've got a son that's ailin, you've got a twenty year old daughter what won't take to herself a husband, there she sits over there, moonin as usual, and you've got another daughter who just don't seem quite right in the head". Lilith! Now, I remind you sir, I'm still standin' there, holding a bucket full of rocks, and starin into a bleak old age. So I made me a vow right then and there, I said, "If I can find a man with five hundred dollars, who likes rocks, then there's going to be another fool ownin this farm. Well sir, the Lord provided such a man, and here I am.
Rebecca Prescott:
He ain't told you one word of truth, Mr. Harvey. We had the best farm in the township.
Zebulon Prescott:
Yeah, Rockville Township it was. Stone County.
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Is the laddie's health
the reason you're heading west?
Partly.
Only partly.
Mostly our trouble East was rocks.
I had me a farm where some years
I'd raise 100 bushels of rocks to the acre.
Zebulon, you hadn't
ought to lie to the man like that.
Wife, I'm a God-fearing soul,
and I tell the truth as I see it.
Now, I never used a plow.
I'd blast out the furrows with gunpowder.
And then one morning,
I hauled the bucket up out of the well...
...and so help me,
the bucket was full of rocks.
Rocks.
I just stood there right still
trying not to blaspheme.
I said to myself,
"You've got a son that's ailing...
...you've got a daughter
what won't take to herself a husband."
- There she sits there, mooning as usual.
- Pa.
You've got another who don't seem
quite right in the head.
Lilith?
Yes, Pa?
Now, I'll remind you, sir.
I'm still standing there
holding a bucket full of rocks...
...and staring into a bleak old age.
So I made me a vow
right then and there. I said:
"If I can find a man with $500
who likes rocks...
...then there's gonna be another fool
owning this farm."
Well, sir, the Lord provided such a man...
...and here I am.
He ain't told you one word of truth,
Mr. Harvey.
We had the best farm in the township.
Yeah, Rockville Township it was.
Stone County.
Oh, it was not.
It was his itching foot
that brought us here.
Heaven knows where we'll end up.
Oh, these are my laddies.
Angus, Brutus and Colin.
- How do you do?
- Hello.
I think they're already acquainted
with your daughters.
- Be they single?
- Aye, single so far.
Well, this Illinois country's beginning
to sound better to me.
Lilith?
Lilith, here. Strike up a little tune
for these handsome lads.
- Oh, I ain't in no mood, Pa.
- Lilith, there's a time for coaxing...
...this ain't the time.
All right.
All right.
A captain bold in Halifax
Who lived in country quarters
Betrayed a maid who hanged herself
One morning in her garters...
Lilith.
Now, you know better
than to sing a song like that.
- What ones do you know?
- We know "Yankee Doodle."
- "Yankee Doodle"?
- Their mother's dead.
They haven't had much learning
in the social graces.
All right, give them
"A Home in the Meadow."
Eve, come on, you too.
That's it.
Come on, join in.
That's it.
Come on.
Stop.
Loading for the Flying Arrow!
All aboard for the Flying Arrow!
- The Prescott family!
- Here we be. Come on.
Alec Harvey and three sons!
Jeffrey Rose and family!
Clip duration: 231 seconds
Views: 267
Timestamp in movie: 00h 00m 00s
Uploaded: 12 December, 2020
Genres: western
Summary: The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.
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00:19 He see'd the varmint
00:11 There ain't much glory in trompin' behind a plow
00:21 You're the handsomest woman I ever did see
00:15 Why did you bring those bodies here
00:15 I don't think he knows that
00:21 You know something
00:12 There's only one kind of peace I know of
00:07 Take a good look
00:18 That's right tasty
00:26 Get back from there
00:17 It ain't quite what I expected
00:48 Ain't that what I been doin'
00:10 I've got two things no one can ever take from me
00:11 Settled down for a year
00:08 One of these days I'm likely to pay you Rawlingses a...
00:25 Glory be
00:40 WO It's right over here
00:57 I ain't ever saw a bed like that since last time I come...
01:09 The west was won by its pioneers
00:08 The South never smiled