Oh Lord. Almighty God. It ain't for us ignorant mortals to say what's right and what's...
Something wrong with the clip?
Quote
Penny Baxter:
[on the occasion of the burial of Fodderwing]
Oh Lord. Almighty God. It ain't for us ignorant mortals to say what's right and what's wrong. Was any one of us to be doin' of it, we'd not of bring this poor boy into the world a cripple, and his mind teched. We'd of bring him in straight and tall like his brothers, fitten to live and work and do. But in a way o' speakin', Lord, you done made it up to him. You give him a way with the wild creatures. You give him a sort of wisdom, made him knowin' and gentle. The birds come to him, and the varmints moved free about him, and like as not he could of takened a she wild-cat right in his pore twisted hands. Now you've done seed fit to take him where bein' crookedy in mind or limb don't matter. But Lord, it pleasures us to think now you've done straightened out them legs and that pore bent back and them hands. It pleasures us to think on him, movin' around as easy as any one. And Lord, give him a few red-birds and maybe a squirrel and a 'coon and a 'possum to keep him company, like he had here. All of us is somehow lonesome, and we know he'll not be lonesome, do he have them little wild things around him, if it ain't askin' too much to put a few varmints in Heaven. Thy will be done. Amen.
Transcript
00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:04.403
O lord almighty god
00:00:04.404 --> 00:00:07.673
it ain't for us ignorant mortals to say
00:00:07.674 --> 00:00:09.675
what's right and what's wrong
00:00:09.676 --> 00:00:13.278
If it was any one of us to be doing it
00:00:13.279 --> 00:00:15.028
we'd not have made this poor boy
00:00:15.281 --> 00:00:17.683
into a cripple
00:00:17.684 --> 00:00:20.686
But lord in a way of speaking
00:00:20.687 --> 00:00:23.001
you made it up to him
00:00:23.999 --> 00:00:26.291
You give him a way with the wild critters
00:00:26.292 --> 00:00:29.161
You give him a sort of wisdom
00:00:29.162 --> 00:00:31.029
made him knowing and gentle
00:00:31.001 --> 00:00:34.567
And now you've seen fit to take him
00:00:34.568 --> 00:00:36.168
where being crookedy
00:00:36.169 --> 00:00:38.905
in mind or limb don't matter
00:00:40.162 --> 00:00:43.497
But lord it pleasures us to think
00:00:43.498 --> 00:00:45.009
now you've straightened out them legs
00:00:45.901 --> 00:00:48.903
It pleasures us to think on him
00:00:48.904 --> 00:00:51.773
walking around as easy as anyone
00:00:51.774 --> 00:00:55.091
And lord give him a few redbirds
00:00:55.911 --> 00:00:58.913
and maybe a squirrel or a coon
00:00:58.914 --> 00:01:01.916
to keep him company like he had here
00:01:01.917 --> 00:01:04.518
All of us is somehow lonesome
00:01:04.001 --> 00:01:07.188
and we know he'll not be lonesome
Clip duration: 68 seconds
Views: 83
Timestamp in movie: 01h 20m 01s
Uploaded: 27 November, 2022
Genres: drama, family, western
Summary: A boy persuades his parents to allow him to adopt a young deer, but what will happen if the deer misbehaves?
