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JERRY:
I made up my mind that I was going to try to write music with an English accent. So I sailed for London. I wish I could say with flags flying and my courage high, but the sea and I, and the boat, uh, didn't get along too well together. I was mighty glad to see land again
I made up my mind that I was going to try to write music with an English accent. So I sailed for London. I wish I could say with flags flying and my courage high, but the sea and I, and the boat, uh, didn't get along too well together. I was mighty glad to see land again
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JERRY:
I made up my mind
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that I was going to try to write music
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with an English accent.
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So I sailed for London.
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I wish I could say with flags flying
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and my courage high,
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but the sea and I, and the boat,
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uh, didn't get along too well together.
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I was mighty glad to see land again.
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Movie Summary
Songwriter and Broadway pioneer Jerome Kern is unable to find immediate success in the U.S. He sought recognition abroad. He journeyed to England where his dreams of success became real and where he met his future wife Eva Leale.