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sman but you kin really beat de box. Less have uh tune. JIM Oh I ain't for pickin no box. I come to git some shells for my rifle. Sorta figgered on uh wild turkey or two. (He comes up on the porch and starts in the store) DAISY If Dave go git me dat big ole turkey an' you go git me one too--gee! Wont I have uh turkey fit? LINDSAY Lord, Daisy, you gointer have dese boys killin up every turkey in Orange County. WALTER You mean _Dave_. Jim couldn't hit de side of uh barn wid uh brass fiddle. JIM (Hitching up his trousers) Who can't shoot? (to Clarke) Come on an' gimme un box uh shells. I'll show yuh who kin shoot! (He exits into store with Clarke behind him) DAVE (To Daisy) You wait here till ah git back wid yo' turkey. DAISY Ahm skeered. DAVE Whut you skeered of? Jim? He aint no booger boo, if his ears do flop lak uh mule. DAISY Naw. Ah aint skeered uh no Jim. Ah got tuh git back tuh de white folks an Ahm skeered tuh go round dat lake at night by myself. (Enter Jim from store and stands in door with box of shells in his hand) JIM No girl look like you don't have to go home by yo' self, if it was midnight. DAVE (Gun in hand and ready to exit) Naw, cause Ahm right here-- JIM Daisy don't you trust yo'self round dat lake after dark, wid dat (points at Dave) breath and--britches. You needs uh real man to perteck you from dem 'gators and moccasins. DAVE Let somethin happen and she'll find out who got rabbit blood and who aint. Well, Ahm gone. (He steps down off the steps but looks back at Daisy). JIM Ahm goin too--git you uh great big ole turkey-rooster. (Dave takes a step or two towards left exit). DAISY Jim, aint you gointer knock off a li'l tune fo' you go? Ahm lonesome for some music. (Dave stops in his tracks and looks wistful. Jim sets down the shells on the bench and picks up his box with a swagger and tunes a bit.) WALTER Georgy Buck! JIM (Plays the air thru once then starts to sing. Dave leans his gun against the fence and stands there.) 1. Georgy Buck is dead, last word he said I don't want no shortenin in my bread. 2. Rabbit on de log--Aint got no dog How am I goin git him, God knows. (Dave walks on back near the step, and begins to buck a wing. Daisy comes down the step admiring both the playing and the dancing. All the men goin in singing and clapping) 3. Rabbit on de log--aint got no dog Shoot him wid my rifle, bam! bam!
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