:23:04
She done the meals,
she done the chores...
:23:07
that Hank wouldn't do
and I couldn't.
:23:14
And then, that lady--
:23:18
and she was a lady, ma'am--
:23:24
she'd soak her old stockings
in buttermilk...
:23:30
and put 'em on her arms,
not to burn...
:23:33
and go work in the sun...
:23:36
while Pa's fishing the river
with a jug by his rump.
:23:43
My point, ma'am--
:23:46
my point is I'd have bought Ma
away from there if I'd had the cash.
:23:55
I'd have brought her
into town...
:23:58
give her a house like this
on a quiet street...
:24:03
and set her on the porch
in a rocking chair...
:24:08
and let her watch
the seasons come and go.
:24:13
From springtime till snow,
she could relish it all.
:24:17
White lilacs...
:24:20
early rhubarb.
:24:23
That's the quiet
sort of thing she liked.
:24:29
She could read too.
Read fine books.
:24:37
But there was never the time.
:24:42
"Oh, dear, this is undone
and that's undone."
:24:45
And, "Glenn, where's
my mind gone nowadays?"
:24:50
She said I'd go to college too.
:24:55
Now there's a laugh.
:24:58
She was bugged on learning, ma'am.