:12:00
How about a nice, short Irish name?
Dennis or Michael.
:12:04
George Michael Cohan.
:12:09
Yes, I like that name.
:12:14
Gosh, I forgot.
:12:21
Hey! It's a boy!
:12:28
Oh, Jerry.
:12:36
Heavenly day, Nellie,
he's crying with a brogue.
:12:43
The first thing I ever had in my fist
was the American flag.
:12:47
I hitched my wagon to 38 stars
and 13 stripes.
:12:51
I was 6 or 7 before I realized they weren't
celebrating my birthday on the 4th of July.
:12:58
Then my folks had a real break when
my little sister, Josie, made her entrance.
:13:02
She grew to love show business
just as she loved everybody and everything.
:13:07
We toured the kerosene circuit on a show
called Daniel Boone on the Trail.
:13:13
Everybody doubled in brass.
Dad walloped the bass drum.
:13:18
They teamed me with a donkey.
I was a good Democrat even in those days.
:13:23
Mother and Josie threw out handbills.
:13:25
Their smiles would've sold tickets
to wooden Indians.
:13:33
They kept putting new stars in the flag, and
the Cohans kept rushing out to meet them.
:13:39
We had jokes to match every cornfield.
We sang at every milk station.