If I ever catch you fibbing again like you did about John Truett, I'll give you something to recuperate about.
5 seconds sound clip from the Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:07:55.526 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Wouldn't take a minute to turn them on.
- Well, wouldn't that be kind of wasting a minute?
- Yeah. Yeah, I guess it would.
- You know, you've got a mighty strong grip for a boy.
- I have to have two kinds of ice cream. I'm recuperating.
- Esther, your ice cream is melting.
- Esther, is there anything wrong with you?
- Roses are red, John's name is Truett, Esther's in love and we always knew it.
- Mama, I refuse to stay here while my sister's humiliated by these ghastly children.
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