He'd be the captain of the shrimping boat and I'd be his first mate.

5 seconds sound clip from the Forrest Gump (1994) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:19:10 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- We are at approximately 45th Street in New York City at One Astor Plaza. This is the site of the old Astor Hotel.

- What the hell is in Bayou La Batre?

- Shrimping boats.

- Shrimping boats? Who gives a shit about shrimping boats?

- I gotta buy me one of them shrimping boats, soon as I have some money.

- I made me a promise to Bubba in Vietnam that as soon as the war was over, we'd go in partners.

- He'd be the captain of the shrimping boat and I'd be his first mate.

- But now that he's dead, that means I gotta be the captain.

- A shrimp boat captain.

- Yes, sir.

- A promise is a promise, Lieutenant Dan.

- Now hear this! Private Gump here is gonna be a shrimp boat captain.

- Well, I tell you what, Gilligan, the day that you are a shrimp boat captain, I will come and be your first mate.

- Okay.

[...]

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