Come on boy, I'm goin' to put you where you'll be nice and safe for a long time. A long, long time.
10 seconds sound clip from the Destination Freedom - The Trumpet Talks (The early life of Louis Armstrong) classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:19:08 in the radio play.
Quote context
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- I'm taking the horn with me. Now stay back there.
- Hold on! Stand where you are, boy. Drop that gun!
- Hold him, officer! I told you he'd come back... hold him!
- There... there now! Gimme this gun or I'll crack your head.
- Now... let's see... Well... He wasn't goin' to do much killin' with this pistol. Not a bullet in it.
- Come on boy, I'm goin' to put you where you'll be nice and safe for a long time. A long, long time.
- He took the kid to the juvenile court, and the judge was having a busy day.
- Your honor, I really wasn't gonna...
- I know, I know, I've already decided on you.
- Louis Armstrong? You know, I could send you to the road gangs... even at your age.
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