He took a long look at my valves and shining mouth...
6 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 00:11:55 in the radio play.
Quote context
[...]
- I know about the coal. What's your name?
- The kids 'round Rampart Street call him Satchelmouth. You can see why.
- All right, Satchmo'. Tell you what. I'll show you how to blow in my spare time.
- Sure.
- Two can't blow one horn. Buy yourself a trumpet. Come back... and we'll get together.
- He took a long look at my valves and shining mouth...
- And went back home and rose the next morning and made the rounds of Rampart and Franklin Streets...
- My face is brown and my mule is black, I sell my coal two bits a sack. Coal m'am?
- What's this sack of pennies for?
- I priced the trumpet in the window, remember? you said seventy dollars could get it.
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