The director put me, the trumpet, in the kid's hand.
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 00:21:07 in the radio play.
Quote context
[...]
- Then there's the horn. You noticed this morning we had a trumpet boy playing reveille...
- Well... the regular boy's being discharged. Goin' home. I'd like to start training someone new.
- Yes, I think you'll like it here.
- The director put me, the trumpet, in the kid's hand.
- And he blew and learned the notes in the reform school classroom until his term was nearly up.
- And his mother came by... 'Louis. You say you don't want to come home.'
- Home! Ma, I'm trying to tell you, it's easier here. I don't mind it now.
- Son, what's happened? In two years I've never seen such... such a change.
- Don't cry! I'm staying in's long as they'll teach me... all the music they know.
[...]
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