The kid came hawking his coal and peeping at the back windows of Diamond Stone's to see if he could get a glimpse of my shinin' cylinders in the hands of the trumpeter.
13 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 00:04:40 in the radio play.
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- OK. Now here's where you come in...
- Wait... don't blow. Put the trumpet down till he goes by.
- He took me down from his lips and laid me on the table,
- And the kid guided it towards the back of Diamond Stone's Cafe.
- He stopped his wagon at the door.
- He was perched on top the coal and straining his ears for the sound of someone blowing on a trumpet.
- And inside, the drummer gripped the trumpeter's arm and held him back.
- Just make like we haven't started practicing yet.
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