She was sending her baby to California and she thought I had a kind, motherly face so she asked to take care of him on the trip.
10 seconds sound clip from The Danny Kaye Radio Show - "A Baby From Washington" (3.02.1945).
You can hear this line at 00:02:39 in the radio play.
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- Where did that baby come from?
- Well, let me put it another way...
- A woman.
- Well that's startling information. Now who is this woman?
- I dunno.
- What?
- Well, I just met her as I was getting on the plane.
- The baby's papa is going to meet me here in a minute and pick him up.
- Isn't he a cute little gurgle-puss?
- Isn't he cute... Do you like babies?
- Yeah, I love babies. They're so young.
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