Since you mean to hang me... I'd like to atone to my Maker.

— Jebediah Nightlinger (Roscoe Lee Browne)

6 seconds sound clip from the The Cowboys (1972) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 02:03:44 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Now you're actin' mighty calm considerin' what it is I got in store for you.

- What have you got to show me that I haven't seen before?

- Don't you sass me, you black!

- Give me that rope.

- This is what? You ever seen one of these? You ever seen a nigger run? Come on! Come on! Get up! Get up!

- Since you mean to hang me... I'd like to atone to my Maker.

- You got one minute. Speak your piece.

- Where to begin? I regret having trifled with married women.

- I'm thoroughly ashamed of having cheated at cards.

- I deplore my occasional departures from the truth.

- Forgive me for taking Your name in vain my Saturday drunkenness, my Sunday sloth.

[...]

The Cowboys (1972) Sound Clip

The Cowboys Movie Poster

The best quotes from The Cowboys (1972), as voted by the site's visitors, featuring short sound bites.

Actors: John Wayne (Wil Andersen), Roscoe Lee Browne (Jebediah Nightlinger), Bruce Dern (Asa Watts)

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