Page 29 - Demo

LEVI/GUS
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe? Where did you come
from, Cotton-Eye Joe? Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
(The clapping,chanting and pacing of “Where did you come from, Cotton-Eyed Joe” picks up extremely fast as SILAS Kick, and dance away. The men end with a big stomp. They all applaud SILAS who Jumps off the TABLE into a big split. He walks back to the BAR. GUS is overly excited)
GUS YEEAAAAAAAAAA!!!! YEAHHHH!
(GUS take a seat. THUNDERCLAP. LIGHTNING. He’s distraught)
GUS
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah,... Katie... sing that song allot. Gus miss
her. A lily in bloom to fill the sky with beautiful colors and glorious smells to make you sigh. A rose can wither and petals can stray...
GUS/LEVI
...but a lily in bloom... will never decay.
GUS AS FRANK LEVI
GUS
Katie.
Katie.
Katie say that to me all the time.
Who's Katie?
SILAS
LEVI
A friend of Gus’s from South Carolina. She passed on
recently he say.
Lets not talk on it no more.
GUS
27.