Testi Soundtracks :: R

[MOTHER]

Sarah, let me take him for a while. You haven't slept.



[There is a knock at the door]



[MOTHER]

Yes?



[COALHOUSE]

I'm looking for a woman of color whose name is Sarah.

She is said to reside in one of these houses.



[LITTLE BOY]

She's here. She's living in our attic.



[COALHOUSE]

Will you tell her, please that Mr. Coalhouse Walker Jr.,

desires to speak with her?



[MOTHER]

Certainly. Please wait here.



[LITTLE BOY]

This is Sarah's baby. You want a cookie?



[MOTHER]

Sarah, you have a caller. A Mr. Walker. Will you come

down to the kitchen?



[SARAH]

No Ma'am. Send him away, please.



[MOTHER]

Well, that's the most words you've spoken since you've

been here.



[COALHOUSE]

Hmmm...



[MOTHER]

Sarah is unable to see you. Good day.



[COALHOUSE]

Thank you Ma'am. Tell her I'll come back next Sunday.



[GRANDFATHER]

Such was the coming of the colored man in the car

to Broadview Avenue.



[ALL]

Each Sunday, he'd come driving.

Curtains would part,

Neighbours would peek.



[MOTHER]

I'm sorry, Mr. Walker. Sarah still will not receive you.



[COALHOUSE]

Will you see that she gets these flowers, Ma'am?



[MOTHER, ALL]

Week after week!



And aftyer weeks of Sundays



[MOTHER]

Sending him off seemed a crime...



Mr. Walker, it must be a long drive for you. Perhaps

you would like a cup of tea before you go?



[COALHOUSE]

This piano is badly in need of a tuning.



[MOTHER]

Oh yes. We are terrible about that.



[GRANDFATHER]

Do you know any coon songs?



[COALHOUSE]

Coon songs are made for Minstrel shows. White men

sing them in blackface. This is called Ragtime.