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Speaker 1 (00:02):
This is Ralph Emory, along with the Twitty Bird and
Conway Twitter, and we'll get back to them in a moment. Meantime, Conway,
I have some neighbors. If yours are going to sing
one of their classics, why don't you bring a boar?
Oh yeah, this is the Oakrid Boys, and I got
a song called Bobby Suit.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
I heard about her from prayer. He said, he the
brother down and let's see to break that out of
the mine. And where daddy Robert and her mom they.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
Had a daughter and him moll.
Speaker 4 (00:39):
And knows.
Speaker 5 (00:42):
Nobody's going an.
Speaker 4 (00:44):
A boss.
Speaker 6 (00:46):
Above my love.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
I'll take her riding on a Friday night, right down
the highway and up there night, I said, this woman
and see oh me fine, we'll find a preacher and
we'll do it. Nine.
Speaker 4 (01:29):
Her daddy told her that she has to wait.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
Her mama said, don't.
Speaker 5 (01:33):
Make a badday.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
But the keep driving through a round today and when
they find us, it'll be today.
Speaker 6 (01:43):
B b bay to see my d.
Speaker 7 (01:50):
I want to father.
Speaker 6 (02:25):
Upupupuu a b a bob Boh.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
You've heard the Olk Rage Boys with Bobby Stu. I
suppose there is no more fun time in America than
than Christmas time, and we have a Christmas classic coming up, Conway,
(03:21):
I believe the Twitty Bird does this entire story. It's
Twittery Birture does.
Speaker 8 (03:27):
This is as far as I'm concerned, as far as
the Twitty Bird's concerned, a classic Christmas song. It It
tells in detail what Christmas is all about. It describes
Santa Claus to a t. It's just a super duper
Christmas song and a twitty Bird loved it so much
(03:49):
he said, hey, Conway's I'd like to do this one.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
And I said, all right, twitty Bird, is this your
only solo in the album? Now?
Speaker 4 (03:56):
So I got another one? Gay?
Speaker 1 (03:57):
Which one is the other? The dir? Oh yes, yes,
that one? Oh yes yes. But I didn't realize that
was strictly your song?
Speaker 4 (04:06):
Well they sang the chorus.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
I see. Did did you rehearse a long time to
uh get get this? Yes? I did you? Did you
have to? I guess is recording new for you?
Speaker 4 (04:20):
Lots of time?
Speaker 1 (04:21):
T Well? Did you have to do it in the take? Well?
Take three, take four, take five, twenty five? Did you
did you work with mister Jimmy Bowen who is coming?
Speaker 4 (04:37):
He's a real good dacer t I.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
See, well, you sound like you're really into recording.
Speaker 4 (04:42):
Hey, I'm going to be a recording star, you know, Oh.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
You're gonna make records? What about that?
Speaker 8 (04:49):
Conway, see how this Christmas album turns out?
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Fly? Let's see how many songs are there about birds?
Name of bird, saw a bird? Hey, the Bird of Paradise,
Flap your nose and the bird saw no Bird, snow bird? Yes?
What else? Christmas is for the birds? Yes, we know
that that way. This, this is a wonderful story of Christmas.
Speaker 4 (05:19):
And bye bye Birdie.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
We talked about that. We talked about bye bye blackbird.
Oh yeah, all right, all right, twitty bird, I'm ready
for you now. In the control room they're going to
probably say take twenty five, twitty bird, go to it.
Speaker 9 (05:39):
Twist the night like Twistmas.
Speaker 4 (05:42):
And all through.
Speaker 9 (05:43):
The house not a creature was third, not even a mouse,
because calcolms were hung by the chimney with care and
hope to Kate Nicholas, would June be there?
Speaker 4 (05:56):
The band was mess a hoss. Not in their beds.
Speaker 9 (06:00):
All visions of sugar plumbs danced in their heads.
Speaker 4 (06:03):
Me and Mike Kerchief cook it and con Lay in.
Speaker 9 (06:06):
His cap had just settled down for a long winter's now,
when out on the lawn there arose such a clatter. Well,
I sprang from my bad to see what was the matter.
Away to the window high flew like a flash, tore
open the shutters, and threw up the side the moon
on the grasp of the new fallen snow, gave a
(06:30):
luster of mid day to objects below.
Speaker 4 (06:34):
When what to my wondering eyes should appear What a
miniature sleigh? And they tiny reindeer.
Speaker 9 (06:41):
With a little low driver, so lively and quick, for
I hear in the moment that it must be Saint
Nick more wrapping than eagles.
Speaker 4 (06:49):
His reindeer.
Speaker 9 (06:50):
They came, and he whistled, and he shouted, and he
called them by name. Now Dasher, now dancer, Now prancer
and vixen.
Speaker 4 (07:00):
Pun come it, hon you fit hand, and blet.
Speaker 9 (07:03):
To to the top of the porch, to the top
of the wall. Now dash away, dash away, dash away.
Speaker 4 (07:12):
All so up to the housetop.
Speaker 9 (07:16):
The reindeer they flew, with a sleigh full of toys.
Speaker 4 (07:19):
Hen Saint Nicholas cheek. Then in a.
Speaker 9 (07:22):
Twinkling fright, hurt on the roof the prancing and pine
hove each a.
Speaker 4 (07:28):
Little hook.
Speaker 10 (07:30):
Up on the housetop, ring deer paws out jumps good
old Sada Claus down through the chimney with lots of toys,
all for the little one's Christmas joys.
Speaker 8 (07:42):
First come to stock in.
Speaker 11 (07:43):
The blue bull now ord, dear sadder bill it well,
give her a dolly that laughs and cries, one that
will open and shut her eyes, Or burtle.
Speaker 7 (07:55):
Who wouldn't go, or hook who wouldn't.
Speaker 1 (07:59):
Go up on the house stopped, click.
Speaker 8 (08:01):
Click clicked down through the chimney.
Speaker 6 (08:04):
With good sat.
Speaker 9 (08:09):
As I drew in my head and was turning around
down the chimney, old Saint Nicholas came in with a bound.
He was dressed all in furved from his head to
his foot, and his clothes were all tarnished with ashes,
and shoot a bundle of toys he had flung on
his back. He looked like a feather just opening his sack.
Speaker 4 (08:32):
His eyes, how they twinkled, and.
Speaker 9 (08:35):
His dimples tould marry well. His cheeks were like roses,
and his nose.
Speaker 4 (08:41):
Like a cherry.
Speaker 9 (08:43):
He had a draw little mouth all drawn up like
a bowl, and his beard on his chin was.
Speaker 4 (08:49):
As white as the snow.
Speaker 9 (08:52):
The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
and the smoke did encircled his head like a wreath.
Speaker 4 (09:01):
She had a.
Speaker 9 (09:01):
Broad face, hitting around little belly that shook when he laughed,
like a botfull of jelly. He was chubby, and from
all right, jolly old laugh. And I laughed when I
saw him in spite of myself. A wink of his
eye and a twist of his head let me to
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know I had nothing to dread.
Speaker 8 (09:27):
Colly, old Saint Nicholls, lean your ear this way. Don't
you tell a single soul what I'm gonna say. Christmas
comes but once a year. Now, you, dear old man, whisper.
Speaker 1 (09:48):
What you brought for me? Tell me if you can.
Speaker 12 (09:54):
Johnny wants a pair of skates, Shousie wants a slip,
Nelly wants a picture of yellow blue.
Speaker 8 (10:06):
And by now I think I'll.
Speaker 7 (10:10):
Leave to you what to kill.
Speaker 8 (10:15):
Choose for me, Dear Santa Claus, you will know their berry.
Speaker 9 (10:30):
He felt not a word, but went straight to his work,
and he filled all the stocking, then turned with a jerk,
and laying a finger alongside of his nose.
Speaker 4 (10:42):
What he gave me a nod and up the chimney,
he rose, he sprang to his sleighs and to his team.
Speaker 9 (10:48):
Gave a whistler, and away they all flew like the
down of a thistle. But I heard him exclaim as
he drove out of sight married Twistmas.
Speaker 4 (11:02):
Day night.
Speaker 1 (11:06):
That's a delightful story. I wonder how old that story is, Conway,
I don't know in all of our research. You know,
there's no way you can find out. It's a pd
song was written many, many, many years ago. I think
I'm thinking it maybe the eighteen forties. Whoever did it
put together a was written by a doctor. I'm trying
to think of his name. Anyway, the song goes back
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to the mid nineteenth century and twenty bird. I thought
you did a nice job.
Speaker 4 (11:33):
I enjoyed gearing it and doelling the story through all
the little kids.
Speaker 1 (11:36):
Oh it was that state. It was wonderful. You've heard
the twity bird here and the story of the night
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fledgling stars in Nashville. Galla, I think has a great future.
Her name is Kathy Matteau.
Speaker 3 (12:36):
And downtown making, make a lot of noise, tell another
boys on.
Speaker 4 (12:42):
Easy, take a little long way to Quid Stevens.
Speaker 2 (12:46):
Lady in the backbone.
Speaker 1 (12:48):
He ain't there.
Speaker 2 (12:49):
I ain't gonna take it.
Speaker 5 (12:51):
This smear and bonding big face. I get sued and
normally not turned down. What kind of stories you be
spreading around?
Speaker 1 (13:05):
What can you want? Those? And noses into.
Speaker 4 (13:10):
Dirt from follow over you stay dark.
Speaker 3 (13:16):
Had to be in downtown. I've been my fie me
make a lot of noise telling other boys. I'm musing,
he said, take along Home and the seventies, leading in
fact that she ain't there.
Speaker 4 (13:30):
I ain't gonna take it this year.
Speaker 1 (13:32):
I didn't make face.
Speaker 4 (13:56):
Well, baby, no, I just can't understand.
Speaker 3 (14:01):
I'm telling lies can make it be a licked man,
But can't you want to knows me noses eteen, you're
too grown man, solve over street talk hasn't keeping downtown
lave at night? FA make a loud of noise tellingother
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boys I music.
Speaker 4 (14:26):
Make a long longay be standing the stating in the.
Speaker 1 (14:29):
Back that she ca't there, I ain't gonna take it
this near. And my name sing.
Speaker 4 (14:36):
Street talk.
Speaker 1 (14:42):
Street Talk. Yeah, that's Kathy Matteya and the song is
carosed street Talk, Oh twenty bird. While you're here, uh
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and doing such a wonderful job, I'll ask you to
bring on another one of the country singers.
Speaker 4 (15:13):
I know mister Johnny rod Ray.
Speaker 1 (15:15):
Do you know him well? I know him comral kind
of Well, all right, that'll do.
Speaker 4 (15:21):
He's gonna be singing back on her mind.
Speaker 1 (15:24):
Yes, that's his newest record.
Speaker 4 (15:26):
It's real good, dude.
Speaker 12 (15:35):
One of these days that yellowphone is going rag.
Speaker 4 (15:43):
If mom looky, it'll be that sweet young.
Speaker 7 (15:48):
Thing let a fan job when she was mind.
Speaker 2 (15:59):
Now I'm trying just to get back on her mine, Lord,
I fast sad.
Speaker 5 (16:15):
O.
Speaker 13 (16:16):
Friends, tell me.
Speaker 10 (16:18):
She said up this time.
Speaker 4 (16:23):
I used to get high? Would she ride on my stool?
Speaker 3 (16:31):
Now I'm crying, crying.
Speaker 1 (16:34):
To get back on her mine?
Speaker 4 (16:47):
If she calls, I know just what I'm going to say, mad, I'm.
Speaker 8 (16:56):
Sorry enough where I've changed my I'm we.
Speaker 7 (17:03):
And I'll brooded it.
Speaker 13 (17:05):
She'll just give me the time, fine enough at least
to get back older mine.
Speaker 5 (17:17):
My mom.
Speaker 13 (17:19):
Oh, I following and steve to get sign.
Speaker 4 (17:27):
Of her plan. Spell she's sie.
Speaker 1 (17:30):
Of this fie.
Speaker 4 (17:35):
I used to get or high when she ried on
my stool. Now I'm ye fine to get back on my.
Speaker 13 (17:51):
Guess I'm fine, fine to get back on mine.
Speaker 1 (18:06):
That was Johnny Rodriguez and the song back on her
mind again? And now, friends, who want you to do
me a little favor, if you would first turn up
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the drawer where you keep your best cutting knives and
tell me, honestly, do you see even one knife in
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seven two two Well Conway, You and the twenty bird
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of taking us through Toyland Town through through the North
Pole your first Christmas album, and I assume you thought
for a long time about how to finish it. I
sure did, Ralph.
Speaker 8 (20:26):
Of course, you know the whole album is a fantasy thing,
and fantasy is a very very important part of Christmas,
but it's certainly by no means the main part. And
I knew that I had to get to what to
Christmas is really all about. And so I sat down
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and wrote a few.
Speaker 1 (20:48):
Lines to.
Speaker 8 (20:50):
Make the transition from the fantasy, from the fantasy part
of Christmas into the what Christmas is really all about,
and then ended up with the song that tells the
true story what Christmas is really all about. A long,
long time ago, in a little town far away, a
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special child was born. Each year we celebrate his birthday
by exchanging gifts, and we call it Christmas. When God
gave us the baby Jesus, he gave us the most
precious gift of all, the gift of love.
Speaker 1 (21:26):
Now listen as I tell the story of the miracle
that started it.
Speaker 7 (21:30):
All night, oohly night, all.
Speaker 8 (21:48):
Come Allly bread.
Speaker 7 (21:57):
Right, John Forgan.
Speaker 1 (22:05):
And child.
Speaker 7 (22:09):
Ohlyan so tea.
Speaker 8 (22:17):
And see.
Speaker 1 (22:22):
Ben we.
Speaker 8 (22:35):
Beenvnly pe Merry Christmas, everybody.
Speaker 1 (22:56):
That is our guest star of the week, Conway Twitter.
And that is how the album married Twistmas with Conway Twitty,
and the Twitty Bird concludes that beautiful rendition of Silent Night.
(23:20):
Now then I have to conclude our visit to Toyland
Town and the North Pole and Twitty Bird, it's been
a pleasure sharing the microphone with you.
Speaker 4 (23:30):
Well, thank you. It's been a pleasure being here team
and Mary Christmas.
Speaker 1 (23:33):
Well, I want to wish you Merry Christmas. Conway. We
never didn't find out what you wanted for Christmas, Twitty Bird.
This may be the last show you'll ever do with Conway.
To keep that up, I continue, Conway, any thoughts on
what you want for Christmas? Yeah, I told you earlier.
Speaker 8 (23:54):
Rap I just I like for everybody to have a
to have everything they want. Proference that doesn't mean a
lot to me.
Speaker 1 (24:01):
I wish you the best you got me and everything
that won't Hey, I would Twitty Bird back to birds
Seed for you there today, twenty Bird, I have to
I have to get off the air. Merry Christmas to
you and to you Conway and your family. Thank you
all and my friends. If you want to see the
twenty Bird and Conway twenty we invite you to spend
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some time during Christmas at twenty City in Nashville or
at Hendersonville. Ralph Emily for the twenty Bird and for
Conway twenty saying so long till we see you again.
This is Ralph Emory, along with the Twitty Bird and
Conway Twitter, and we'll get back to them in a moment. Meantime, Conway,
I have some neighbors. If yours are going to sing
one of their classics, why don't you bring a boar?
Oh yeah, this is the Oakrid Boys, and I got
a song called Bobby Suit.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
I heard about her from prayer. He said, he the
brother down and let's see to break that out of
the mine. And where daddy Robert and her mom they.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
Had a daughter and him moll.
Speaker 4 (00:39):
And knows.
Speaker 5 (00:42):
Nobody's going an.
Speaker 4 (00:44):
A boss.
Speaker 6 (00:46):
Above my love.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
I'll take her riding on a Friday night, right down
the highway and up there night, I said, this woman
and see oh me fine, we'll find a preacher and
we'll do it. Nine.
Speaker 4 (01:29):
Her daddy told her that she has to wait.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
Her mama said, don't.
Speaker 5 (01:33):
Make a badday.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
But the keep driving through a round today and when
they find us, it'll be today.
Speaker 6 (01:43):
B b bay to see my d.
Speaker 7 (01:50):
I want to father.
Speaker 6 (02:25):
Upupupuu a b a bob Boh.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
You've heard the Olk Rage Boys with Bobby Stu. I
suppose there is no more fun time in America than
than Christmas time, and we have a Christmas classic coming up, Conway,
(03:21):
I believe the Twitty Bird does this entire story. It's
Twittery Birture does.
Speaker 8 (03:27):
This is as far as I'm concerned, as far as
the Twitty Bird's concerned, a classic Christmas song. It It
tells in detail what Christmas is all about. It describes
Santa Claus to a t. It's just a super duper
Christmas song and a twitty Bird loved it so much
(03:49):
he said, hey, Conway's I'd like to do this one.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
And I said, all right, twitty Bird, is this your
only solo in the album? Now?
Speaker 4 (03:56):
So I got another one? Gay?
Speaker 1 (03:57):
Which one is the other? The dir? Oh yes, yes,
that one? Oh yes yes. But I didn't realize that
was strictly your song?
Speaker 4 (04:06):
Well they sang the chorus.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
I see. Did did you rehearse a long time to
uh get get this? Yes? I did you? Did you
have to? I guess is recording new for you?
Speaker 4 (04:20):
Lots of time?
Speaker 1 (04:21):
T Well? Did you have to do it in the take? Well?
Take three, take four, take five, twenty five? Did you
did you work with mister Jimmy Bowen who is coming?
Speaker 4 (04:37):
He's a real good dacer t I.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
See, well, you sound like you're really into recording.
Speaker 4 (04:42):
Hey, I'm going to be a recording star, you know, Oh.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
You're gonna make records? What about that?
Speaker 8 (04:49):
Conway, see how this Christmas album turns out?
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Fly? Let's see how many songs are there about birds?
Name of bird, saw a bird? Hey, the Bird of Paradise,
Flap your nose and the bird saw no Bird, snow bird? Yes?
What else? Christmas is for the birds? Yes, we know
that that way. This, this is a wonderful story of Christmas.
Speaker 4 (05:19):
And bye bye Birdie.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
We talked about that. We talked about bye bye blackbird.
Oh yeah, all right, all right, twitty bird, I'm ready
for you now. In the control room they're going to
probably say take twenty five, twitty bird, go to it.
Speaker 9 (05:39):
Twist the night like Twistmas.
Speaker 4 (05:42):
And all through.
Speaker 9 (05:43):
The house not a creature was third, not even a mouse,
because calcolms were hung by the chimney with care and
hope to Kate Nicholas, would June be there?
Speaker 4 (05:56):
The band was mess a hoss. Not in their beds.
Speaker 9 (06:00):
All visions of sugar plumbs danced in their heads.
Speaker 4 (06:03):
Me and Mike Kerchief cook it and con Lay in.
Speaker 9 (06:06):
His cap had just settled down for a long winter's now,
when out on the lawn there arose such a clatter. Well,
I sprang from my bad to see what was the matter.
Away to the window high flew like a flash, tore
open the shutters, and threw up the side the moon
on the grasp of the new fallen snow, gave a
(06:30):
luster of mid day to objects below.
Speaker 4 (06:34):
When what to my wondering eyes should appear What a
miniature sleigh? And they tiny reindeer.
Speaker 9 (06:41):
With a little low driver, so lively and quick, for
I hear in the moment that it must be Saint
Nick more wrapping than eagles.
Speaker 4 (06:49):
His reindeer.
Speaker 9 (06:50):
They came, and he whistled, and he shouted, and he
called them by name. Now Dasher, now dancer, Now prancer
and vixen.
Speaker 4 (07:00):
Pun come it, hon you fit hand, and blet.
Speaker 9 (07:03):
To to the top of the porch, to the top
of the wall. Now dash away, dash away, dash away.
Speaker 4 (07:12):
All so up to the housetop.
Speaker 9 (07:16):
The reindeer they flew, with a sleigh full of toys.
Speaker 4 (07:19):
Hen Saint Nicholas cheek. Then in a.
Speaker 9 (07:22):
Twinkling fright, hurt on the roof the prancing and pine
hove each a.
Speaker 4 (07:28):
Little hook.
Speaker 10 (07:30):
Up on the housetop, ring deer paws out jumps good
old Sada Claus down through the chimney with lots of toys,
all for the little one's Christmas joys.
Speaker 8 (07:42):
First come to stock in.
Speaker 11 (07:43):
The blue bull now ord, dear sadder bill it well,
give her a dolly that laughs and cries, one that
will open and shut her eyes, Or burtle.
Speaker 7 (07:55):
Who wouldn't go, or hook who wouldn't.
Speaker 1 (07:59):
Go up on the house stopped, click.
Speaker 8 (08:01):
Click clicked down through the chimney.
Speaker 6 (08:04):
With good sat.
Speaker 9 (08:09):
As I drew in my head and was turning around
down the chimney, old Saint Nicholas came in with a bound.
He was dressed all in furved from his head to
his foot, and his clothes were all tarnished with ashes,
and shoot a bundle of toys he had flung on
his back. He looked like a feather just opening his sack.
Speaker 4 (08:32):
His eyes, how they twinkled, and.
Speaker 9 (08:35):
His dimples tould marry well. His cheeks were like roses,
and his nose.
Speaker 4 (08:41):
Like a cherry.
Speaker 9 (08:43):
He had a draw little mouth all drawn up like
a bowl, and his beard on his chin was.
Speaker 4 (08:49):
As white as the snow.
Speaker 9 (08:52):
The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
and the smoke did encircled his head like a wreath.
Speaker 4 (09:01):
She had a.
Speaker 9 (09:01):
Broad face, hitting around little belly that shook when he laughed,
like a botfull of jelly. He was chubby, and from
all right, jolly old laugh. And I laughed when I
saw him in spite of myself. A wink of his
eye and a twist of his head let me to
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know I had nothing to dread.
Speaker 8 (09:27):
Colly, old Saint Nicholls, lean your ear this way. Don't
you tell a single soul what I'm gonna say. Christmas
comes but once a year. Now, you, dear old man, whisper.
Speaker 1 (09:48):
What you brought for me? Tell me if you can.
Speaker 12 (09:54):
Johnny wants a pair of skates, Shousie wants a slip,
Nelly wants a picture of yellow blue.
Speaker 8 (10:06):
And by now I think I'll.
Speaker 7 (10:10):
Leave to you what to kill.
Speaker 8 (10:15):
Choose for me, Dear Santa Claus, you will know their berry.
Speaker 9 (10:30):
He felt not a word, but went straight to his work,
and he filled all the stocking, then turned with a jerk,
and laying a finger alongside of his nose.
Speaker 4 (10:42):
What he gave me a nod and up the chimney,
he rose, he sprang to his sleighs and to his team.
Speaker 9 (10:48):
Gave a whistler, and away they all flew like the
down of a thistle. But I heard him exclaim as
he drove out of sight married Twistmas.
Speaker 4 (11:02):
Day night.
Speaker 1 (11:06):
That's a delightful story. I wonder how old that story is, Conway,
I don't know in all of our research. You know,
there's no way you can find out. It's a pd
song was written many, many, many years ago. I think
I'm thinking it maybe the eighteen forties. Whoever did it
put together a was written by a doctor. I'm trying
to think of his name. Anyway, the song goes back
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to the mid nineteenth century and twenty bird. I thought
you did a nice job.
Speaker 4 (11:33):
I enjoyed gearing it and doelling the story through all
the little kids.
Speaker 1 (11:36):
Oh it was that state. It was wonderful. You've heard
the twity bird here and the story of the night
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fledgling stars in Nashville. Galla, I think has a great future.
Her name is Kathy Matteau.
Speaker 3 (12:36):
And downtown making, make a lot of noise, tell another
boys on.
Speaker 4 (12:42):
Easy, take a little long way to Quid Stevens.
Speaker 2 (12:46):
Lady in the backbone.
Speaker 1 (12:48):
He ain't there.
Speaker 2 (12:49):
I ain't gonna take it.
Speaker 5 (12:51):
This smear and bonding big face. I get sued and
normally not turned down. What kind of stories you be
spreading around?
Speaker 1 (13:05):
What can you want? Those? And noses into.
Speaker 4 (13:10):
Dirt from follow over you stay dark.
Speaker 3 (13:16):
Had to be in downtown. I've been my fie me
make a lot of noise telling other boys. I'm musing,
he said, take along Home and the seventies, leading in
fact that she ain't there.
Speaker 4 (13:30):
I ain't gonna take it this year.
Speaker 1 (13:32):
I didn't make face.
Speaker 4 (13:56):
Well, baby, no, I just can't understand.
Speaker 3 (14:01):
I'm telling lies can make it be a licked man,
But can't you want to knows me noses eteen, you're
too grown man, solve over street talk hasn't keeping downtown
lave at night? FA make a loud of noise tellingother
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boys I music.
Speaker 4 (14:26):
Make a long longay be standing the stating in the.
Speaker 1 (14:29):
Back that she ca't there, I ain't gonna take it
this near. And my name sing.
Speaker 4 (14:36):
Street talk.
Speaker 1 (14:42):
Street Talk. Yeah, that's Kathy Matteya and the song is
carosed street Talk, Oh twenty bird. While you're here, uh
(15:07):
and doing such a wonderful job, I'll ask you to
bring on another one of the country singers.
Speaker 4 (15:13):
I know mister Johnny rod Ray.
Speaker 1 (15:15):
Do you know him well? I know him comral kind
of Well, all right, that'll do.
Speaker 4 (15:21):
He's gonna be singing back on her mind.
Speaker 1 (15:24):
Yes, that's his newest record.
Speaker 4 (15:26):
It's real good, dude.
Speaker 12 (15:35):
One of these days that yellowphone is going rag.
Speaker 4 (15:43):
If mom looky, it'll be that sweet young.
Speaker 7 (15:48):
Thing let a fan job when she was mind.
Speaker 2 (15:59):
Now I'm trying just to get back on her mine, Lord,
I fast sad.
Speaker 5 (16:15):
O.
Speaker 13 (16:16):
Friends, tell me.
Speaker 10 (16:18):
She said up this time.
Speaker 4 (16:23):
I used to get high? Would she ride on my stool?
Speaker 3 (16:31):
Now I'm crying, crying.
Speaker 1 (16:34):
To get back on her mine?
Speaker 4 (16:47):
If she calls, I know just what I'm going to say, mad, I'm.
Speaker 8 (16:56):
Sorry enough where I've changed my I'm we.
Speaker 7 (17:03):
And I'll brooded it.
Speaker 13 (17:05):
She'll just give me the time, fine enough at least
to get back older mine.
Speaker 5 (17:17):
My mom.
Speaker 13 (17:19):
Oh, I following and steve to get sign.
Speaker 4 (17:27):
Of her plan. Spell she's sie.
Speaker 1 (17:30):
Of this fie.
Speaker 4 (17:35):
I used to get or high when she ried on
my stool. Now I'm ye fine to get back on my.
Speaker 13 (17:51):
Guess I'm fine, fine to get back on mine.
Speaker 1 (18:06):
That was Johnny Rodriguez and the song back on her
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seven two two Well Conway, You and the twenty bird
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of taking us through Toyland Town through through the North
Pole your first Christmas album, and I assume you thought
for a long time about how to finish it. I
sure did, Ralph.
Speaker 8 (20:26):
Of course, you know the whole album is a fantasy thing,
and fantasy is a very very important part of Christmas,
but it's certainly by no means the main part. And
I knew that I had to get to what to
Christmas is really all about. And so I sat down
(20:48):
and wrote a few.
Speaker 1 (20:48):
Lines to.
Speaker 8 (20:50):
Make the transition from the fantasy, from the fantasy part
of Christmas into the what Christmas is really all about,
and then ended up with the song that tells the
true story what Christmas is really all about. A long,
long time ago, in a little town far away, a
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special child was born. Each year we celebrate his birthday
by exchanging gifts, and we call it Christmas. When God
gave us the baby Jesus, he gave us the most
precious gift of all, the gift of love.
Speaker 1 (21:26):
Now listen as I tell the story of the miracle
that started it.
Speaker 7 (21:30):
All night, oohly night, all.
Speaker 8 (21:48):
Come Allly bread.
Speaker 7 (21:57):
Right, John Forgan.
Speaker 1 (22:05):
And child.
Speaker 7 (22:09):
Ohlyan so tea.
Speaker 8 (22:17):
And see.
Speaker 1 (22:22):
Ben we.
Speaker 8 (22:35):
Beenvnly pe Merry Christmas, everybody.
Speaker 1 (22:56):
That is our guest star of the week, Conway Twitter.
And that is how the album married Twistmas with Conway Twitty,
and the Twitty Bird concludes that beautiful rendition of Silent Night.
(23:20):
Now then I have to conclude our visit to Toyland
Town and the North Pole and Twitty Bird, it's been
a pleasure sharing the microphone with you.
Speaker 4 (23:30):
Well, thank you. It's been a pleasure being here team
and Mary Christmas.
Speaker 1 (23:33):
Well, I want to wish you Merry Christmas. Conway. We
never didn't find out what you wanted for Christmas, Twitty Bird.
This may be the last show you'll ever do with Conway.
To keep that up, I continue, Conway, any thoughts on
what you want for Christmas? Yeah, I told you earlier.
Speaker 8 (23:54):
Rap I just I like for everybody to have a
to have everything they want. Proference that doesn't mean a
lot to me.
Speaker 1 (24:01):
I wish you the best you got me and everything
that won't Hey, I would Twitty Bird back to birds
Seed for you there today, twenty Bird, I have to
I have to get off the air. Merry Christmas to
you and to you Conway and your family. Thank you
all and my friends. If you want to see the
twenty Bird and Conway twenty we invite you to spend
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some time during Christmas at twenty City in Nashville or
at Hendersonville. Ralph Emily for the twenty Bird and for
Conway twenty saying so long till we see you again.
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