Daisy Duke: [transistor radio] Hey, everybody! Listen! That's my song! Jessi Colter is singing my song! Come on!
Luke Duke: What are you talking about?
Daisy Duke: I wrote that song! I wrote it!
The Balladeer: That's Cousin Daisy. She works as a waitress, but aspires to better things. Daisy can cause more trouble than a new-born baby. Uncle Jesse is the Duke patriarch. His word is law... Usually obeyed out of love... But always obeyed.
Uncle Jesse: Who'd you say that was singing?
Daisy Duke: [jumping up and down with excitement] It's Jessi Colter!
The Balladeer: And for all you folks ignorant of good music, Jessi Colter's one of the world's best singers. Though I'm partial to June Carter myself.
voice on the radio: And that was Jessi Colter's latest on the Big 40 Country Hits album.
Daisy Duke: I just can't believe it!
[bursts out laughing]
Uncle Jesse: That sounded real good, Daisy.
Daisy Duke: It took me forever to write the notes down. And after all these years of writing songs, I sent it to this music publisher, and now Jessi Colter is singing it!
Bo Duke: Well, that's great, Daisy. How much are they paying you?
Daisy Duke: The pay?
Luke Duke: Well, they did pay you?
Daisy Duke: No, I paid them!
Luke Duke: That's the sort of business we ought to have.
Daisy Duke: There was this magazine ad where you paid $50 and they published your songs. So I saved up all my tip money till I had enough, and I sent my song in, and I got this letter back saying it was published.
Bo Duke: Now, Daisy, uh... some of those ads are for phony operations.
Uncle Jesse: You think Daisy's been took?
Luke Duke: Well, they got Daisy's song, Jessi Colter's got a recording, and Daisy's got $50 less than she had before.
Uncle Jesse: That's took. And $50 in nickel tips ain't easy to come by.
Luke Duke: [educating Daisy] When you record a song, you're supposed to get royalties.
Bo Duke: Well, uh, where is this publishing company anyway?
Daisy Duke: It's Lester Starr Music Publishing, in Atlanta.
Uncle Jesse: [shakes his head] That place ain't been right since Sherman burned it.
Daisy Duke: [giggles] Now come on, I'll bet this Mr. Starr just made an oversight.
Bo Duke: [to Luke] You think we ought to go on to Atlanta and check it out?