Rawhide (TV Series)

Incident of the Phantom Bugler (1961)

Steve Raines: Jim Quince

Quotes 

• Jim Quince : [He is singing Red River Valley]  Then sit down by my side, Little Darling. Do not hasten to bid me adieu.

  [Joe Scarlet hums along] 

  Jim Quince : But remember the Red River Valley and the cowboy-

  [He hears the bugle] 

• Jim Quince : Hey, Joe, have a look at them steers. They don't have to get up at night.

  Joe Scarlet : Nope.

  Jim Quince : They don't have to eat Wishbone's cooking.

  Joe Scarlet : Nope. I'm hungry just the same.

  Jim Quince : Find them good food, good water, easy going. What makes us think we got such a good deal?

  Joe Scarlet : Sedalia. Them steers and us both going there. But we're the only ones coming back.

  Jim Quince : But you consider where they're going and where we're going. For us, it's San Antone and another herd. Another six months on the trail. For them steers they're going East, Chicago, St Louis, big cities. The restaurants with bright, shiny lights ablazing, and pretty music, beautiful women just sitting around. Champagne being poured by the buckets. That's where them steers are going.

  Joe Scarlet : But they ain't gonna be sitting at the table, they gonna be on the table, on plates.

• Jim Quince : [singing while on night hawk]  We will miss your bright eyes and your sweet smile. They say you are taking the sunshine that will brighten your path for a while. Say Joe.

  [Sleepy Joe is asleep in the saddle] 

  Joe Scarlet : Huh?

  Jim Quince : Turn 'round and ride back the other way now.

  Joe Scarlet : What's the only way we're going?

  Jim Quince : Nothing.

  Joe Scarlet : Then why do we have to turn around and go back?

  Jim Quince : Well, Indians... nighthawkers on the other side of the herd, I guess.

  Joe Scarlet : Sounds reasonable.

  [There's no logic in the middle of the night]