Thank you very much.
We've been up here singing all evening,
so we'd kind of like you to join
us on one if you would please.
This has always been my very favorite sing
-along song
in the whole world.
It comes from my home state of Texas,
and it's called He Was a Friend of Mine.
Hey! Is there somebody from
Texas back there?
Is that right? Big deal.
It goes something like this.
It goes exactly like this.
Well, he was a friend of mine,
he was a of mine,
he died without a penny,
didn't have a dime,
but he was a of mine,
well, he was a friend of mine, well,
Listen, y 'all, people when they usually end this song just end it,
you know, he was a friend of mine,
blah, and that's all there is to it.
But we have something special for you.
So I want you to pay real close
attention to everything
so you can kind of sing along with us, you know, and really make a, you know,
a big hot dog ending
and everything.
Well, he, did you get the little ee?
You got to remember that because that's kind
of important and everything, see.
But, this is the best part.
Was a friend of mine.
How does that grab ya?
Okay, everybody sing along
and really put your heart into it.
Hot dog, I guess I'm excited.
Well, he was a friend of mine.
He was a friend of mine
He died without a penny
Didn't have a dime
But he was a friend of mine
One more time, everybody!
He was a friend of mine
He was a of mine
He died without a penny,
didn't have a dime,
but he was a friend of mine.
We got it!
I don't know where he come from.
I don't know where he come from.
Now one day he was there,
next day he was gone.
I don't know where
he comes from
Everybody sing!
Well, he was a friend of mine
He was a friend of mine
He died without a penny
Didn't have a dime
But he was a friend of mine
I stole away and cried,
I stole away and cried
The tears they fell like raindrops
the night that my friend died
I stole away and cried by yourselves
Be a friend of mine
Wait a cotton -pickin' minute
That's pretty cruddy
I hear there's about 800
to 1000 people here
You come here,
it's a big night of the week, right?
Saturday night,
everybody gets excited
Probably get your favorite date
You probably took a bath
You come out here for a big evening
You sit out there and get senile
Now look you guys
this is my favorite sing -along
in the whole world and I want
you to really get into it
you know and just sing your heart out
because you know if
you do if you do it right
you get chills all over yeah
so everybody one more time
now
I really expect to hear it now
here we go
Alright! died a king in paradise
He was a of mine
Now why did you do that the first time?
Clots.
Okay, now look,
I want everybody to sing
in what's real soft and quiet
and we're gonna sing
harmonies and stuff.
He was a friend of mine
He was a of mine
He died that day
Didn't have a dime
But he was a of mine
Let's really hit it now
He was a of mine
He was a of mine
He died without me, didn't have a dime
So he was a friend of mine
Less than a thousand feet
All right, you guys.
When you do a sing -along,
you gotta follow the bouncing folk singers,
right?
Okay, one more time.
When I cut it off,
everybody, cut it off.
Well, he...
What a retarded section.
One more time.
Will he?
I tell you what, we're getting there,
but what we've gained in precision,
we've lost in soul.
So everybody sing it one more time,
now really get into it, you guys,
you know, right deep down in the old pack of cigarettes and really...
Here we go.
Will he?
All right!
One more time.
Will he?
He was a friend of mine.
You
The Mitchell Trio 
