- Florida Evans: [Florida sings the moving song] "Mi" "crooked letter" "crooked letter" "i" "crooked letter" "crooked letter" "i" "hooked-back letter" "hooked-back letter" "i"
- ["crooked letter" refers to the letter "s" by gesturing a step forward and stating "Crooked Letter" while the "hooked-back letter" stands for "p" and gesturing with a step-back. This was the first and only time an ethnic move was used to 'remember' a letter by how is moves]
- Florida Evans: [reading telegram from Mississippi] Dear Mrs. Evans... we regret to inform you that your husband, James Evans, was killed... in an automo...