- Mother: You shouldn't think too much. It'll make you bald.
- [Johnny self-consciously rubs the back of his head]
- Mother: Johnny, how long do you think you're gonna be able to keep this up? Stayin' up half the night, waiting for her to come home, working all day?
- Johnny Horton: Well, I'm not gonna go out and let her come home at night all by herself.
- Mother: Well, I don't see her getting up with you in the morning.
- Johnny Horton: Why should she?
- Mother: Well, some wives make their husbands breakfast.
- Johnny Horton: Well, I got you to do that.
- Mother: Yeah, well I ain't gonna be around forever.
- Johnny Horton: Well, and Eadie ain't gonna work forever.
- [Johnny is about to go out to work]
- Mother: Johnny, you forgot your muffler.
- Johnny Horton: [shortly] It ain't cold out.
- [Johnny starts to leave again but his mother grabs him by the arm]
- Mother: Do me a favor. Wear your muffler.
- Johnny Horton: I don't want it!
- Mother: What do I have to do, beg you?
- Johnny Horton: No, you just have to believe me. It ain't cold out!
- Mother: I tell you it is!
- Johnny Horton: And I say the radio says it ain't!
- Mother: Well, my word is as good as theirs!
- [She wraps the muffler around Johnny's neck]
- Mother: And the radio ain't gonna take care of you if you get sick.
- [Johnny turns around to leave again]
- Mother: You forgot your hat!
- Johnny Horton: I ain't gonna wear no hat!
- Mother: Johnny, they'll think you're crazy looking at you wearin' a muffler and no hat!
- [Johnny furiously tears the scarf off]
- Johnny Horton: Well, then, I ain't gonna wear no muffler!
- Eadie Horton: [pinching Johnny's cheeks playfully] Poor baby.
- Johnny Horton: Don't make fun of me!
- Eadie Horton: I'm not making fun of you!