“For heaven's sakes, stop that screeching! That song. The fair won't...” – Mr. Alonzo Smith, Meet Me in St. Louis ... Movie Quotes Database

[to Esther and Rose, who are singing "Meet Me in St. Louis"]

For heaven's sakes, stop that screeching! That song. The fair won't open for seven months. That's all everybody sings about or talks about. I wish everybody would meet at the fair and leave me alone.

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