Annie Oakley (TV Series)

Annie and the Leprechauns (1956)

Raymond Hatton: Tim Lafferty

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Tim Lafferty : Well...

  Tagg Oakley : Howdy.

  Tim Lafferty : A hearty welcome to ya. Me name is Tim Lafferty.

  Tagg Oakley : Mine's Tagg Oakley.

  Tim Lafferty : Well, Tagg Oakley, eh? You wouldn't happen to be any relation to Annie Oakley, would you?

  Tagg Oakley : I'm her brother. Do you know her, Mr. Lafferty?

  Tim Lafferty : No, but I've heard of her - the little colleen with the eyes of an eagle and the heart of a lion.

  Tagg Oakley : She's pretty good, but I've never heard it said like that before.

  Tim Lafferty : Well, it isn't everybody that can be born in old Ireland and have the gift of the silver tongue from the leprechaunts.

• Tagg Oakley : Leprechauns? What are they?

  Tim Lafferty : They're the little people - the wee folk from the elves and the fairies.

  Tagg Oakley : Gosh. They're not real, are they?

  Tim Lafferty : Well, they're just as real as you and me to them that can see them. They're all around me. They followed me from the Auld Sod.

• Annie Oakley : If you just drive Miss Biddle into town, we won't put you to any more trouble, Mr. Lafferty.

  Tim Lafferty : Trouble indeed. I stand by me friends and, if you would be so kind, my friends call me "Tim".

• Tim Lafferty : And who is this murderin' scut?

  Deputy Sheriff Lofty Craig : He says his name is *Jones*. He was shooting at jackrabbits.

  Tim Lafferty : I'll show him the difference between an Irishman and a jackrabbit!

  Annie Oakley : No, Tim...

  Deputy Sheriff Lofty Craig : He also shot at me and jackrabbits don't wear badges.

• Tim Lafferty : Keep your chin up and your hat on straight and everything will be rosy in the morning.

• Tagg Oakley : How'd you catch him, Tim?

  Tim Lafferty : It wasn't me. It was the leprechauns.

  Henchman : He tricked me telling me there was a little man with whiskers behind me.

  Tim Lafferty : And so there was. And now we can start digging whether it's for gold or whether it's for water. Your troubles are over, Eliza. Up St Patrick!

  Tagg Oakley : And how about up the leprechauns?

  Tim Lafferty : Look out, there's one behind ya.