“Sure mike.” Jerry looked uneasily up at the whirring cameras, the mikes, and the mikes, then cleared his throat:
“Way down upon de Suwannee Ribber Far, far away;
Dere s where my heart is turning ebber — ”
The applause scared him out of his wits; the banging of the gavel frightened him still more-but it mattered not; the issue was no longer in doubt — Jerry was a man.