Lancy and the Girl From Nowhere: A Musical Message of Love from the LORD

By Don McKerahan

Lancy O’Neill runs away from Glen Willow to an island in the South Pacific after hearing lewd tails about his wife, Krystal, from his friend Sharky. Lancy takes along with him their newborn baby, Lovely. Ten years later they return to his sister’s house, Mag, in Glen Willow. She is not to allow Krystal to know of his return. Lovely,

• Language: English
• Publisher: Book Vine Press
• Release date: Dec 22, 2019
• ISBN: 9781951886370

Don McKerahan

I'm a ninety-one-year-old artist who fell in love at the age of twenty-two and married the girl, Pat Zurcher, in 1953. Today, I'm as much in love with her as ever. We raised six children and have a beautiful group of grand and great-grandchildren. Presently, I'm on a mission to remind folks of our loving creator GOD, who it seems, the world has forgotten. So if you don't mind, permit me to give you a quick bit of advice. Let's just say you're not doing much with the life GOD gave you. If you give that life back to him, watch GOD work the most impossible miracles in your life you have ever known. Merely ask! And it shall be given you. Seek and ye shall find.

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LANCY

and the GIRL

from NOWHERE

A Musical Message of Love

from the LORD

Don McKerahan

Copyright © 2020 by Don McKerahan.

ISBN Softcover 978-1-951886-36-3

Ebook 978-1-951886-37-0

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Contents

ACT ONE

ACT TWO

ACT ONE

MAG IS IN THE BACKYARD HANGING HER MONDAY MORNING WASH. SHE IS SINGING, OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING.

(MAG sings: OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING.)

LOOK AT THE SUNSHINE, IT’S KISSING MY FACE.

CAN’T SEE A GRAY CLOUD OR EVEN A TRACE.

FLOWERS AND BLOSSOMS ALL OVER THE PLACE.

OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING.

LITTLE BIRDS HUDDLED AND TUCKED IN THEIR NEST.

MOTHER BIRDS FLYING WHILE BABY BIRDS REST.

THINGS LOOKING BRIGHT IN THE EAST AND THE WEST.

OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING.

THAT’S WHY I’M SINGING.

GOTTA LET GO!

HEY! DON’T YOU KNOW?

SPRINGTIME IS SPRINGING.

EARTH’S ALL AGLOW.

OH WHAT A SHOW!

GOD MADE ALL CREATURES TO LIVE AND SURVIVE.

BEETLES AND BUNNIES AND BEES IN THEIR HIVE.

PEOPLE WAKE UP AND BE GLAD YOU’RE ALIVE.

OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL,

DAY THAT IS NEW AN’ FULL MORNING.

MAG

(As MAG sings the last line of her song, another voice chimes in.)

Hello! Is someone there?

(Waits for a moment, then raises the empty clothes basket and ready to swing as she tiptoes toward the sound of the voice.)

I said who’s there? You better come out now before I…

LANCY

(Jumps out suddenly from behind the bedsheet on the clothesline.)

Boo!

MAG

(Startled, she flips the clothes basket in the air and grabs her heart.)

Ugh!

LANCY

It’s only me, Mag!

MAG

Are my eyes seein’ who I think I’m seein’? Is that really you?

LANCY

(With outstretched arms.)

The one an’ only!

MAG

(Hugs LANCY joyfully.)

Oh welcome home, Lancy. We all missed you so.

(Somewhat scoldingly.)

Now where have you been all this time?

LANCY

Tell ya’ later! Are you ready for another surprise, Mag?

MAG

Another?

LANCY

Yeah! Look who I brought along with me.

(Peels back the bedsheet hanging on the line, and LOVELY peeks around.)

MAG

(Surprised.)

It can’t be! Is this…

LANCY

Sure is!

(To LOVELY.)

Say hello to your Aunt Mag.

LOVELY

(Shyly.)

Hello.

MAG

Come here, my darlin’, and let me see you. Do you think you could give your Aunt Mag a big hug?

LANCY

Go ahead, Lovely.

MAG

(THEY hug. Somewhat confused she says to LANCY,)

But I thought you named her Ba…

LANCY

(Abruptly.)

No! I call her Lovely. That’s her name.

MAG

(Tries not to make an issue of it.)

Oh!

(Smoothing things over. To LOVELY.)

And lovely is what you are.

LOVELY

(Shyly.)

Thank you, ma’m!

MAG

You’re gonna have to get used to callin’ me Aunt Mag.

LANCY

(Suddenly.)

Well Lovely, say goodbye to your Aunt Mag.

MAG

(Somewhat bewildered.)

What do you mean, ‘goodbye’?

LANCY

I have to find a place for Lovely and me to stay.

MAG

(Firmly.)

You’re staying right here, Lancy O’Neill.

LANCY

(Insistently.)

No, Mag! I know of a place on the other side of Glen Willow.

MAG

Not another word! There’s plenty of room here! And besides, if you live so far away, I’ll never see…

(Slight pause.)

Lovely.

(Calls for her daughter Gabrielle.)

Gabrielle! Gabrielle! Now where can that girl be! She’s never around when I need her.

GABRIELLE

(She enters, stroking her hair with a brush.)

Yes, Mother!

MAG

Come meet your cousin Lovely.

GABRIELLE

Hi!

LOVELY

H’lo.

MAG

And this is your Uncle Lancy who you haven’t seen in years.

GABRIELLE

Hi Unc!

LANCY

Looks like the little duckling turned into a beautiful swan.

MAG

Don’t be telling the child such things. Spends half the day now looking in the mirror!

(To GABRIELLE.)

Show Lovely to that spare room and help with her things.

GABRIELLE

Mom, I don’t have time.

MAG

Do as I say!

GABRIELLE

(Complaining.)

It’ll be your fault if I’m late for school.

MAG

None of your back talk! Now go!

GABRIELLE

(Grumbling.)

Oh alright!

(To LOVELY.)

Grab your bag, kid, and hurry up!

(She and LOVELY exit.)

MAG

It’s been ten long years Lancy. Tell me about it.

LANCY

Later Mag! I’m droppin’ in at Mulligan’s.

MAG

Don’t start that again, Lancy.

LANCY

I just wanna see Sharky and the old gang.

MAG

Stay away from him, Lancy, he’s still bad news.

LANCY

Look Mag, I’m not your little brother anymore.

MAG

(Disappointedly.)

Why didn’t you ever write?

LANCY

It was impossible where we lived.

MAG

Where was that?

LANCY

Half way around the world!

MAG

(Demandingly.)

Well, you could have done something! Didn’t you think we’d worry at what happened to you and the child? Kristal became deathly ill, and only by the grace of GOD did she recover. But she’s never been the same since you went away. Doesn’t she matter?

LANCY

(Jumps up quickly.)

I don’t wanna hear about Kristal. And I don’t want her to know we’re in town.

MAG

Why not? I don’t understand, has she done something wrong?

LANCY

Drop it, Mag!

MAG

Well no matter what you say, she’ll find out sooner or later.

LANCY

(Very firm.)

Maybe so, but don’t you be the one to tell her.

MAG

Why are you so bitter toward Kristal?

LANCY

(Angrily.)

Forget it! Tell Lovely I’ll be back in a little while.

(Charges out.)

GABRIELLE

(Rushes in.)

I’m going to brain that Herbie for being late again! ‘Bye Mom!

(THEY kiss. Runs out.)

MAG

‘Bye! I love you!

LOVELY

(Enters and looks around.)

Where’s Buddy?

MAG

Who, sweetheart?

LOVELY

Buddy!

MAG

(Somewhat confused.)

You mean Lancy?

LOVELY

Uh huh, that’s what you call him. Where is he?

MAG

He’ll be back soon, darlin’. You must be starved after your long trip. Would you like something to eat?

LOVELY

Uh huh!

MAG

(Low on food.)

Oh, wouldn’t you know it!

LOVELY

What’s wrong?

MAG

Would you run to the store for me, Lovely?

LOVELY

Okay!

(Slight pause.)

I was in a store once!

MAG

Only once?

LOVELY

Uh huh! After we got off the boat.

MAG

Were there no stores where you