The summary is: The story is told out of order about a family living in a junk house in South Carolina. Billy wakes up in the back of his truck to find his mother with her head in her hands and her boyfriend choking a priest. Billy grabs a bottle of milk and hits the boyfriend, killing him. His mother tells him that the priest, who is actually his father, has been paying their bills for years. Billy and his mother put the body under some trees and take his father to Tennessee.

1. Carolina Drama- The Raconteurs
a. Put the sentences in the correct order as you hear them:
( )But I'm going to tell it again
( )I'm not sure if there's a point to this story
( )Not one of them knows the end
( )So many other people try to tell the tale
b. Fill in the blanks with the correct word. Use the clues to help you:
It was a junk-house in South Carolina
Held a b________ the age of ten (opposite of girl)
Along with his o________ brother Billy (opposite of younger)
And their m________ and her boyfriend (female parent)
Who was a triple l________ with some blue tattoos (opposite of winner)
That were given to him when he was y________ (opposite of old)
And a drunk temper that was e________ to lose (opposite of difficult)
but thank god he didn't own a g________ (a metal object used to shoot bullets)
Well, Billy woke up in the b________ of his truck (opposite of front)
Took a minute to open his e________ (there are two of these on your face. You see
through them)
He took a peep into the back of the h________ (you live in one of these)
And found himself a big surprise
He didn't see his b________ (member of the family)
But there was his mother
With her red-headed head in her hands
While the boyfriend had his g_______ wrapped around an old priest (you wear these
on your hands in the winter, they are made of wool)
Trying to choke the man
Billy looked up from the window to the t_________(American word for “lorry”)
t_______ u_______, and had to struggle to stand (vomited, was sick)
He saw that red-necked bastard with a h_________(a tool, you put nails in the wall with
this)
Turn the priest into a shell of a man
The priest was putting up the fight of his life
But he was old and he was bound to ________(opposite of win)
The boyfriend hit as ________ as he could (opposite of soft)
And knocked the priest right down to his _________ (you wear these on your feet)

2. c. Fill in the blanks with the past tense of the verbs:
Well, now Billy knew but never actually ________ (meet)
The preacher lying there in the room
He __________ himself say, "That must be my daddy" (hear)
Then he __________ what he was gonna do (know)
Billy got up enough courage, __________ it up (take)
And grabbed the first blunt thing he __________ find (can)
It was a cold, glass bottle of milk
That __________ delivered every morning at nine (get)
Billy ________ in and saw the blood on the floor (break)
He ________ around and put the lock on the door (turn)
He ________ dead into the boyfriend's eye (look)
His mother was a ghost, too upset to cry, then
He ________ a step toward the man on the ground (take)
From his mouth trickled out a little audible sound
He ________ the boyfriend shout, "Get out!" (hear)
And Billy ________, "Not till I know what this is all about" (say)
"Well, this preacher here was attacking your mama"
But Billy ________ just who was starting the drama (know)
So Billy _______ dead aim at his face (take)
And smashed the bottle on the man who _______ his dad in disgrace, and (leave)
The white milk _________ down with the blood, (drip)
and the boyfriend _______ down dead for good (fall)
Right next to the preacher who was gasping for air
And Billy _______, "Daddy, why'd you have to come back here?" (shout)
His mama ________ behind the sugar and honey, (reach)
and _______ out an envelope filled with money (pull)
"Your daddy _______ us this," she collapsed in tears (give)
"He's been paying all the bills for years"
"Mama, let's put this body underneath the trees
and put Daddy in the truck and head to Tennessee"
Just then, his little brother _______ in (come)
Holding the milk man's hat and a bottle of gin singing,
La la la la, la la la la, yeah
Well now you heard another side to the story
But you wanna know how it ends?
If you must know, the truth about the tale
Go and ask the milkman
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzgaOVWbZiU