What movie spoke the line: "Where the bluebirds sing and there's a whiskey spring"?

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What movie spoke the line: "Where the bluebirds sing and there's a whiskey spring"?

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This reference is to the original short story, but I believe I recall it from the movie, too - Brokeback Mountain - even though it's not found in a search of the script that follows the story.

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ohl3BR3FaawC&pg=PA23&lpg=PA23&dq=%22Where+the+bluebirds+sing+and+there%27s+a+whiskey+spring%22&source=bl&ots=1Y_dN3GB_k&sig=ltf1xEe3ngqaFdw01QzBurWteTs&hl=en&ei=g6F9Tde9MYjQcfedvbkG&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22Where%20the%20bluebirds%20sing%20and%20there%27s%20a%20whiskey%20spring%22&f=false

Mar 13 2011, 11:05 PM

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Lureen Newsome: He always said he wanted his ashes scattered on Brokeback Mountain, but I wasn't sure where that was. I thought Brokeback Mountain might be around where he grew up. Knowing Jack, it was probably some pretend place, where bluebirds sing and there's a whiskey spring...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388795/quotes