Song of the South
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- 1946
- 94 min
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Song of the South yourMusic Chorus:
Song of the South,I see the scenes I know so well...
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Cottonwoods in blossom, over mycabin door. Pale moon light on a field of white...
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You bring them back once more...Music Solo:
I Seem to hear those gentlevoices calling low. Out of the long, long ago.
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This heart of mine is in the heart of dixie.That's where I belong. Singin' a song, a Song of the South
Remus:
(Chuckling) Yes suh... dey's udder ways o' learnin''bout de behind feet of a mule den gettin' kicked by 'em.
Remus:
Sure as I'm named Remus. An' Jes' cause deseyer tales 'bout critters like Brer Rabbit, an' Brer Fox...
Remus:
Dat don' mean dey ain't desame like kin happen to folks...
Remus:
So dem what can't learn from a tale 'bout critters,jes' ain't got dey ears tuned fer lis'nin.
Remus:
Like as not dey too busy goin' alongall mixt up wid dey own troubles, uh...
Remus:
Like de time dat Miss Sally an' Mister Johnwas comin' down to de plantation.
Johnny:
Mama?Sally:
Yes Johnny?Johnny:
Why are we going to Grandma's?Sally:
Well -- I told you dear, for a visit.Johnny:
Why don't she come to see us,like she did last spring?
Sally:
Well, Because it -- I thoughtyou'd enjoy seeing the plantation.
Johnny:
Is Grandma mad at us?Sally:
But of course not, Johnny.What ever gave you that idea?
Johnny:
Well, Georgie says everybody's madat what Daddy writes in the newspaper.
Johnny:
Don't Grandma read the newspaper?Don't she?
John:
She does. And she likes what's in it.Sally:
John, please.Johnny:
Are you mad at each other too?Sally:
Why no, dear. Of course not.Tempy:
Gracious goodness, Johnny... We's almost dar!Lissen!
Tempy:
You ain't never heer'd nofrogs like dem in Atlanta.
John:
You know what they're saying?John:
Knee-deep! Knee-deep!Johnny:
Honest?John:
Honest.Johnny:
Knee-deep! Knee-deep!John:
You know, when I was your age,I used to catch lots of 'em.
John:
I remember one time I - ah - hid a whole box of'em over in your grandma's milk house
John:
And they got loose.Tempy:
Yes, an' I 'members whatyou got for doin' it too.
John:
Well, it was old Uncle Remus' fault, you know.He told me that story about Brer Frog.
Tempy:
De tale 'bout his havin' a tail an' losin' it?John:
That's it. Only...How can there be a tale...
Tempy and John:
When dey ain't no tail.Johnny:
Aunt Tempy?Tempy:
What is it, child?Johnny:
Is Uncle Remus real?Tempy:
Real? Co'se he's real. You jes' wait 'til you hearshim tell a tale 'bout Brer Rabbit.
Tempy:
Den you'll know he's real.Doshy:
Welcome home, my daughter.Doshy:
And you too, sir. Oh, it's good to have a man inthe house again. Turn around here, young man.
Doshy:
Let me have a look at you. You favor yourgrandfather more every time I see you. Toby!
Toby:
Yassum, Miss Doshy.Doshy:
This is my grandson Johnny..And he's the apple of my eye.
Doshy:
Now, you take good careof him and show him our plantation.
Doshy:
And if he gets into trouble,you see that he gets out of it.
Toby:
Yassum.Doshy:
I hope you're a noisy boy. I love noisy children.Doshy:
It makes it so much easier to tell where they areand what they're up to.
Johnny:
Aunt Tempy, is that Uncle Remus?Tempy:
Uncle Remus? Lawzy no, honey.Dat's jes' Ned.
Toby:
Come on, I'll show you the big grandpa clock.Doshy:
I've been hearing about theclatter you've raised in Atlanta.
Doshy:
Thumping for cotton mills, railways,and... heaven knows what.
Ned:
Miss Doshy?Where do you want me to put dishyer trunk?
Doshy:
Put it in the.. Oh well, never mind.Perhaps I'd better show him myself. Come along.
Doshy:
Now be careful you don't bump into things.John:
Sally...John:
Well? What are you going to tell her?Have you changed your mind,
John:
or are you still going to stay?Sally:
Oh, I have to stay John.It wouldn't be fair to mama.
Sally:
She has enough responsibility --I'm not going to saddle her with ours.
John:
But it's only for a short time.She's be only too glad to take care of Johnny.
Toby:
When dat big han' gits straight up,watch out!
Toby:
What I tell you!John:
Oh, Miss Doshy, Sally wants Johnny to stayhere for awhile... with you.
Doshy:
What will you do?John:
Oh, I'm going back.And I want Sally to go with me.
Sally:
It's no use, John.I'm not going back.
John:
Then... I'll have to go without you.And I'd better hurry, or I'll miss my train.
Doshy:
Miss it! You won't regret it.Johnny:
Daddy? You're going back?John:
Yes, son.Johnny:
Why?John:
I have to.Johnny:
But -- You -- You've never left mama and me before.John:
No, I know. But I've got a jobto do, and you've got one too.
John:
Taking care of mother and grandmother.You'll do that now for me, won't you?
John:
Goodbye, son.John:
Goodbye Miss Doshy.Doshy:
Goodbye John.John:
Goodbye Sally.Sally:
Goodbye.Johnny:
Daddy! Don't! Don't go! Please Daddy!Please! I won't stay here!
Johnny:
If you go, I'm going too!Johnny Crying
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That's what Uncle Remus said,Music Chorus:
Listen now to what I say.That's how the critters got that way.
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The leopard's pappy got the goutfrom eatin' too much speckle trout.
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His mammy dreamed of polka dots.Chorus:
That's how the leopard got his spots.Music Chorus:
That's what Uncle Remus said,That's what Uncle Remus said.
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Speckle trout and polka dots.Solo:
That's how the leopard got his spotsMusic Chorus:
More, more, tell us more.Solo:
The camel crossed the desert sands,Music Solo:
with all them mighty caravans.His bed was full of sandy lumps,
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That's how the camel got those humps.Music Chorus:
That's what Uncle Remus said,that's what Uncle Remus said.
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Sandy bed was full of lumps...Solo:
That's how the camel got those humps.Music Chorus:
More, more, tell us more.Solo:
The pig he saw his monkey friend,Music Solo:
A swinging by his other end.He tried the same thing on a rail.
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That's how the pig got a curly tail.Remus:
Yes sir, dat's de way wid Brer Rabbit --sho's I'm named Remus.
Remus:
'Bout de time he git it stuck in his minddat dey ain't nobody kin out-do 'im,
Remus:
Up somebody'd jump an do him scan'lous.Remus:
What you laughin' 'bout?sez Brer Fox, sez he.
Remus:
An' Brer Rabbit, he couldn't say nothin'.Well den, sez Brer Fox, sez he...
Remus:
I'll settle yo' hash right now.And wid dat he grab Brer Rabbit
Remus:
by de tail and made fo' to dash 'imagin' de groun'. But jes' den,
Remus:
Brer Rabbit's tail snap off real short,an' he tuck thru the cotton patch
Remus:
like de dogs was after 'im.An' from dat day to dis,
Remus:
de only tail dat Brer Rabbit's got to his namewas a lil' ol' ball o' cotton.
Pearl:
An' what happen to Brer Fox, Uncle Remus?Remus:
(Chuckles) T'won't do to put toomuch cloth for to cut one pair of pants.
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