Song of the South Page #5

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Johnny:
Not yet, Uncle Remus!

Remus:
Lawzy me, i 'clar to gracious..

Remus:
I sho oughter tol' you 'bout dat.

Remus:
Well, suh, once 'pon a time...

not yo' time, nor yit my time...

Remus:
...but one time, i was goin' fishin', an' i was just

thinking how the flowers and critters was curious things...

Remus:
they can look in your heart and tell when it sings,

if it's whistling a tune or singing a song, they all say...

Remus:
...'howdy' when you come along.

Butterflies:
Howdy, Uncle Remus.

Remus:
Good mawnin', good mawnin', girls.

Butterfly:
Hello, Uncle Remus.

Remus:
Oh, good mawnin', Miss Nellie.

Music Chorus:
how do you do, mighty pleasant greetin'...

Music Chorus:
...how do you do, say it when your

meetin', how do you do, with everyone repeatin'...

Music Chorus:
...pretty good sure as...

Rabbit:
...your bawn. What goes up, is sure to..

Rabbit:
...come down. A penny lost is a penny found, I'll

howdy you and you howdy back, this for that and tit for tat.

Rabbit:
How do you do?

Remus:
Fine, how are you? how you come on?

Rabbit:
Pretty good, sho' as you're born!

Remus:
Stop jumpin', Brer Rabbit, you'll run outta breath.

Remus:
Why don't you sit down an' calm yo'se'f?

Rabbit:
Well, the grasshopper jumps,

an' so does the flea - i do what i like, an' i --

Rabbit:
...suits me! whistles

Remus:
I don't know where you

gonna fetch up at, i sho'ly don't.

Remus:
How do you do?

Possum:
Fine, how are you?

Rabbit:
How you come on?

Possum:
Pretty good, sure as you're born.

Remus:
The weather's good, the fishin's fine,

now what do you do with all yo' time?

Rabbit:
Oh, i zips and i zags, i to's and fro's -

dat's what you axe me an' dat's what you knows.

Rabbit:
How do you do.

Frog:
Fine, how are you?

Rabbit:
How you come on?

Fish:
Pretty good, sure as you're born

Rabbit whistles

Frog:
Mind out Brer Rabbit, better mend your ways.

you's headin' for trouble one o' these days.

Remus:
Warnin' dat rabbit is wastin' yo' breath.

Rabbit:
Don't worry 'bout me. I can take care o' myse'f.

Rabbit whistles

Remus laughs

Remus:
Doggone, dat Brer Rabbit

is sho' a caution...he sho is.

Frog:
You mark my words,

that ... oh thanks...

Frog:
That young scamp is gonna

put his foot in it one o' these days.

Remus:
Co'se I didn't know it at de time,

but Brer Rabbit was a-headin'...

Remus:
...straight for trouble 'cause up

on chickapin hill at de edge of de big woods...

Remus:
...ol' brer fox was pow'ful curious

'bout the where'bouts o' Brer Rabbit.

Fox:
Here he come, here he come, here he

come right now. Lem'me see, where was I?

Fox:
Oh, yes, yes, yes... the head. Gotta have a head.

Gotta get a head right quick. Need about this much tar.

Fox:
Yes, yes, about this much. I 'speck it's just

'bout right for a head. That biggity ol' rabbit

Fox:
Won't get away this time, no sir.

We'll catch him sho'... i'll catch him sho'.

Bear:
Dat's... dat's... dat's what you said the

last time befo', and de time befo' dat and da...

Bear:
look... les' jes' knock his head clean off.

Fox:
Oh, no, indeed!

Dey ain't nothin' smart 'bout dat!

Fox:
I'm gonna show him who de

smartest is, an' de tar baby do de rest.

Fox:
It sho' gonna fool 'im! Yes sir!

Bear:
Oh, no, it ... it ... hain't ... it ain't

gon' fool nobody ... it hain't got no eyes!

Fox:
Eyes! Oh, yes, indeed. Eyes!

I'm glad i thought of that!

Fox:
Lem-Me see now... hmm...

let me see about this. Just 'bout this size.

Fox:
Now... ah... uh... lem-me see.

Oh, yes. A nose too...

Fox:
... got to have a nose -- Needs one of

those very very badly. Got to have a nose.

Fox:
This is sho' gonna do the trick.

This is lookin' mo' natural all de time.

Bear:
It hain't -- It hain't -- It hain't got no hair.

Fox:
Oh! Hair!

Fox:
Now -- Hee -- Hum -- Arite, come on,

hep' me 'long, hep' me long, come on.

Fox:
Us ain't got all day. Come on. Dat rabbit's

coming down de road. Come on.

Fox:
Dat rabbit gonna' be along any minute now,

any minute. Everythin' gotta' be just right.

Fox:
Yes, indeed, just right. Lem-me see now,

lem-me see -- Maybe you oughtta have a hat.

Fox:
Uh huh. Maybe he do need a hat.

Now maybe if he had one ...

Bear:
He's got one.

Rabbit whistling

Bear:
Huh?

Fox:
What's dat?

Fox:
Here he come, here he come now.

Hurry, hurry. Gotta get a move on. Come on!

Fox:
Look at dat rascal scamperin' down de road.

Fox:
I'll fix 'im. I'll kill 'im.

Bear:
Wha -- wha -- wha --

Remus:
Yes, suh, ol' brer fox, he git de tar baby

fixed up jes' in de nick o' time cuz right then Brer Rabbit

Remus:
come dancing down de road, lickety clip,

just as fast as a jay bird. Till by and by he spotted

Remus:
that tar baby an he sing out ...

Rabbit:
How do you do!

Remus:
Brer Rabbit wait for de

tar baby to say 'fine, how are you'...

Remus:
... but de tar baby he don't

say nothin', an' brer fox, he lay low ... so ...

Remus:
...Brer Babbit try it ag'in.

Rabbit:
How do you do?

Remus:
But de tar baby ain't say nothin' ...

Remus:
Den Brer Rabbit scratch one

ear with his off behin' foot an' 'low ...

Remus:
...he goin' find out why

he cain't get no answer.

Remus:
Den he say, sezee ...

Rabbit:
what's de matter wid you? Ah said

howdy! Is you hard o' hearin'? Ah said howdy!

Remus:
But de tar baby, he don't say nothin'...

Remus:
...an' Brer Fox, he lay low.

Fox:
I hope it works... I hope it works!

I sho' hope ... it does ... ha ha!

Remus:
Brer Rabbit 'low it's up to him to teach

de stuck-up stranger some manners, an' he say ...

Rabbit:
look, if you don't say 'howdy' time

I counts three, i's goin' bus' you wide open!

Remus:
But de tar baby

he don't say nothin' an'...

Remus:
... Brer Fox, he lay low.

Fox:
Be quiet! Be quiet! Shhh!

Remus:
So Brer Rabbit, he start countin'...

Rabbit:
One...

Remus:
...but de tar baby, he don't say nothin'...

Remus:
...Brer Fox lay low'

an' chuckle in his stomach.

Rabbit:
Two ...

Remus:
But still de tar baby don't say nothin'...

Brer Fox, he lay low wid de fidgets.

Rabbit:
Two anna half.

Rabbit:
Three!

Rabbit:
Here! Bu-Bu-Bu-Bu...

Rabbit:
...bu-Bu-Bu- Turn me loose.

Fox:
I got 'im, I got 'im, I got 'im.

Laughs

Rabbit:
Turn me loose or

I'll poke you ag'in ... lem-me go!

Remus:
Brer Rabbit, he push and he pull, he heaved

and he hauled, he kicked and he screamed, and he blubber

Remus:
and he bawled, but the more he

thrash aroun', the wus off he gits, til he so stuck up,

Remus:
he can scarcely move his eye-balls.

Fox whistling

Fox:
Oh! How do you do.

Bear:
Yeah, how you come on.

Fox:
Bet he wishes he'd never been bawn.

Bear:
Brer Fox, you an' me ...

Fox:
Well, Brer Rabbit...

Fox:
you sho' looks like a spo't,

all stuck up in yo' swaller tail coat!

Fox:
Don't he look good in this coat?

I ain't never seen nobody look dat good befo'.

Bear:
lem-mm say... bu - le - lem...

Fox:
Other folks business you minds de bes'

Bear:
Don' say no mo', we see de res'.

Fox:
We sho' do -- We don' need nobody --

Bear:
What i'se gonna say is a...

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