Song of the South Page #8

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of an ol' party anyway.

Johnny:
I know what! I'll tell you a story 'bout brer

rabbit! Now let me see -- 'Bout this here brer rabbit...

Johnny:
...he was the most bodacious

critter in the whole world. Anyway...

Johnny:
...de critters was

all havin' a big party...

Ginny begins to cry again

Johnny:
Please, don't ginny! Please.

Remus:
Bless my soul! What's dis?

Johnny:
Ginny can't go to the party.

Remus:
Oh, dat's a shame! It sho' is.

Remus:
But don't you cry honey.

Ol' Uncle Remus'll take care of you.

Remus:
You better run along and

find Sis Tempy to clean you up

Remus:
befo' yo' maw sees you.

Johnny:
Uncle Remus, I don't wanta go.

Remus:
Co'se you do.

Remus:
Miss Sally's gone to a heap

o' trouble wid dis party.

Johnny:
I know, but daddy didn't come,

and Ginny's all ldirty. Please, Uncle Remus.

Remus:
Move over, honey.

I'se got troubles too.

Remus laughing

Remus:
Co'se I'se had troubles befo'.

But dey ain't none of us ever had

Remus:
troubles like po' li'l Brer Rabbit.

I 'members one time he had mo' troubles

Remus:
den all three of us

rolled into one.

Remus:
Yas suh, dere he was...

way down in Brer Fox's cave.

Remus:
An' it look like his time done

run out, fo' sho.

Remus:
Cause Brer Rabbit, he done

used up his whole bag o' tricks.

Fox:
You done played your last

trick on me, Brer Rabbit.

Fox:
You sho have, yes sir. You've

played your last trick on me.

Fox:
Here, hold that knot, you sho look

mighty good in that bow-tie, Brer Rabbit.

Fox:
Yes sir, you looks mighty

good in that bow-tie.

Fox:
Don't he look good in that

bow-tie Brer Bear?

Fox:
I ain't never seen nobody

dressed with a bow-tie befo'.

Fox:
He's all dressed up for dinna.

Bear:
Yea, for dinner.

Fox:
Yes sir, he's really dressed

up for dinner. Fo my dinner.

Fox:
Cause I'se gonna barbeque

you dis very minute, on dat fire.

Rabbit laughing

Rabbit:
Ain't dat terrible.

Fox:
Now wait a minute.

Wait jes' a minute, Brer Rabbit.

Fox:
Maybe I better

'splain something to you.

Fox:
I said, I'se gonna roast

you... on dat fire! Now!

Fox:
Is dat somethin' to

laugh about?

Rabbit:
I can't help laughing, Brer Fox.

I'se just been to my lauging place.

Rabbit:
An everytime I starts thinkin'

about my laughing place, I can't help.

Bear:
What's a...

Rabbit:
Yeah, Brer Bear?

Bear:
Wa... what's a

laughing place?

Rabbit:
Oh, dat just a secret

place I knows about.

Fox:
You keep out of this Brer Bear.

It's another one o' his tricks.

Fox:
Dat rabbit just trying...

Bear:
Da... where is

this laughing place at?

Rabbit:
How can I show you

where it is when I'se all

Rabbit:
tied up like this?

Bear:
Well, uh... I'll untie you.

Fox:
You keep your big paws off.

Bear:
But uh... But uh...

Fox:
He's mine and

I'm gonna roast him.

Fox:
Right now, right over this

fire. I'm gonna...

Bear:
I wanna see dat laughing place.

Rabbit singing

Rabbit:
Boy am I in luck.

Rabbit:
I think about my laughing

place and yuk, yuk, yuk, yuk, yuk.

Fox:
That rabbit's just trying to...

Rabbit:
Take that frown, turn it upside down

And you'll find yours, I know, ho ho.

Rabbit:
Boy am I in luck.

Bear:
I think about my laughing place...

Bear:
Yuk, yuk, yuk, yuk, yuk.

Rabbit:
Everybody's got a laughing place,

Bear:
A laughing place to go, ho ho.

Rabbit:
Take that frown, turn it upside down

And you'll find yours, I know, ho ho.

Fox:
Now look here Brer Bear,

this has gone far enough, I...

Fox:
Now look here Brer Bear,

this has gone far enough.

Fox:
I ain't goin' one more step.

Bear:
But I wanna.

Fox:
Not one mo' step.

Bear:
But I wanna.

Fox:
This is just one o' his tricks.

Fox:
That rabbint's just making a

fool out of you, you fool.

Bear:
He is?

Fox:
Co'se he is.

Fox:
There ain't no such thing

as a laughing place.

Bear:
Dere ain't?

Fox:
Co'se not.

Fox:
Come on now, we'll

go and have some...

Rabbit:
Wait a minute.

Wait a minute. There it is.

Bear:
Huh?

Rabbit:
There is the laughing place.

Bear:
Where?

Rabbit:
Right through there.

Fox:
That rabbit's trying to fool...

Bear:
Me first.

Bear yells

Bear:
Dey ain't nothing' in

here 'cept bees.

Fox:
You sho' done made a fool

out of yo'se'f this time.

Fox:
Yes suh, you sho made

a fool outa yo'sef.

Fox:
I ain't never see'd nobody

look dat silly befo'.

Fox:
You know what Brer...

Bear:
Now look, you said dis

was a laughin' place...

Bear:
An I ain't laughing.

Rabbit:
I didn't say it

was you laughin' place.

Rabbit:
I said it was my laughin'

place Brer Bear.

Rabbit Laughs

Johnny:
I wish I had a lughin' place.

Ginny:
Me too.

Remus:
What makes you think you

ain't? Co'se you got a laughin' place.

Johnny:
Really, Uncle Remus?

Ginny:
Really?

Remus:
Ev'ybody's got one! The

trouble is, mos' folks won't

Remus:
take the time to go look for it.

Johnny & Ginny:
Where's mine?

Remus:
Well now, dat I can't 'zakly

say. 'Cause where 'tis for one,

Remus:
Mightn't be where

'tis for another.

Johnny:
Come on Ginny!

Let's start lookin.

Sally:
Johnny! Johnny!

Where have you been?

Johnny:
Well, you...

Sally:
Look at your clothes!

Sally:
What in the world have you

been doing? The party's all over, dear.

Sally:
And you weren't even there

to tell your guests goodbye.

Johnny:
Well, you...

Ginny:
Uncle Remus told us a story!

Ginny:
'Bout Brer Rabbit. You got

a laughin' place ma'am?

Ginny:
Uncle Remus says eve'ybody's

got one. Pleased to meetcha.

Remus:
I sho is sorry, Miss Sally.

Sally:
No, it's my fault.

Sally:
I should have known you

couldn't stop telling your stories.

Sally:
I don't like to say this Uncle

Remus, but from now on

Sally:
I want you to stay away

from Johnny, you understand?

Sally:
Completely away.

Remus:
Yassum.

Music Chorus:
Let the rain pour down,

let the cold win' blow

Music Chrous:
Gonna stay right here,

In the home I know.

Music Chorus:
When your achin' with

the misery, when your old and grey,

Music Chorus:
Let you stay to see de chillun,

playin' 'round yo door.

Remus:
Oh, I knows... I knows...

I'm jes' a wo' out ol' man what

Remus:
don't do nuthin' but tell

stories. But dey ain't never done

Remus:
no harm to nobody. An'

if dey don't do no good,

Remus:
how come dey las' so long?

Remus:
Dishyer's de only home I knows.

Was goin' ter whitewash de walls, too,

Remus:
but not now.

Time done run out.

Toby:
Unc' Remus! Is Johnny...

Unc' Remus, what you doin'?

Remus:
I'se goin' away, to Atlanta

Ginny:
You shore I've got a

laughing place?

Johnny:
Course! Didn't Uncle

Remus say so?

Ginny:
Look!

Johnny:
Aww, that's just your house.

Ginny:
But paw's home! I'm gonna

tell 'im 'bout Brer Rabbit!

Ginny:
He'll laugh like anything.

Johnny:
Uncle Remus! Uncle Remus!

Uncle Remus, I've found it!

Johnny:
My laughing place!

It's right here...

Johnny:
Mama! He's gone!

Uncle Remus is gone.

Johnny:
Where'd he go, mama?

Sally:
I don't know, son.

Johnny:
But why'd he leave? Why?

Sally:
I'm afraid mother's to blame.

Toby:
Miss Sally! Unc' Remus goin'

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