Song Of The South

Chorus: Song of the South your music weaves a magic spell... Chorus: Song of the South, I see the scenes I know so well... Chorus: Cottonwoods in blossom, over my cabin door. Pale moon light on a field of white... Chorus: You bring them back once more... Solo: I Seem to hear those gentle voices calling low. Out of the long, long ago. Chorus: 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 dese yer tales 'bout critters like Brer Rabbit, an' Brer Fox... Remus: Dat don' mean dey ain't de same 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' along all mixt up wid dey own troubles, uh... Remus: Like de time dat Miss Sally an' Mister John was 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 thought you'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 mad at 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 no frogs 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 what you 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 hears him 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 in the house again. Turn around here, young man. Doshy: Let me have a look at you. You favor your grandfather 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 care of 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 are and 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 the clatter 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 stay here 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 job to 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! Chorus: That's what Uncle Remus said, Chorus: Listen now to what I say. That's how the critters got that way. Solo: The leopard's pappy got the gout from eatin' too much speckle trout. Solo: His mammy dreamed of polka dots. Chorus: That's how the leopard got his spots. Chorus: That's what Uncle Remus said, That's what Uncle Remus said. Chorus: Speckle trout and polka dots. Solo: That's how the leopard got his spots Chorus: More, more, tell us more. Solo: The camel crossed the desert sands, Solo: with all them mighty caravans. His bed was full of sandy lumps, Solo: That's how the camel got those humps. Chorus: That's what Uncle Remus said, that's what Uncle Remus said. Chorus: Sandy bed was full of lumps... Solo: That's how the camel got those humps. Chorus: More, more, tell us more. Solo: The pig he saw his monkey friend, Solo: A swinging by his other end. He tried the same thing on a rail. Solo: 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 mind dat 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 'im agin' 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 name was a lil' ol' ball o' cotton. Pearl: An' what happen to Brer Fox, Uncle Remus? Remus: (Chuckles) T'won't do to put too much cloth for to cut one pair of pants. Toby: Uncle Remus, you tells the bes' tales in de whole United States o' Georgia! Remus: Lawzy child, you should o' heard me tell 'em when I could tell 'em. Remus: I boun' you'd a-busted de buttons off'n yo' what-cher macollums. Remus: When Miss Sally was yo' age, she useda sit jes' as you's a settin' right now Remus: an' laugh 'til she could laugh no mo'. Chloe: Uncle Remus! Uncle Remus! Lawzy mursy, have you seen Johnny? Chloe: Po' Miss Sally -- She been lookin' high and low for dat child! Tempy: You sho' he ain't been down here lis'nin to one 'o yo' tales? Toby: Co'se he ain't! Wouldn't I a-seed 'im? Chloe: How come you let dat boy git out o' yo sight? Didn't Miss Doshy tell you to take care 'o him? Tempe: Come on Chloe! Us got to find him befo' Miss Sally go outer her min'. Remus: Miss Tempy... You tell Miss Sally de boy's wid me. Tempy: What do you mean -- he wid you? Remus: Nem-mine. You jes' tell her what I sez. Tempy: Come on Toby, git yo'se'f on. Remus: Well, bless my soul! Ah, dar now, done gone and got sum'n in yo' eye. Remus: An' I ain't surprised -- Things blowin' 'round here de way de does. Remus: Now -- Hmm -- Peers to me like you's figgerin' on goin' some place. Johnny: I am! And nobody's gonna stop me! Remus: Well now. If dat don't bang my time! You know, I was jes' figgerin' on doin' sump'n Remus: like dat myse'f. How'd you like ol' Uncle Remus to go long wid you? Remus: Now, le'see now. Whar is we figgerin' on goin? How kin we be goin' sum place if we dunno whar we's goin? Johnny: I'm going to Atlanta. Remus: Hmm, pow'ful long walk to Atlanta. Is you brung some grub? Johnny: No. Remus: Well, now... if we ain't got no grub, we sho can't get very fur. Remus: S'pose we stops by my place an' picks up some cawn-bread? An' mebbe some sweet tatters? Remus: Tobby sho', honey. Gimme yo' hand. I need young eyes in de dark. Remus: Sort o' late in de day to be startin' on sech a long trip, ain't it? Johnny: Well, you don't have to go... Just 'cause you said you would. Remus: Well, now, I ain't heard nobody say nuthin' 'bout not goin'. Co'se I'll go. Johnny: And I'm not comin' back! Johnny: You're laughing at me. Remus: At you honey? No suh. Remus: I'se laughin' 'cause dem's sackly the words that ol' Brer Rabbit used Remus: de time dat he lit out from his briar patch! An' I ain't never comin' back, neither! Remus: Yes suh, dem was his very words. Remus: Well, I reckon I better be gettin' my things together so's we can be leavin'. Johnny: What did you say about Brer Rabbit? Remus: Which Brer Rabbit was dat, hon? Johnny: Why, you said something about Brer Rabbit. Remus: Who? Me? I mighter said sump'n 'bout 'im Remus: day befo' yestiddy, but it done gone clean off my mind. Johnny: Why, you said there was a tale about Brer Rabbit not coming back to his briar patch. Remus: Well, bless my soul, child. I sho' did. And if I don't tell you about 'im, you're gonna Remus: pester me 'til I does. So what's de odds? 'Tain't no great tale, no-how. Johnny: Is that the same Brer Rabbit that got away from the fox? Remus: Why, don't you know? Dey ain't but one Brer Rabbit. Now you jes' set yo'se'f down here Remus: and lissen, wid bofe ears wide open... 'cause dishyer Brer Rabbit, he's de out-doin'est, Remus: The mos' bodacious critter in de whole world. Now dishyer tale didn't happen jes' yestiddy... Remus: Nor de day befo'. 'Twas along time ago. An' in dem days, eve'thing was mighty satisfactual. Remus: De critters, dey was closer to de folks... an' de folks, dey was closer to de critters... Remus: An' if you'll 'scuse me for sayin' so... t'was better all around. Remus: Honey... It happened on one of them Zip-a-dee-do-da days. Remus: Now that's the kind of day when you can't open your mouth without a song jump right out of it... Remus: Zip-a-dee-do-da, zip-a-dee-ay, my oh my, what a wonderful day. Remus: Plenty of sunshine, headin' my way. Zip-a-dee-do-da, zip-a-dee-ay. Remus: Mr. Bluebird's on my shoulder. It's de truff, it's actual, everything is satisfactual. Remus: Zip-a-dee-do-da, zip-a-dee-ay, wonderful feeling, wonderful day. Yass suh! Remus: Zip-a-dee-do-da, zip-a-dee-ay, my oh my what a wonderful day. Moles: Oh, plenty of sunshine headin' my way Zip-a-dee-do-da, zip-a-dee-ay. Remus: Mr. Bluebird's on my shoulder. It's de truff, it's actual, everything is satisfactual. Remus: Zip-a-dee-do-da, zip-a-dee-ay, wonderful feeling, feeling this way. Remus: Zum, zum, zum, zum, zum, zum, zum. zum, zum, zum, zum, zum, zum zum. Remus: Boom, boom, boom, boom. bum, bum, bum, boo boo Boo Remus: Mr. Bluebird's on my shoulder. It's de truff, it's actual... Remus: Where is that bluebird? Bluebird: Remus: Mmm, mmm... Everything is satisfactual. Remus: Zip-a-dee-do-da, zip-a-dee-ay, wonderful feeling, wonderful da... Rabbit: Doggone ol' briar patch! Doggone ol place like this! Doggone.. Keep on... Remus: Ahem... Howdy Brer Rabbit. Rabbit: Wa-wa-wa-who-who-dat callin' my name? Oh-ah-uh-uh-ah-hello Uncle Remus. Remus: Peers to me that you's in a powerful bad mood to go to de party. Rabbit: B'ah ain't goin' to be no party. Cause I ain't goin' to be here. I'm goin' leave this 'ol place. Remus: You mean you's leavin' yo' ol' briar patch? Rabbit: Dat....I....is! Remus: The place where you was bawn and raised? Rabbit: Dat....I....is! Remus: You mean, leavin' for good? Rabbit: Dat...I... OWWWW! Now see dar? Dat ol' briar patch ain't brought me nothin' but trouble. Rabbit: OWWW! And mo' trouble. Rabbit: Dis's where my trouble is, an' dis de place i belongs away from. Remus: Don't you know you can't run away from trouble? Rabbit: Heh-heh. Where I'm goin', there ain't gonna be no trouble. Remus: Dey ain't no place dat fur. Rabbit: Well, just the same, I done made up my mind, an I ain't never comin' back. Rabbit: Well, so long Uncle Remus. Remus: Ah sho' hopes you knows what you's doin. Rabbit: Heh-heh! Don't worry 'bout me, ah can take care o' myself. Remus: He left his old troubles behind, all right, but, he was headin' straight for a whole Remus: new mess o' bran' new troubles. Rabbit: Zip-a-dee-do-da, zip-a-dee... Remus: Fust news he knows... dar he dangled', 'twixt de heavens and de earth... Remus: Fust he scared he goin' fall, den he scared he ain't goin' fall... Remus: He yanked and he pulled and he heaved and he hauled. But warn't no use. Remus: He knows somebody caught him all right, an' he sorta specks he knows who Remus: dat somebody is. An' sho' nuff, up on chickapin hill, where he live... Remus: Who whould hear de ruckus but ol' Brer Fox, and when dat ol' scamp see Remus: he done caught Brer Rabbit, he hollar out... Fox: I got im'! I gots dat ol' Brer Rabbit! Fox: I sho' is got 'im! Heh heh! I got dat' ol' rabbit dis time fo' sho'. Heh heh heh! Remus: And wid dat, he grab up his axe and make ready for to settle Brer Rabbit's hash, right now. Remus: Now, Brer Rabbit, bein' little and without much strength, he's supposed to use his Remus: head, 'stead o' his foots, and that sackly what he starting to do, when he hear ole Remus: Brer Bear come ambling down de road. Bear: Zip-a-de-do-da, zip-a-de-ay, Zip-da-da-da-da, wonderful day. Zip-a-da-de-da... Rabbit: Er...ah, howdy, Brer Bear. How do you do! Bear: Dah-dah-dah-dah. Who.. ah.. where... uh... Rabbit: How you come on? Bear: Wha.. ah.. oh.. ah.. What you doin up dar? Rabbit: Oh, keepin' de crows outa de cornfield. I'se makin' a dollar a minute. Bear: Uh... a dollar a minute? Rabbit: Deed ah is! Rabbit: Would you like to make a dollar a minute, Brer Bear? Bear: Da... yeah, but... Rabbit: Ya know, you'd make a mighty fine scarecrow, brother Bear. Bear: Uh, thanks. Rabbit: How'd you like to have this job? Bear: Oh yeah.. ah.. no.. I..I couldn't take your job Rabbit: Oh no, no, dat's all right. Rabbit: Bu-bu-bu-bu..I have made enough money! I gots all I wants. Rabbit: You need money.. Here, you take my job. Bear: Oh no, I couldn't do... Bear: Thank you Brer Rabbit. Rabbit: That's all right. So long Brer Bear. Bear: I'll never forget this. Rabbit: Goodbye. Bear: Just don't know how to thank you enough. Rabbit: Goodbye, goodbye. Don't mention it. Bear: But I shore really mighty. Rabbit: Your welcome... Rabbit: Yah, I know, I know, yah. So long Bear: I just don't know how to thank you. Bear: But I shore really mighty... Rabbit: You're welcome. Yeah, yeah, I know, I know. Rabbit: Yah, I know, so long. So long Brer Bear. Fox: I...i...i... Oh no! Bear: Dollar a minute, zip-a-dee-ay Fox: What you doin' there? How'd you.. Bear: Howdy Brer Fox. Fox: Get out of my trap. Bear: Zip-a-dee.. Hey! Huh! Bu-but... Bear: Hey, I was making a dollar a minute. Fox: You was not makin' a dollar a minute. Fox: You rabbit theif. You was makin' a fool of you'sef. Bear: I.. was too makin'.. a dollar a minute. Rabbit: Hit 'im in the mouf' Brer Fox. Clip 'im in the head, Brother Bear. Fox: Lookit that rabbit. Look at 'im, standin' there. See there? Fox: See, he made a fool out of you. You fool. Bear: He did? Fox: Of co'se he did. He jes... Bear: Well then.. I'm jes gonna knock his head. Fox: You keep out of this Brer Bear. He's mine. Bear: ..clean off. Fox: He's mine, I caught 'im, I want 'im. Bear: Fox: He's mine. I've gotcha Brer Rabbit. He's mine. Fox: Let go.. I caught him.. He's mine.. Let go now.. He's mine look out dar Fox: I gotcha Brer Rabbit. Heh. Heh! Bear: I got 'im Brer Fox. I got him Brer Fox. Remus: So Brer Rabbit took his foot in his hand and put out for home.. where he b'long. Remus: And just like I tol' 'im in the fus' place, you can't run away from trouble. Remus: Dey ain't no place dat fur. Johnny: His foot in his hand Uncle Remus? Remus: Sho honey. Dat's jes' a way o' sayin' dat he run as fast as he kin. Remus: Straight back to his briar patch. Johnny: Where's Brer Rabbit's briar patch? Remus: Whar? Well now, lemme see.. Dat I can't zackly say, 'cause I ain't been keepin close Remus: track as I uster, but.. Johnny: Do you think we could find it? Remus: Find it? Co'se we could! But what's the use o' speculatin' on dat.. when we's goin' away? Johnny: Do you think we ought to go uncle remus? Remus: Not go? After I done fixed all dis grub? Johnny: But you said it was a mighty long walk. Remus: But we'se goin' together, ain't we? What's done come over you, honey? Johnny: Well, Brer Rabbit.. Remus: Well, what's Brer Rabbit got to do wid dis? Tch Tch..! An' jes when I had a hankerin' for to go. Johnny: Well.. if you really want to go, Uncle Remus. Remus: Oh nemmine, honey. Nemmine. I kin give it up if you kin. Toby: Unc' Remus. Unc' Remus, I can't find Johnny no place. An' I'se s'posed to take keer o'him. Remus: Well, whadda you know 'bout dat? Toby: I reckon he done for, Unc' Remus. Toby: He mighter got hisse'f los'.. He mighter fell in de mill pon'.. He mighter got et up. Toby: Why, it's him! It sho is! Tain't nobody else! How you like dat, Unc' Remus! It's Him. Remus: Mebbe it's jes his ghost. Toby: Is you? Naw, suh! Dat's him! Dat's him awright! Oh, oh! Remus: What's the matter, Toby? Toby: I'se jes' thinkin.. Toby: He's sho' gonna ketch it when he gits home. Johnny: I guess I better take my foot in my hand, Uncle Remus, an' git a-goin. Remus: Hol' on dar! I reckon you better let ol' Unc' Remus go 'long wid you. Sally: Tempy. Tempy: Yessum. Sally: Tempy, go and find Uncle Remus and see if Johnny is with him. Doshy: Never mind, Tempy! Doshy: Now, maybe I can get some sleep. Johnny: You think they're waiting for me? Remus: Dey ain't passin' de time o' day. Sally: Son! Where have you been? Remus: Lawzy, Miss Sally, didn't sis Tempy tell you he was wid me? Sally: Yes, she told me.. but it's so long past Johnny's bedtime. Remus: Tooby sho, Miss Sally. I was tellin' him a tale 'bout Brer Rabbit. Remus: An' I plum forgot de time. Sally: Well, I don't mind your telling him stories, Uncle Remus. Sally: But you know perfectly well, it's too late for him to be up. Remus: Yessum. 'Twon't happen again, Miss Sally. Sally: I'm sure it won't. Well, son, let's run along upstairs and get ready for bed. Toby: Miss Doshy, Johnny forget de bundle. Tempy: Didn't I tell you to run along home befo' yo' maw takes a stick after you? Doshy: You and your stories! Remus: Miss Doshy.. What us gonna do 'bout dat child? Doshy: I wish I knew. A grandmother doesn't count for much these days. Remus: Yassum, it's a pity, too. What dat child needs is his paw. Doshy: And that's what his mother needs.. But I'm afraid it's going to take Doshy: a little while for her to find that out. Remus: Might cut de time down a piece, Miss Doshy, if you jes' draps a word. Doshy: If I want your advice I'll ask for it. I'm a stubborn old woman Uncle Remus Remus: Yassum, Miss Doshy, I knows dat. Well, goodnight. Doshy: Goodnight. Remus: You ain't mad wid me, is you, Miss Doshy? Doshy: You meddling old rascal! Of course I'm not mad with you. Toby: Looka here! I brung you sumpin! Johnny: Oh, he's beautiful! Johnny: Mawnin', Brer Frog! How do you do? Say 'knee-deep', Brer Frog, 'knee-deep', 'knee-deep'. Toby: He got to be in de water befo' he say dat. Johnny: Where'd you get him? At the mill pond? Toby: Yea! How come you know dat? Johnny: My daddy, he told me. He's caught lots of 'em. Johnny: Let's go down after breakfast and get some more. Toby: Yea, maybe Uncle Remus'll let us use his frog box. Johnny: Come on, Brer Frog! Say it. Sally: Johnny! Are you awake? Good morning, dear. Toby and Johnny: Mawnin! Sally: Did you have a nice sleep? Johnny: Yes'm. Come on! Take him! Sally: Here we are now. Let's hurry up and get dressed. Johnny: Do I have to wear THAT suit? Sally: Yes, dear. Daddy's mother is coming to see us today. Johnny: And the collar, too? Sally: Yes, dear, of course. She made it for you herself. Sally: She'll want to see how nice it looks on you. Johnny: But Toby and I were goin frog huntin'. Sally: Well that's all right, darling. You can go another day. Sally: Now get dressed and come on down to breakfast. Toby: Jes' lookin' at de mill pon' won't hurt yo' clothes none. Johnny: It's no fun just to look. Toby: Sho 'tis! 'Sides, us gotter take Brer Frog back, ain't we? Toby: We leave him 'round here, he liable to get stomped on.. or runned over.. or lost. Toby: You look mighty sad. Like yo' miss yo' fambly. Toby: S'pose you never saw yo' maw or paw ag'in. Johnny: Well, I guess just taking him back ain't frog huntin'! Toby 'Cose 'tain't! Come on! Toby: If you take dishyer horse, we kin git dar a heap quicker. Here! Johnny: How far is it? Toby: Jes' a li'l piece. Over dar, 'roun' de bend. Johnny: Come on! I'll beat you. Toby: Whoa! Stay away from dar! Toby: You can't cut 'cross dar! Johnny: Why not? Toby: Dat's why! Toby: Sho is lucky I was wid you. Johnny: What's that for? Toby: Test whether de wind blowin' good or bad. An' if it's blowin' towards de bull, dat ain't good. Toby: 'Cause den he smell you comin' an ketch you on his horns sho! Toby: De best way is to don't cut 'cross dar 'tall. Johnny: Giddy-ap! Gidday-ap! Joe: We oughta drown him. Jake: Sure, he's the runt. Joe: Yeah. Ginny: This here's my puppy! You leave 'im 'lone. Jake: Aw, go on, Ginny. Ha ha ha. Toby: Them de Faber boys. My maw don't low me to play wid dem. Toby: Yo' maw don't neither.. If she ketch you. Joe: You leggo o' him befo' I knock yo' head clean off. Jake: Where'd ya git them funny lookin' clothes? Joe: Yeah. Jake: Lookit that lace collar. Look, Joe. Joe: What's your name li'l girl? Jake: Lookit the little girlie wearin' a lace collar! Joe: Wearin' a lace collar! Jake and Joe: Wearin' a lace collar! Jake and Joe: Wearin' a lace collar! Wearin' a lace collar! Johnny: Can' I hold him? Ginny: You kin have him. Johnny: For keeps? Ginny: If you'll be nice to 'im. They was gonna drown 'im. Ginny: His name's Teenchy. Johnny: Teenchy? Gee, he's beautiful! Johnny: You can have it if you want. Johnny: Guess Teenchy wants a boat ride. Ginny: What's your name? Johnny: Johnny, what's yours? Ginny: Ginny. Johnny: That's a pretty name. Johnny: Mr Bluebird's on my shoulder. It's the truth, it's actual. Everything is satisfactual. Johnny: Zip-a-dee-doo-da, zip-a-dee-ay, wonderful feeling, wonderful day. Tempy: You take dat puppy right back where he come from, jes' like yo' maw tol' you. Tempy: An' don't you waste no time doin' it, neither. Johnny: You're my puppy and that's all there is to it. If I take you back, that Jack Favers'll drown you. Remus: Ol' Brer Possum, got a trick how come he get so fat, Remus: When trouble come along, he plays like dead, Remus: Now who wants to live like dat. Remus: Well I do, I shorly do. I can't see nothin' wrong, while other folks is worryin' Remus: I'm sleepin' all day long. Remus: Well I do, I shorly do, It's funny but it's true, That's what I abso-positive-i-lutely, wants to do. Remus: Well, bless my soul. How you come by dat? Ain't dat one o' dem Favers Dawgs? Remus: You bin playin' wid dem boys? Johnny: No, Uncle Remus. Remus: Then I ax you, whar he come from? You better turn 'roun' and tote dat dawg right back! Johnny: But he's mine! Ginny gave him to me! Remus: What yo' maw gonna say when you come home wid dat dog? Remus: She ain't gonna 'low yo to have no mangy, no 'count puppy like dat! Johnny: Not in the house, maybe. But it might be all right if... you kept him. Remus: Now hold on! You don't 'speck ol' Unc' Remus to keep dat dawg! Remus: What I gonna git stuff to feed 'im? Johnny: But I... Remus: An' fuddermo', he'd be hollerin' an' squallin' Remus: all night. An' You got to be lettin' 'im out an' lettin' im' in. Remus: I sho ain't got de time to be foolin' wid no dawg. Co'se, don't 'speck a li'l dawg like dat 'ud Remus: eat ve'y much. An' it ain't like you can't git uster all dat hollerin' and squallin'. Remus: But it's dishyer lettin' in an' lettin' out. Co'se I got a li'l corner what ain't bein' used. Remus: Lawzy! Ain't he a ugly li'l critter? Johnny: He's not ugly! Remus: He might grow up to be awright. An' den ag'in he mightn't. Come here you li'l Rascal. Remus: Look at dat! Daw-gone, if he don't act like he think I'm gonna take 'im. Remus: Got a nice li'l tail, too! Chorus: Trouble, trouble, trouble fly away, wake up early in the morning, when the ding dong ring, Chorus: look up, gwan' down to de kitchen room, It's the same ol' thing, want to get a bite of something', Chorus: for that hungry look, look up, get yer' finger in the dumplin' Chorus: get in trouble wid the cook. Let the rain pour down. Let the cold win' blow, Chorus: Gonna stay right here, in the home I know. Chorus: Trouble, trouble, trouble fly away, havin' trouble with de weevil, never did like that, Chorus: look up, got the cotton full of evil, like a hypocrite's hat, when the weevil git the cotton, Chorus: everybody feel low, look out, there'll be nothin' on de table, Chorus: when de dinner horn blow, let the rain pour down. Remus: Now you Favers boys go on home! Ain't I done tol' you? Go on away! Remus: Ain't no if's and and's about it. Stop pesterin' me 'bout dis yere dawg. Remus: I ain't gonna give him to you unles' Johnny tells me. He's yo' dawg, ain't he? Johnny: Course he is! Ginny gave him to me! Jake: It wern't hern to give! Johnny: It was too hers! Joe: That dog's ourn. Jake: An' we're gonna take 'im. Johnny: You're not goint to take him! He's mine. Remus: If I hears one more word bout dishyer puppy, I'll... Remus: I'm goin' straight to Miss Sally. I'll do it, sho's I'm name Remus! Jake: We'll git 'im yet! You'll see! Joe: Yeah! Ginny: Johnny! Don't you pay no 'tenshun to them. Ginny: If they makes trouble, you jes' tell my maw. 'Cause maw says if I give 'im to you, he's yours. Ginny: 'Member, you jes' tell my maw, she'll whale the daylights out of 'um. Remus: Well, honey, you show got yo' se'f in a peck o' trouble. Remus: You is wuss'n Brer Rabbit, when it come to stickin' yo' foot in it. Johnny: Stickin' my foot in it, Uncle Remus? Remus: Tooby sho, jes' like Brer Rabbit when he took an' stuck his foot into sump'n he don't know nothin' bout, Remus: and ain't had no business mixin' up wid in the fust place. Ain't you never heard dat tale? 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. Chorus: how do you do, mighty pleasant greetin'... Chorus: ...how do you do, say it when your meetin', how do you do, with everyone repeatin'... 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! 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 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. 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. 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. 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: 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... Fox: He's a pretty smart feller, the folks all say. Bear: Yah, he knows a lot a tricks... Fox: But he forgot 'em today. He forgot everything, didn't he Brer Bear? Remus: Well, suh, you ain't never see'd nobody dat had humble come-tumbleness down as fine Remus: as what brer rabbit had it den... poor li'l critter -- He learned a pow'ful lesson, Remus: but he learned it too late -- But it jes' goes to show you what comes o' mixin' up wid somethin' Remus: you got no business wid in de fust place... an' don't you never forget it! Johnny: How did Brer Rabbit get away, Uncle Remus? Remus: Who say he git away? Toby: Brer Rabbit always gits away. Remus: Don't you be too sho' ... ain't i done tol' you that Brer Rabbit, bein' Remus: li'l an' widout much strength, he's s'posed to use his head 'stead o' his foots? Johnny: Did he? Toby: Sho he did! Remus: Now, who tellin' dishyer tale? Toby: You are! Remus: Den you jes' set an' do de lis'nin. Well, suh, dar he was, sittin' in de middle o' de road -- Remus: Jes' like you's sittin' in dat chair -- Only he's all mixt up wid dat tar baby ... Remus: ...an' it sho' look like de end o' de finish fo' po' li'l Brer Rabbit, cuz ol' Brer Fox ... Remus: ...was fixin' to barbeque him fo' dinna, right den an' dar. Fox: Yes, suh, yes suh, jes' any minute now ... won't be long now ... dinner goin' be ready any Fox: minute now ... all we have to do is put a few more sticks on the fire. Yes ... Fox: ... get the fire goin' good. Oh, skuze me, you is gwine stay fo' dinner, ain'cha', Brer Rabbit? Fox: We ain't gonna take no 'scuses. Now, we jes' love to have you fo' dinner! Fox: Wouldn't we jes' love to have him fo'dinner, Brer Bear? Ain't dat jes' what you been sayin'? Bear: No, sir. Bear: wuh-wuh-wuh-what I said was... Bear: ...I'm gonna knock his head... clean off. Fox: No indeed, not that. Not that, no, no, not that. Fox: No, no, stop! Wait no! No wait! Let loose. You can't do that. Bear: Bu...don't do that...look, I'm gonna... now jes' look.... Fox: No, he's mine. Fox: I caught 'im an' you keep yo' hans' off! Bear: But look! I'm gonna knock his head... Fox: No! No! No! That's too quick. We're gonna make him suffer. Fox: ...an' I'm gonna do it the way I wanna do it. Bear: But... er... Fox: Oh, I know that - Right in the back o' my little head I knowed what we gonna do.... Bear: Now look. I'm gonna knock his head clean off Rabbit: Go ahead, Brer Rear, ha ha... go on, knock my head clean off. Bear: ...bu...hee...now.... see there. Rabbit: But please don't fling me in dat briar patch. Fox: Now look here, you keep outta this! 'Tain't none o' yo' business. Fox: Maybe I'll hang him. Dat's it. I'll hang 'im. Hang him by the neck til he's dead. Rabbit: Hang me if you like Brer Fox. Go ahead, but don't flong me dat briar patch. Fox: well, i hav' no rope fer t'hang ya... so i'spects. I 'spects I'll have to skin ya. Rabbit: Yeah, sho'...dat's...what's dat? Fox: I said I'm gonna skin ya. Rabbit: Skin me? Smiles. Oh yeah, heh, heh... go ahead. Heh heh, yes sir...skin me if ya likes, Brer Fox, Rabbit: but bu-bu-bu-but there's one thing I don't wantcha to do. Fox: Huh? What's dat? Rabbit: bu-bu-bu-bu-bu.... Rabbit: bu-bu-bu-Brer Fox.... bu-Bu-Bu... I mean...wa-wa-wa- whatever you do, Brer Fox... Rabbit: wa-wa-wa-whatever you do, please please Brer Fox, please don't fling me in dat briar patch. Fox: Ahhhhh.....briar patch? Fox: Briar Patch. Fox: I'm glad I thought of that! Yes, indeed! I sho' am glad i thought of that! Rabbit: Butcha ain't gonna fling me in dar, is ya? Fox: Who me? Oh no. Fox: We ain't gonna do dat! No sir! We wouldn't do dat! Fox: We wouldn't do dat...would we? Brer Bear? Bear: No...hee hee hee...nope! We jes' gonna knock his head clean off. Fox: Oh no indeed! Look out! Now wait a minute! Oh no, please don't! Look out, stop! There! Rabbit: Owww! I'm done fo'. Moider. Rabbit: Here I is Brer Fox. I was born and bred in de briar patch. Rabbit: Yes sir. Born and bred in the briar patch. Born and bred in the briar patch. Remus: So now, it's Brer Fox's turn to feel humble- come-tumble, but ol' Brer Bear, he don't say nuthin'. Remus: An Brer Fox he lay low... heh heh... mighty low... Sho nuf. Toby: Tell us another one, Unc' Remus. Johnny: The one you told daddy... about Brer Frog havin' a tail... Remus: ...an losin' it? Johnny: That's it. Remus: Well den, how kin dey be a tale... Remus and Johnny: ...when dey ain't no ta.... Remus: ..I could tell ya, but dat's annudder tale for annudder day. Remus: Now you better run 'long an' git dat pup somp'n to chew on sides my shoes. Johnny: Come on, Toby. Johnny: How do you do? Toby: Fine, how are you? Johnny: How you come on? Toby: Pretty good, sho as yo're born. Jake: Jis' kaze ol' Remus take yore side don't mean we ain't gonna git Teenchy. Jake: You wait an' see! Joe: We're gonna tell on you. Jake: Yeah! Gonna tell Tempy. Jake: ...or maybe your grandmaw... or maybe even your maw. Johnny: Go ahead! I don't care! You can tell aunt Tempy.... Johnny: ...you can tell grandmaw, you can even tell my mama. Johnny: ...but whatever you do... don't tell your maw. Jake: Why not? Johnny: Just don't you tell her, that's all! If you do, it'll be awful! Toby: Ain't dat what Brer Rabbit did to Brer Fox? Johnny: sh-sh! Bein' little...an' without much strength, we s'posed to use our heads instead of our foots. Maw Favers: Now i don't wanta hear no more 'bout it. Maw Favers: that's Ginny's dawg....an if she wants to give it away, 'tain't none o' yo' business. Jake: I'll get even with that Johnny! He'll find out! Think's he so smart. Joe: 'Twarn't his fault. He told us not to tell our maw. Jake: Yeah! 'Cause that's jis' what he wanted us to do. Tempy: Sooner or later, yer gonna be comin' aroun', I betcha, I betcha that I getcha, you wait and see... Tempy: Sooner or later your gonna be hangin' aroun'... I betcha... Tempy: I betcha if I catch ya' you'll hear from me. Your gonna knock at my door...you done it befo'... Tempy: Matter of factly, I don't know exactly when, but sooner or later you're gonna be hanging aroun', Tempy: and want my cookin' again. Your gonna knock on my door, you don' it befo' Tempy: Matter of factly I 'spected you zackly then, cuz sooner or later I know you'll be hangingn aroun', Tempy: and want my cookin' again. But you ain't gonna get it. Tempy: Al'ays manage to come callin' on bakin' day, and totin' in three or four measley Tempy: little piece of fire wood. Humph! Some folks does de work, while others jest visits. Tempy: Sit around whiddlin' and tellin' stories... like Brer Fox and Brer Rabbit. Tempy: Stick his nose in dish here kitchen and we have Brer Rabbit stew. Remus: Sis Tempy, I said it befo', I says it now and I says it again' there never was a better cook Remus: in these here parts nor nowhere else. Tempy: Humph! Ya ain't pullin' no wool over my eyes. Here! Chloe: What you all doin' 'roun' here, anyhow? Jake: We wants to see Miss Sally. Joe: Yeah. Chloe: What you want to see her about. Jake: 'Bout our dog. Joe: Yeah. Remus: Why, 'tain't dey dawg. It's Johnny's. Tempy: No 'tain't. Remus: What's dat? Tempy: When he brung it here, Miss Sally tol' him to take it right straight back what he got it. Remus: Why dat li'l scamp. Remus: Where you goin'? Chloe: To git Miss Sally. Remus: Uh...oh. Remus: Ain't i done tol' you to stop pesterin' folks 'bout dat mangy ol' puppy? Remus: Now go on home. Go on, befo' i gits fractious! Jake: We ain't goin' 'til we sees Miss Sally. Joe: Yeah. Remus: Miss Sally ain't got no time to be bothered wid you. Remus: An' she don't wanter hear no talk about dat dawg, neither. Sally: What's this all about? Jake: Johnny's got our dawg -- An' we we wants it back! Sally: Your dog? You don't mean that little puppy? Jake: Yassum. Johnny took it down to ol' Remus's so's you wouldn't know. Sally: Is that right, uncle remus? Remus: Well, you see miss sally, I had.. Sally: I see. Uncle remus'll get your dog back to you. Now run along, please. Joe: You gonna whup johnny? Jake: Ya oughta! Jake: Johnny said he didn't care if we told you.... Jake: ...bute not to tell our maw. Joe: and when we told her, she giv'd us a whuppin'. Remus: Lawzy, Miss Sally, Johnny didn't mean no harm. Remus: He was jes' trying to be like Brer Rabbit. I tol' him a tale 'bout de Remus: tar baby an' he just got a li'l bit too bodacious, and outreached hisse'f, dat's all. Sally: Uncle Remus, i'm trying my best to bring up Johnny to be obedient and truthful. But you and your Sally: stories are making that very difficult. I think maybe it would be better if he didn't hear any more for awhile. Remus: Well, Miss Sally, de stories ain't done no.... Sally: They only confuse him. Now I know you mean well, Uncle Remus, but Johnny's too young. Remus: Miss Sally..... Sally: I'll have to ask you not to tell him any more. Remus: Yassum, Miss Sally...... Sally: But what else could I have done, mama? I can't just overlook it, he has to learn to mind. Doshy: That's very true, but without Uncle Remus and his stories, Doshy: the child will be utterly desolate. He needs something to hold on to. Sally: Well, he has his mother....and his grandmother. Doshy: We're not enough, sally. The boy must have friends. And if it's not Uncle Remus, or the Favers Doshy: children, then it must be someone else.... someone of his own age. That's just good common sense. Tempy: What you trackin' through here for anyway? Ain't I done tol' you 'bout messin' 'roun' my kitchen? Sally: Johnny! Johnny: Yes, mama. Sally: Do you know what next tuesday is? Johnny: Uh...of course. My birthday. Sally: That's right, dear. And what happens then? Johnny: I get presents. Sally: And a birthday party. Would you like that? Johnny: A party? Sure! Sally: With lots of nice little boys and girls. Johnny: Can i ask Ginny? Sally: Well, there'll be so many other children, dear... Doshy: ...That one more won't make any difference. Johnny: Gee! Thanks! Will daddy come? Sally: Well, dear...uh...I'll write and ask him. Johnny: Oh boy. Johnny: Teenchy! Here Teenchy! Johnny: Teenchy! Here Teenchy! Teenchy! Where are you? Johnny: Uncle Remus? A present for Teenchy! Where's Teenchy? Remus: He's gone. Johnny: Gone? Then we gotta find him. Sump'n might happen to him... if he runs around loose. Remus: He ain't runnin' 'roun' loose. Johnny: Then, where is he? Remus: He's back at de Favers. Dat's what he b'longs an' you knows it. Johnny: But teenchy's my dog. He's mine. Johnny: Ginny gave him to me, and you said... Remus: Nemmine what I said! Yo' maw tol' you to take dat dawg back whar he Remus: come from an' you ain't done it. She don't like dat, an' I don't blame her. Johnny: But he wasn't botherin' anybody. Remus: She yo' maw an' she know what's bes' for you! Johnny: But...but...I...I love him. He...he loves me. You should'na done it, Uncle Remus. Johnny: Jake'll drown him! I know he will. Remus: Ain't no use o' you carryin' on. Puppy's gone an' dat's dat. Johnny: You don't even care! Teenchy's gone...and you don't care at all. Remus: Don't make no difference whether I does or whether I Remus: don't. I'm jes a wo' out ol' man what ain't no good to nobody. Johnny: But uncle remus, you're...the best friend i have. Remus: Mebbe so, but i'm dat pestered I don't know whether i'm end-upperds or Remus: end-downerds. But I does know dis... I ain't goin' ter be tellin' you no mo' stories. Children: Chick-a-ma, chick-a-ma, craney crow! I went to the well to wash Childern: my toe! When I got there, the well was bare! What time is it, old witch! Ginny: Hurry, maw, hurry! Maw Favers: I'm doin' the best I can. Ginny: Please, maw! The party'll be over. Maw Favers: If you don't quit bobbin' up and down I'll never get this collar on. Ginny: I'm just doin' like you told me. Maw Favers: Well, don't forgit what you says when you does it. Ginny:Pleased to meetcha! Maw Favers: That's the girl. Now you looks pretty enough to go anywheres. Johnny: Ginny! Come on...we're late. Maw Favers: Ginny! Don't forgit your manners. Ginny: Pleased to meetcha! Joe: Pleased to meetcha! Johnny: Gee, I thought you were never comin'. Ginny: Paw didn't get home with the thread, an' maw had an awful time finishing my dress. Like it? Johnny: It's real pretty. Ginny: It's bran' new. It was maw's weddin' dress. Are we gonna have cake? Johnny: Course! They're eatin' it right now. But there'll be plenty left. Ginny: What do you do at a party -- 'Sides have cake? Johnny: Oh, lots of things. Play games, an'...get presents. Ginny: Do i get a present? Johnny: Sure -- Everybody does. Course, I get the most. Jake: I get the most. Ginny: Go on home. Jake: Go on home. Ginny: I'll tell maw. Jake: I'll tell maw. Johnny: Don't pay any attention to them, Ginny. Joe: Don't pay any 'tenshun to 'em, Ginny! Ginny: Quit it! Joe: Pretty strings. Ginny: You stop it. Ginny: Now look what you've done! Ginny: You've spoiled everything! Jake: Ouch! Don't! Stop! Jake: Make him leggo! Make him leggo! Jake: Make him leggo! Joe, get him off! Johnny: I'll fix you. Jake: Pull him off, Joe! Get him off! Johnny: I'll fix you! Jake: Ouch! Don't! Stop! Jake: Make him leggo! Make him leggo! Remus: Aw right, get off him! Remus: Come on, son! Get off 'im! Get off 'im! Now you git 'long -- An' Remus: don't lemme ketch you pesterin' 'roun' dese chillun no mo'! An' ah means it. Johnny: Ginny! Johnny: Ginny... Johnny: Gee, ginny! Please don't cry! Johnny: We can still go to the party... if you wanta. Johnny: I'll clean off your dress. Ginny: You're just makin' it worse. Johnny: It wasn't much 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... 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: 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: 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: 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: 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. 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. Chorus: Let the rain pour down, let the cold win' blow Chrous: Gonna stay right here, In the home I know. Chorus: When your achin' with the misery, when your old and grey, 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' away! He's gettin' in de wagon! Johnny: Uncle Remus! Wait! Uncle Remus! Sally: Johnny! Johnny: Uncle Remus! Come Back. Johnny: Wait, Uncle Remus! Wait! Sally: Oh Johnny. Chorus: More and more faith in him. Solo: He made all the stars and the moon and the sun. Chorus: More and more faith in him. Solo: He number the sparrows and the birds everyone. Chorus: More and more faith in him. Solo: My Savior! Chorus: All I want... All I want... All I want... Chorus: is more and more faith in him. Solo: My Savior! Chorus: All I want, all I want... John: Toby, what is it? Toby: It's Johnny, sir. He got hurt by dat bull. Tempy: Mister John! John: How is he? Tempy: Well, he's out o' his head, suh, and' talkin' like his li'l heart's Tempy: 'bout to break. You see, Mister John, he was cuttin' Tempy: through de bull pasture... trying to stop Uncle Remus from goin' away. Chorus: More and more faith in him. Solo: Angel have mercy on this little chil' Chorus: More and more faith in him. Solo: He's only been here such a mighty li'l while. Chorus: More and more faith in him. Sally: Son, daddy's here. Johnny: Uncle Remus! Come back, Uncle Remus! Come back! John: Johnny! Johnny! Johnny: Uncle Remus... Please. Doshy: Uncle Remus! Remus: De smoke was comin' outta de chimney, an de light from Remus: de lamps was ashinin' soft. Inside de house, de kittle was singin' Remus: over de fire. On the hearth de cricket was a jiggin' to de tune. Remus: Yes suh, things was mighty satisfactual. 'Cause Brer Rabbit Remus: done come back to his laughing place wid de folks Remus: all 'round him what b'longs dar. Johnny: Uncle Remus! Remus: An' dat night, he was de happiest Brer Rabbit. Remus: An' dat was de laughin'est place in de whole wide worl'. Johnny: Daddy. Mama! Daddy's here! Mama! John: She's right here, sone Sally: Yes, darling. It's all right. Johnny: Mama! Make him stay, please! John: There now, sone. I'm not going anywhere. John: I'm going to stay right here, where I belong. Johnny: Honest? John: Honest. And we'll have John: more fun than... than Brer Rabbit hisse'f. Sally: And we'll have the laughin'est place in the whole wide world. John: An' dat's de trufe! Remus: Miss Doshy, things are lookin' mighty satisfactual. Mighty satisfactual. Zip-a-dee-do-dah, zip-a-dee-ay, My oh my, what a wonderful day. Plenty of sunshine, headin' my way. Zip-a-dee-do-dah, zip-a-dee-ay. Johnny: Mr. Bluebird's on my shoulder. It's the truth, It's actual. Jonnny: Everything is satisfactual. Zip-a-dee-do-dah, zip-a-dee-ay, Wonderful feeling, wonderful day. Zip-a-dee-do-dah, zip-a-dee-ay, My oh my, what a wonderful day. Plenty of sunshine headin' my way... Rabbit: Howdy do, how do you do. Three children: Oh, hello there Brer Rabbit. Hi there, Brer Rabbit. Rabbit: Yes sir, this here's one of them zip-a-dee-do-dah days. Rabbit: For sho'. Zip, zip, zip, zip, zip-a-dee-do-dah, zip-a-dee-ay. Children: My oh my, what a wonderful day, plenty of sunshine headin' my way. Children: Zip-a-dee-do-dah, zip-a-dee-ay. Johnny: Mr. Bluebird's on my shoulder. Remus: It's de truth. It's actual. Everything is satisfactual. Children: Zip-a-dee-do-dah zip-a-dee-ay. Children: My oh my, what a wonderful day. Children: Plenty of sunshine, headin' my way, wonderful feeling, wondeful day. Frog: Zip-a-dee-do-dah zip-a-dee-ay. Frog: zip, zip, zip, zip, zip. Children: Zip-a-dee-do-dah, zip-a-dee-ay. My oh my, what a wonderful day. Children: Plenty of sunshine, headin' my way. Chorus: Zip-a-dee-do-dah, zip-a-dee-ay. Mr. Bluebird's on my shoulder. Chorus: It's really true, it's actual. Everything is satisfactual. Chorus: Zip-a-dee-do-dah, zip-a-dee-ay. Oh what a wonderful feeling, Chorus: What a wonderful day. Singing a song, a Song Of The South.,>,>,>,>,>,>,>,>,>