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Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit

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<h2><SPAN name="HOW_BRER_RABBIT_GOT_A_HOUSE" id="HOW_BRER_RABBIT_GOT_A_HOUSE"></SPAN>HOW BRER RABBIT GOT A HOUSE</h2> <div class="figcenterl"> <ANTIMG src="images/image-57.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="333" alt="" title="" /></div> <div class="poem pcenter"> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Oh, once ’pon a time, all de creeturs, all de creeturs,<br/></span> <span class="i4">Tuck a notion dat dey’d build a house,<br/></span> <span class="i0">An’ fix it so ez ter keep out de skeeters,<br/></span> <span class="i4">An’ fix it up nix cummy rous!<br/></span> <span class="i0">Dey all wuz dar fum de B’ar ter de Possum,<br/></span> <span class="i4">Brer Wolf, Brer Fox, Brer Coon,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Wid ol’ Brer Rabbit fer ter stan’ ’roun’ an’ boss um,<br/></span> <span class="i4">Kaze dey hatter have de’ house right soon.<br/></span></div> </div> <div class="figcenterl"> <ANTIMG src="images/image-58.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="342" alt="" title="" /></div> <div class="poem pcenter"> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Brer Rabbit, he wuz busy, oh, yes, mighty busy,<br/></span> <span class="i4">Not doin’ uv a blessed thing;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Ef he clim’ de scaffle, he say he’ll git dizzy,<br/></span> <span class="i4">So he medjur an’ mark an’ sing.<br/></span> <span class="i0">Dey buil’ de house, an’ it sho wuz a fine un,<br/></span> <span class="i4">Made er poplar, oak an’ pine;<br/></span> <span class="i0">De littlest room wuz a sev’m-by-nine un,<br/></span> <span class="i4">Whar de sick could go an’ whine!<br/></span></div> </div> <div class="figcenterl"> <ANTIMG src="images/image-59.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="372" alt="" title="" /></div> <div class="poem pcenter"> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Brer Rabbit, he wait, an’ when de time come<br/></span> <span class="i4">He choosened a upsta’s room,<br/></span> <span class="i0">An’ dar he sot (ef I kin make de rhyme come)<br/></span> <span class="i4">A-singin’ “Hark fum de Toom”!<br/></span> <span class="i0">An’ den he got what he aint had oughter,<br/></span> <span class="i4">Ez all de creeturs said,<br/></span> <span class="i0">A gun, a cannon, an’ a tub er water,<br/></span> <span class="i4">An’ hid um under his bed!<br/></span></div> </div> <div class="figcenterl"> <ANTIMG src="images/image-60.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="334" alt="" title="" /></div> <div class="poem pcenter"> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">When de creeturs come home, Brer Rabbit wuz ready,<br/></span> <span class="i4">An’ he tell um he gwineter set down;<br/></span> <span class="i0">“Well, set,” sez dey, “an’ we’ll try ter be ste’dy,”<br/></span> <span class="i4">An’ wid dat, Brer Rabbit kinder frown;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Bang-bang! went de gun—de barrels wuz double—<br/></span> <span class="i4">An’ de creeturs wuz still ez mice;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Brer B’ar he say, “Dy must be some trouble,<br/></span> <span class="i2">But I hope heedon’t loosen de j’is!”<br/></span></div> </div> <div class="figcenterl"> <ANTIMG src="images/image-61.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="364" alt="" title="" /></div> <div class="poem pcenter"> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Brer Rabbit, he say, “Wharbouts mus’ I spit at?”<br/></span> <span class="i4">An’ Brer Wolf answer, wid a grin,<br/></span> <span class="i0">“Des wharsomever you kin make it hit at!”<br/></span> <span class="i4">Brer Fox, he rub his chin;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Brer Rabbit, he tuck de tub er water,<br/></span> <span class="i4">An’ empty it all on de sta’rs,<br/></span> <span class="i0">An’ it come nigh drownin’ Brer Coon’s daughter.<br/></span> <span class="i4">An’ likewise one er Brer B’ar’s!<br/></span></div> </div> <div class="figcenterl"> <ANTIMG src="images/image-62.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="337" alt="" title="" /></div> <div class="poem pcenter"> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Brer Rabbit say, “When I sneeze I’ll skeer you,<br/></span> <span class="i4">An’ I hate fer ter have it ter do!”<br/></span> <span class="i0">Brer Fox say, “We’ll lissen an’ hear you<br/></span> <span class="i4">Des go right ahead wid yo’ sneeze-a-ma-roo!”<br/></span> <span class="i0">Boom-a-lam! went de cannon, an’ de creeturs, dey lit out<br/></span> <span class="i4">Thoo window-sash an’ do’<br/></span> <span class="i0">Any way, any way dat dey kin git oot,<br/></span> <span class="i4">An’ dey aint come dar no mo’!<br/></span></div> </div> <hr /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />

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