UNCLE REMUS:
HIS SONGS AND HIS SAYINGS

By Joel Chandler Harris

CONTENTS

[ PREFACE AND DEDICATION ]

[ INTRODUCTION ]

[ LEGENDS OF THE OLD PLANTATION ]

[ I. UNCLE REMUS INITIATES THE LITTLE BOY ]

[ II. THE WONDERFUL TAR BABY STORY ]

[ III. WHY MR. POSSUM LOVES PEACE ]

[ IV. HOW MR. RABBIT WAS TOO SHARP FOR MR. FOX ]

[ V. THE STORY OF THE DELUGE AND HOW IT CAME ABOUT ]

[ VI. MR. RABBIT GROSSLY DECEIVES MR. FOX ]

[ VII. MR. FOX IS AGAIN VICTIMIZED ]

[ VIII. MR. FOX IS "OUTDONE" BY MR. BUZZARD ]

[ IX. MISS COW FALLS A VICTIM TO MR. RABBIT ]

[ X. MR. TERRAPIN APPEARS UPON THE SCENE ]

[ XI. MR. WOLF MAKES A FAILURE ]

[ XII. MR. FOX TACKLES OLD MAN TARRYPIN ]

[ XIII. THE AWFUL FATE OF MR. WOLF ]

[ XIV. MR. FOX AND THE DECEITFUL FROGS ]

[ XV. MR. FOX GOES A-HUNTING, BUT MR. RABBIT BAGS THE GAME ]

[ XVI. OLD MR. RABBIT, HE'S A GOOD FISHERMAN ]

[ XVII. MR. RABBIT NIBBLES UP THE BUTTER ]

[ XVIII. MR. RABBIT FINDS HIS MATCH AT LAST ]

[ XIX. THE FATE OF MR. JACK SPARROW ]

[ XX. HOW MR. RABBIT SAVED HIS MEAT ]

[ XXI. MR. RABBIT MEETS HIS MATCH AGAIN ]

[ XXII. A STORY ABOUT THE LITTLE RABBITS ]

[ XXIII. MR. RABBIT AND MR. BEAR ]

[ XXIV. MR. BEAR CATCHES OLD MR. BULL-FROG ]

[ XXV. HOW MR. RABBIT LOST HIS FINE BUSHY TAIL ]

[ XXVI. MR. TERRAPIN SHOWS HIS STRENGTH ]

[ XXVII. WHY MR. POSSUM HAS NO HAIR ON HIS TAIL ]

[ XXVIII. THE END OF MR. BEAR ]

[ XXIX. MR. FOX GETS INTO SERIOUS BUSINESS ]

[ XXX. HOW MR. RABBIT SUCCEEDED IN RAISING A DUST ]

[ XXXI. A PLANTATION WITCH ]

[ XXXII. "JACKY-MY-LANTERN" *1 ]

[ XXXIII. WHY THE NEGRO IS BLACK ]

[ XXXIV. THE SAD FATE OF MR. FOX ]

[ PLANTATION PROVERBS ]

[ HIS SONGS ]

[ I. REVIVAL HYMN ]

[ II. CAMP-MEETING SONG * ]

[ III. CORN-SHUCKING SONG ]

[ IV. THE PLOUGH-HANDS' SONG (JASPER COUNTY—1860.) ]

[ V. CHRISTMAS PLAY-SONG (MYRICK PLACE, PUTNAM COUNTY 1858.) ]

[ VI. PLANTATION PLAY-SONG (PUTNAM COUNTY—1856.) ]

[ VII. TRANSCRIPTIONS *1 ]

[ 1. A PLANTATION CHANT ]

[ 2.A PLANTATION SERENADE ]

[ VIII. THE BIG BETHEL CHURCH ]

[ IX. TIME GOES BY TURNS ]

[ A STORY OF THE WAR ]

[ HIS SAYINGS ]

[ I. JEEMS ROBER'SON'S LAST ILLNESS ]

[ II. UNCLE REMUS'S CHURCH EXPERIENCE ]

[ III. UNCLE REMUS AND THE SAVANNAH DARKEY ]

[ IV. TURNIP SALAD AS A TEXT ]

[ V. A CONFESSION ]

[ VI. UNCLE REMUS WITH THE TOOTHACHE ]

[ VII. THE PHONOGRAPH ]

[ VIII. RACE IMPROVEMENT ]

[ IX. IN THE ROLE OF A TARTAR ]

[ X. A CASE OF MEASLES ]

[ XI. THE EMIGRANTS ]

[ XII. AS A MURDERER ]

[ XIII. HIS PRACTICAL VIEW OF THINGS ]

[ XIV. THAT DECEITFUL JUG ]

[ XV. THE FLORIDA WATERMELON ]

[ XVI. UNCLE REMUS PREACHES TO A CONVERT ]

[ XVII. AS TO EDUCATION ]

[ XVIII. A TEMPERANCE REFORMER ]

[ XIX. AS A WEATHER PROPHET ]

[ XX. THE OLD MAN'S TROUBLES ]

[ XXI. THE FOURTH OF JULY ]