"'No, my Lord! Ain't got time ter tarry!'
"'Tryin' yo' soopleness?'
"'No, my Lord! Ain't got time ter tarry!'
"'Do pray, Brer Rabbit, tell me de news!'
"'Mighty big fuss back dar in de woods. Ain't got time ter tarry!'
"Dis make Brer Coon feel mighty skittish, 'kaze he fur ways fum home, en he des lipt out, he did, en went a-b'ilin' thoo de woods. Brer Coon ain't gone fur twel he meet Brer Fox.
"'Hey, Brer Coon, whar you gwine?'
"'Ain't got time ter tarry!'
"'Gwine at'-de doctor?'
"'No, my Lord! Ain't got time ter tarry.'