:08:15
Chorus: That's what Uncle Remus said,
:08:18
Chorus: Listen now to what I say.
That's how the critters got that way.
:08:22
Solo: The leopard's pappy got the gout
from eatin' too much speckle trout.
:08:28
Solo: His mammy dreamed of polka dots.
Chorus: That's how the leopard got his spots.
:08:33
Chorus: That's what Uncle Remus said,
That's what Uncle Remus said.
:08:37
Chorus: Speckle trout and polka dots.
Solo: That's how the leopard got his spots
:08:42
Chorus: More, more, tell us more.
Solo: The camel crossed the desert sands,
:08:46
Solo: with all them mighty caravans.
His bed was full of sandy lumps,
:08:51
Solo: That's how the camel got those humps.
:08:53
Chorus: That's what Uncle Remus said,
that's what Uncle Remus said.
:08:58
Chorus: Sandy bed was full of lumps...
Solo: That's how the camel got those humps.
:09:03
Chorus: More, more, tell us more.
Solo: The pig he saw his monkey friend,
:09:07
Solo: A swinging by his other end.
He tried the same thing on a rail.
:09:12
Solo: That's how the pig got a curly tail.
:09:15
Remus: Yes sir, dat's de way wid Brer Rabbit --
sho's I'm named Remus.
:09:20
Remus: 'Bout de time he git it stuck in his mind
dat dey ain't nobody kin out-do 'im,
:09:24
Remus: Up somebody'd jump an do him scan'lous.
:09:28
Remus: What you laughin' 'bout?
sez Brer Fox, sez he.
:09:31
Remus: An' Brer Rabbit, he couldn't say nothin'.
Well den, sez Brer Fox, sez he...
:09:36
Remus: I'll settle yo' hash right now.
And wid dat he grab Brer Rabbit
:09:42
Remus: by de tail and made fo' to dash 'im
agin' de groun'. But jes' den,
:09:47
Remus: Brer Rabbit's tail snap off real short,
an' he tuck thru the cotton patch
:09:52
Remus: like de dogs was after 'im.
An' from dat day to dis,
:09:56
Remus: de only tail dat Brer Rabbit's got to his name
was a lil' ol' ball o' cotton.