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
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
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