Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings

 Uncle Remus:

His Songs and His Sayings

The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation



By Joel Chandler Harris

With Illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser

New York D. Appleton and Company 1, 3, and 5 Bond Street

1886

Contents

 * Preface and Dedication to the New Edition
 * 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”
 * XXXIII. Why the Negro is Black
 * XXXIV. The Sad Fate of Mr. Fox

Plantation Proverbs

 * Plantation Proverbs

His Songs

 * I. Revival Hymn
 * II. Camp-Meeting Song
 * III. Corn-Shucking Song
 * IV. The Plough-hands Song
 * V. Christmas Play-Song
 * VI. Plantation Play-Song
 * VII. Transcriptions
 * VIII. De Big Bethel Church
 * IX. Time goes by Turns

A Story of the War

 * 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 Rôle 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