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The Tar Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus

Joel Chandler Harris (1848 - 1908)

26 of Uncle Remus's stories put into verse and song. With the exception of the Tar Baby story, they were all new to this publication of 1904 and cover a variety of humorous subjects from Adan and Eve (De Appile Tree) to Brer Rabbit's Gigglin' Place. There are also genuine Camp Meeting Songs and a Corn Shuckin' Song. (Summary by Phil Chenevert)

Genre(s): Short works

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	01 - Brer' Rabbit and the Tar Baby	Phil Chenevert	00:12:11
Play 02	02 - De Appile-Tree	Phil Chenevert	00:03:37
Play 03	03 - De 'gator and de Rabbit Gizzard	Phil Chenevert	00:04:17
Play 04	04 - A Wishing Song	Phil Chenevert	00:02:35
Play 05	05 - How Brer Tarrypin Learned to fly	Phil Chenevert	00:05:33
Play 06	06 - It's Good To be Old if you Know How To Do	Phil Chenevert	00:04:49
Play 07	07 - The Hard - Headed Woman	Phil Chenevert	00:05:18
Play 08	08 - Two Tales in One - One Tale in Two	Phil Chenevert	00:04:44
Play 09	09 - Why the Frog Has No Tail	Phil Chenevert	00:04:42
Play 10	10 - Uncle Remus Captures a Dream	Phil Chenevert	00:04:39
Play 11	11 - Why the Buzzard's Head is Bald	Phil Chenevert	00:05:51
Play 12	12 - De ol Stand-Bys	Phil Chenevert	00:02:04
Play 13	13 - Brer Rabbit's Gigglin'-Place	Phil Chenevert	00:05:25
Play 14	14 - Mr. Rabbit Run Fur - Mr. Rabbit Run Fas'	Phil Chenevert	00:03:04
Play 15	15 - Baylor's Mail	Phil Chenevert	00:02:43
Play 16	16 - Revival Hymn	Phil Chenevert	00:02:09
Play 17	17 - Camp-Meeting Song	Phil Chenevert	00:02:05
Play 18	18 - Corn-Shuckin' Song	Phil Chenevert	00:05:01
Play 19	19 - The Plough Hands' Song	Phil Chenevert	00:02:21
Play 20	20 - Christmas Play Song	Phil Chenevert	00:02:10
Play 21	21 - A Plantation Play Song	Phil Chenevert	00:01:51
Play 22	22 - A Plantation Chant	Phil Chenevert	00:02:33
Play 23	23 - A Plantation Serenade	Phil Chenevert	00:01:29
Play 24	24 - De Big Bethel Church	Phil Chenevert	00:01:17
Play 25	25 - Time Goes By Turns	Phil Chenevert	00:01:50
Play 26	26 - The Howdy Song	Phil Chenevert	00:02:26

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