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Tuck a notion dat dey'd build a house,
An' fix it so ez ter keep out de skeeters,
An' fix it up nix cummy rousl
Dey all wui dar fum de B'ar ter de Possum,
Brer Wolf, Brer Fox, Brer Coon,
Wid ol' Brer Rabbit fer ter stan' 'roun' an' boss um,
Kaze dey hatter have de' house right soon.
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He choosened a upsta's room,
An dar he sot (el I kin make de rhyme come
A-singin' " Hark fum de Toom"!
An' den he got what he aint had oughter,
Ez all de creeturs said,
A gun, a cannon, an' a tub er water,
An' hid um under his bed I
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6rer Rabbit, he wuz busy, oh, yes, mighty busy,
Not doin' uv a blessed thing;
Ef he clim' de scaffle, he say he'll git dizzy,
So he medjur an' mark an' sing.
Dey buil' de house, an' it sho wuz a fine un,
Made er poplar, oak an' pine;
De littlest room wuz a sev'm-by-nine un,
Whar de sick could go an' whine!
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When de creeturs come home, Brer Rabbit wuz ready,
An' he tell um he gwineter set down;
" Well, set," sez dey, " an' we'll try ter be ste'dy,"
An' wid dat, Brer Rabbit kinder frown;
Bang-bang! went de gun de barrels wuz double
An' de creeturs wuz still ez mice;
Brer B'ar he say, " Dy must be some trouble,
But I hope heedon't loosen de j'is! "
Brer Rabbit, he say, 44 WharWs mui I spit it A 'm ' - , .
An' Brer Wolf answer, wid a grin, YfV
" Des wharsomever you kin make it hit at! "
Brer Fox, he rub his chin;
Brer Rabbit, ha tuck de tub er water,
An' empty it all on de sta'rs,
' An' it come nigh drownia' Brer Coon's daughter.
An' likewise one er Brer B'ar'sl
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Brer Rabbit say, " Wheh' Ianeeze 111 skeer you, -An'
I hate fer ter have it ter do! "
Brer Fox say, " We'll lissert an' hear you
Des go right ahead wid yo sneeze-a-ma-roo! "
Boom-a-lam! went de cannon, an' de creeturs, dey lit out
Thoo window-sash an do'
Any way, any way dat dey kin git out,
An' dey aint come dar no mo' I
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