tarrypin

Updated: June 8, 2025

Jedge Buzzard, he riz en skimmed long fer ter see dat de race wuz runned fa'r. W'en Brer Rabbit got ter de fus' mile-pos' wunner de Tarrypin chilluns crawl out de woods, he did, en make fer de place. Brer Rabbit, he holler out: "'Whar is you, Brer Tarrypin? "'Yer I come a bulgin', sez de Tarrypin, sezee.

Joel Chandler Harris - Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings

"'Oh, no, dar's de tail, Brer Fox, sez Brer Tarrypin, sezee, en wid dat he oncurl his tail fum under de shell, en no sooner did he do dat dan Brer Fox grab it, en holler out: "'Oh, yes, Brer Tarrypin! Oh, yes! En so you er de man w'at lam me on de head at Miss Meadows's is you? You er in wid Brer Rabbit, is you? Well, I'm gwineter out you. "Brer Tarrypin beg en beg, but 'twan't no use.

Joel Chandler Harris - Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings

Dis sorter stunted Brer Fox, en w'en he gedder his 'membunce de mos' he seed wuz a pot er greens turnt over in de fireplace, en a broke cheer. Brer Rabbit wuz gone, en Brer Tarrypin wuz gone, en Miss Meadows en de gals wuz gone. "Where did the Rabbit go, Uncle Remus?" the little boy asked, after a pause. "Bless yo' soul, honey!

Joel Chandler Harris - Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings

Brer Wolf mighty smart, but nex' time you hear fum 'im, honey, he'll be in trouble. You des hol' yo' breff'n wait." "ONE day," said Uncle Remus, sharpening his knife on the palm of his hand "one day Brer Fox strike up wid Brer Tarrypin right in de middle er de big road.

Joel Chandler Harris - Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings

De ole 'oman, she tuck 'er stan' nigh de fus' mile-pos', she did, en de chilluns nigh de udders, up ter de las', en dar old Brer Tarrypin, he tuck his stan'. Bimeby, here come de fokes: Jedge Buzzard, he come, en Miss Meadows en de gals, dey come, en den yer come Brer Rabbit wid ribbons tied 'roun' his neck en streamin' fum his years.

Joel Chandler Harris - Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings

"What did he say, Uncle Remus?" "Dat w'at he said I-doom-er-ker-kum-mer-ker! Brer Tarrypin wuz at de bottom er de pon', en he talk back, he did, in bubbles I- doom-er-ker-kum-mer-ker! Brer Fox, he ain't sayin' nuthin', but Brer Bull-Frog, settin' on de bank, he hear Brer Tarrypin, he did, en he holler back: "Jug-er-rum-kum-dum! Jug-er-rum-kum-dum! "Den Brer Frog holler out: 'Knee-deep!

Joel Chandler Harris - Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings

Brer Tarrypin," continued Uncle Remus, in a tone at once confidential and argumentative, "weren't much bigger'n de pa'm er my han', en it look mighty funny fer ter year 'im braggin' 'bout how he kin out-pull Brer B'ar. But dey got de bed-cord atter w'ile, en den dey all put out ter de branch.

Joel Chandler Harris - Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings

"Den Brer Tarrypin, he up'n say, sezee: "'Well, ef you gwineter sell 'im, Brer Rabbit, sezee, 'sell him some'rs out'n dis naberhood, kase he done bin yer too long now, sezee.

Joel Chandler Harris - Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings

"en wid dat he put out for Brer Coon house en borrer his slippers. W'en Sat'day evenin' come, dey wuz all dere. Miss Meadows en de gals, dey wuz dere; en Brer Coon, en Brer Fox, en Brer Possum, en Brer Tarrypin, dey wuz dere." "Where was the Rabbit?" the little boy asked. "You kin put yo' 'pennunce in ole Brer Rabbit," the old man replied, with a chuckle.

Joel Chandler Harris - Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings

I-doom-er-ker-kum mer-ker!" "What is that?" "Dat's Tarrypin talk, dat is. Bless yo' soul, honey," continued the old man, brightening up, "w'en you git ole ez me w'en you see w'at I sees, en year w'at I years de creeturs dat you can't talk wid'll be mighty skase dey will dat.

Joel Chandler Harris - Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings