Song of the South Quotes

Song of the South is a TV show that debuted in 1970 . Song of the South ended its run in 1970.

It features Walt Disney as producer, and Gregg Toland as head of cinematography.

Song of the South is distributed by RKO Pictures.

The cast includes: James Baskett as Uncle Remus, Bobby Driscoll as Johnny, Luana Patten as Ginny, Glenn Leedy as Toby, George Nokes as Jake Favers, Gene Holland as Joe Favers, Ruth Warrick as Sally, and Lucile Watson as Grandmother.

Song of the South Quotes

Bobby Driscoll as Johnny

• (Bobby Driscoll) "Where's Brer Rabbit's Briar Patch?"
• (James Baskett) "Where? Well, now, lemme see. That I can't exactly say, 'cause I ain't been keepin' close track as I used to."

• (Bobby Driscoll) "Why don't she come to see us, like she did last spring?"
• (Ruth Warrick) "Well, because it -- I thought you'd enjoy seeing the plantation."
• (Bobby Driscoll) "Is Grandma mad at us?"
• (Ruth Warrick) "But of course not, Johnny. Whatever gave you that idea?"
• (Bobby Driscoll) "Well, Georgie says everybody's mad at what Daddy writes in the newspaper."

• (Bobby Driscoll) "I wish I had a Laughing Place."
• (Luana Patten) "Me, too."
• (James Baskett) "What makes you think you ain't? Course you got a Laughing Place."
• (Bobby Driscoll) "Really, Uncle Remus?"
• (Luana Patten) "Really?"
• (James Baskett) "Everybody's got one. The trouble is, most folks won't take time to go look for it."
• (Luana Patten) "Where's mine?"
• (James Baskett) "Well, now, that I can't exactly say. 'Cause where 'tis for one mightn't be where 'tis for another."
• (Bobby Driscoll) "Come on, Ginny. Let's start looking."

• (Bobby Driscoll) "Uncle Remus -- Come back, Uncle Remus -- Come back --"

James Baskett as Uncle Remus

• (Brer Rabbit) "Doggone ol' Briar Patch. Doggone place like this. Doggone --"
• (James Baskett) "Hmm. Uh, howdy, Brer Rabbit."
• (Brer Rabbit) "Who's that callin' my name?"
• (Brer Rabbit) "Oh, uh, uh, hello, Uncle Remus."
• (James Baskett) "Appears to me that you's in a powerful bad mood to go to the party."
• (Brer Rabbit) "But I ain't goin' to no party, 'cause I ain't gonna be here. I'm gonna leave this ol' place."
• (James Baskett) "You mean you's leavin' your old Briar Patch?"
• (Brer Rabbit) "That I is."
• (James Baskett) "The place where you was born and raised?"
• (Brer Rabbit) "That I is."
• (James Baskett) "You mean you's leavin' for good?"
• (Brer Rabbit) "That I --"
• (Brer Rabbit) "Ow. Now see there? That ol' Briar Patch ain't brought me nothin' but trouble --"
• (Brer Rabbit) "Ow. And more trouble. This is where my trouble is and this is the place I belongs away from."
• (James Baskett) "Don't you know you can't run away from trouble?"
• (Brer Rabbit) "Where I'm goin', there ain't gonna be no trouble."
• (James Baskett) "There ain't no place that far."
• (Brer Rabbit) "Well -- just the same I done made up my mind. And I never comin' back again."
• (Brer Rabbit) "Well, so long, Uncle Remus."
• (James Baskett) "I sure hope you knows what you's doin'."
• (Brer Rabbit) "Don't worry 'bout me. I can take care of myself."

• (James Baskett) "Miss Sally, Johnny didn't mean no harm. He was just tryin' to be like Brer Rabbit."

• (James Baskett) "Yes sir, that's the way with Br'er Rabbit, sure as I'm named Remus. About the time he get it stuck in his mind that there ain't nobody can outdo him, up somebody'd jump an' do him scan'lous. "What you laughin' 'bout?" says Br'er Fox, says he. An' Br'er Rabbit, he couldn't say nothin'. "Well, then," says Br'er Fox, says he, "I'll settle your hash right now." And with that, he grab Br'er Rabbit by the tail and made for to dash 'im agin' the ground. But just then, Br'er Rabbit's tail snap off real short, an' he tuck through the cotton patch like the dogs was after 'im. An' from that day to this, the only tail that Br'er Rabbit's got to his name was a little ol' ball o' cotton."

• (James Baskett) "There's other ways o' learnin' 'bout the behind feet of a mule than gettin' kicked by 'em, sure as I'm named Remus. And just 'cause these here tales is 'bout critters like Br'er Rabbit an' Br'er Fox, that don't mean they ain't the same like can happen to folks. So them who can't learn from a tale about critters, just ain't got the ears tuned for listenin'."

• (James Baskett) "Appears to me like you's figurin' on goin' someplace."
• (Bobby Driscoll) "I am, and nobody's gonna stop me."
• (James Baskett) "Well, now, if that don't bang my time. You know, I was just figurin' on somethin' like that myself. How'd you like ol' Uncle Remus to go along with you?"
• (James Baskett) "Now, let's see now. Where is we figurin' on goin'? How can we be goin' someplace if we don't know where we's goin'?"
• (Bobby Driscoll) "I'm going to Atlanta."
• (James Baskett) "Hmm, powerful long walk to Atlanta. Is you brung some grub?"
• (Bobby Driscoll) "No."
• (James Baskett) "Well, now -- if we ain't got no grub, we sure can't get very far."

• (James Baskett) "Well, sir, you ain't never seen nobody that had humble-come-tumbledness down as fine as what Brer Rabbit had it then. Poor little critter, he learned a powerful lesson. But he learned it too late. But it just goes to show what comes of mixin' up with somethin' you got no business with in the first place. And don't you never forget it."

• (James Baskett) "It happum on one ah dem Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah Days. Now dat's the kinda day where you can't opem yo mouf widout a song jumpin right out of it."

• (James Baskett) "Oh, I knows. I knows. I'm just a worn-out ol' man what don't do nothin' but tell stories. But they ain't never done no harm to nobody. And if they don't do no good, how come they last so long? This here's the only home I knows. I was going to whitewash the walls, too, but not now. Time done run out."

• (James Baskett) "The weather's good; the fishin's fine / Now what do you do with all your time?"
• (Brer Rabbit) "Oh, I zigs and I zags; I tos and I fros / That's what you ask me, and that's what you know."

• (James Baskett) "Miss Doshy, what us gonna do 'bout that child?"
• (Lucile Watson) "I wish I knew. A grandmother doesn't account for much these days."
• (James Baskett) "Yes, 'm, it's a pity, too."

• (James Baskett) "You can't run away from trouble. There ain't no place that far."

• (James Baskett) "Now, this here tale didn't happen just yesterday, nor the day before. 'Twas a long time ago. And in them days, everything was mighty satisfactual. The critters, they was closer to the folks, and the folks, they was closer to the critters, and if you'll excuse me for saying so, 'twas better all around."

• (Brer Rabbit) "Look. If you don't say "howdy" time I counts three, I'm might bust you wide open."
• (James Baskett) "But the Tar Baby, he don't say nothin'."
• (James Baskett) "And Brer Fox, he lay low."
• (James Baskett) "So, Brer Rabbit, he start countin'."
• (Brer Rabbit) "One."
• (James Baskett) "But the Tar Baby, he don't say nothin'."
• (James Baskett) "And Brer Fox, he lay low with a chuckle in his stomach."
• (Brer Rabbit) "Two."
• (James Baskett) "But still the Tar Baby don't say nothin'."
• (James Baskett) "Brer Fox, he lay low with the fidgets."
• (Brer Rabbit) "Two and a half."
• (Brer Rabbit) "Three."

• (James Baskett) "Brer Rabbit, bein' little and without much strength, he's supposed to use his head 'stead of his foots."

George Nokes as Jake Favers

• (George Nokes) "Just 'cause ol' Remus take your side don't mean we ain't gonna get Teenchy. You wait and see."
• (Gene Holland) "We're gonna tell on you."
• (George Nokes) "Yeah, gonna tell Tempy, or maybe your grandma. Or maybe even your ma."
• (Bobby Driscoll) "Go ahead, I don't care. You can tell Aunt Tempy and you can tell Grandma. You can even tell my mama. But whatever you do, don't tell your ma."
• (George Nokes) "Why not?"
• (Bobby Driscoll) "Just don't you tell her, that's all. If you do, it'll be awful."
• (Glenn Leedy) "Ain't that what Brer Rabbit did to Brer Fox?"
• (Bobby Driscoll) "Sh. Being little and without much strength, we're supposed to use our heads instead of our foots."

Glenn Leedy as Toby

• (Glenn Leedy) "Tell us another one, Uncle Remus."
• (Bobby Driscoll) "The one you told Daddy about Brer Frog havin' a tail."
• (James Baskett) "And losin' it?"
• (Bobby Driscoll) "That's it."
• (James Baskett) "Well, then, how can there be a tale --"
• (James Baskett) "-- when there ain't no ta --"
• (James Baskett) "I could tell ya, but that's another tale for another day."

• (Glenn Leedy) "Sho is lucky I was wid you."
• (Bobby Driscoll) "What's that for?"
• (Glenn Leedy) "Test whether de wind blowin' good or bad. An' if it's blowin' towards de bull, dat ain't good, 'cause den he smell you comin' an' catch you on his horns sho."
• (Glenn Leedy) "De best way is to don't cut cross there at all."

Ruth Warrick as Sally

• (Ruth Warrick) "Uncle Remus, I'm trying my best to bring up Johnny to be obedient and truthful. But you and your stories are making that very difficult. I think maybe it would be better if he didn't hear any more for a while."
• (James Baskett) "Well, Miss Sally, the stories ain't done no --"
• (Ruth Warrick) "They only confuse him. Now, I know you mean well, Uncle Remus, but Johnny's too young."
• (James Baskett) "Miss Sally --"
• (Ruth Warrick) "I'll have to ask you not to tell him any more."
• (James Baskett) "Yes, 'm --"

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