“Ole Mister Rabbit (I'll Get You Rabbit)”

Description

"Ole Mister Rabbit, You're in a mighty habit, Gwine in mah garden, Cuttin' down mah cabbage. Um-hum -- um-hum." "Ole Mister Rabbit, Your hair look brown, You'se gwine so fas', You'se hittin' de groun'." The singer tries to get back at the rabbit

Supplemental text

Ole Mister Rabbit (I'll Get You Rabbit)
  Complete text(s)

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From Dorothy Scarborough, On the Trail of Negro Folk-Songs,
pp. 174-175. Supplied by Wirt Williams of Mississippi, from
the singing of Anna Gwinn Pickens.

Ole Mister Rabbit,
You're in a mighty habit,
Gwine in mah garden,
Cuttin' down mah cabbage.
    Um-hum -- um-hum.

Ole Mister Rabbit,
Your hair look brown,
You'se gwine so fas',
You'se hittin' de groun'.
    Um-hum -- um-hum.

Notes

Roud links together several rabbit songs under one number: "Mister Rabbit," "Ole Mister Rabbit (I'll Get You Rabbit)," even "Rabbit Hash." All are about rabbits raiding gardens (something they certainly do) and the attempts to punish them for it (rarely successful, even with modern technology). But the forms are quite distinct, so I split them. - RBW

References

1. Scarborough-NegroFS, pp. 174-175, "Ole Mister Rabbit" (2 short texts, 1 tune)
2. ST ScaNF174 (Full)
3. Roud #10058
4. BI, ScaNF174