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B’RER RABBIT FOOLS BUZZARD

Once upon a time B'rer Rabbit an' B'rer Buzzard. Buzzard say gonna shut up Rabbit five days until he starve to death. So he put him in a hole an' cover him up. Every day he come to him an' sing:

Diddledum-diddledum-day-day
Young man, I'm here.

B'rer Rabbit he sing it after him. Did that five days. Every day Rabbit gittin' lower an' lower. B'rer Buzzard come 'round an' sing louder an' louder:

Diddledum-diddledum-day-day
Young man, I'm here.

De las' day Buzzard sing louder still; but B'rer Rabbit he very faint. He kin jes' barely say:

Didd—le—dum—didd—le—dum
d—a—a——d—a—a

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