Song of the South The SEQUEL? So Dear To My Heart

This delightful Disney film nearly has the qualifications to be called a Sequel to Song of the South. It features:

• the same 2 star child actors as in Song of the South
• the combination of live-action with animation sequences just like in Song of the South
• Features an Academy Award nominated song, (Lavender Blue) just like in Song of the South
• this Disney video has a release date of 1949, only three years after Song of the South.

It's a story of a young boy who takes his ill-tempered black sheep to the county fair in the hope of winning a medal. Some critics have even claimed this movie to be better than Song of the South.

Zip-a-dee Doo-dah

Disneyland Park
The Official Album

Songs are for sharing, and learning the words to your favourite Disney songs has never been so much fun! Just sing along to the on-screen lyrics as you enjoy classic Disney characters in their most memorable musical scenes! Gather up the family for a collection of funny and whimsical songs that will not only have you singing along, but will have you whistling and marching too! Volume 2 of DISNEY'S SING-ALONG SONGS includes the Academy Award®-winning song "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" from SONG OF THE SOUTH (Best Song, 1947) and award-winning music from PINOCCHIO, DUMBO, and others!

Sing along to the happiest songs on earth at the happiest place on earth Disneyland! Your host, Mr. Owl, invites you to celebrate a musical day with all of your favourite Disney friends. Join Mickey and Minnie for fun and thrills as they hustle and bustle behind the scenes at the park! Then get a front-row seat on some of the wildest rides, like Star Tours, Splash Mountain and the Matterhorn, with Chip ‘n’ Dale, Roger Rabbit and a Magic Kingdom filled with sing-along adventures! The songs are: Whistle While You Work, Step In Time, I’m Walkin’ Right Down The Middle Of Main Street U.S.A., Follow The Leader, The Great Outdoors, Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah, Rumbly In My Tumbly, It’s A Small World, Making Memories, Grim Ginning Ghosts, The Character Parade and When You Wish Upon A Star. Running time is 29 minutes.

How do you do?

How do you do? Fine! A friendly greetin'.
How do you do? Say it when you're meetin'.
How do you do? With everyone repeatin':
Pretty good, sure as you're born.

What goes up is sure to come down,
Penny lost is a penny found,
I'll "howdy" you, you'll "howdy" back,
This for that an' tit for tat.

Chorus: How do you do?
Fine, how are you?
How you come on?
Pretty good, sure as you're born.

Stop jumpin', Br'er Rabbit,
you'll run out of breath.
Why don't you sit down an' calm yourself?
Well the grasshopper jump,
and so do the flea.
I do what I like, and I suits me!

Chorus: How do you do?
Fine, how are you?
How you come on?
Pretty good, sure as you're born.

The weather's good, the fishin's fine.
Now what do you do with all your time?
Oh, I zigs and I zags, I to's and I fro's.
That's what you're askin'
and that's what you knows.

Chorus: How do you do?
Fine, how are you?
How you come on?
Pretty good, sure as you're born.

Mind now, Br'er Rabbit, better mend your ways.
You's headin' for trouble one of these days.
Warnin' that rabbit is wastin' your breath!
Don't worry about me. I can take care of myself!

How do you do?
Mighty pleasant greetin'
How do you do?
Say it when you're meetin'
How do you do?
With every one repeatin'
Pretty good sure as you're born.

What goes up is sure to come down.
A penny lost is a penny found.
How do you do?
And here's a hearty back
A little bit of this and a little bit of that.

How do you do?
Fine. How are you?
How you come on?
Pretty good sure as you're born.

Stop jumpin' around,
You'll run out of breath!
Why don't you sit back
And calm yourself?

You can hurry on now if you must.
We'll do what we like, 'cause...
That suits us.

SOLO (by Thurl Ravenscroft):
How do you do?
Mighty pleasant greetin'.
Pretty good sure as you're born.
Pretty good sure as you're born.
How do you do?
Mighty pleasant greetin'
How do you do?
Say it when you're meetin'
How do you do?
With every one repeatin'
Pretty good sure as you're born.
Pretty good sure as you're born.

The weather is good,
The fishin' is fine.
What do we do
With all of our time?

Well we sit and we think
and we wiggle our toes.
That's what you ask us.
That's what we know!

Pretty good sure as you're born.
Pretty good sure as you're born.

How do you do?
Fine. How are you?
How you come on?
Pretty good sure as you're born.
Pretty good sure as you're born.
Pretty good sure as you're born.

Time to be turning around.
Time to be turning around.
Here's lookin' for
A little more adventure.
But he's headed for
A little bit of trouble.
He's headed for
A little bit of danger.

Time to be turning around.
Time to be turning around.
Time to be turning around.

Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah
This is the most well-known song in the movie and won an Academy Award in 1948 for best motion picture song.

Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay
My, oh my, what a wonderful day
Plenty of sunshine headin' my way
Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay

Mister Bluebird's on my shoulder
It's the truth, it's actual
Ev'rything is satisfactual
Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay
Wonderful feeling, wonderful day, yes sir!

Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay
My, oh my, what a wonderful day
Plenty of sunshine headin' my way
Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay

Mister Bluebird's on my shoulder
It's the truth, it's actual
Ev'rything is satisfactual
Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay
Wonderful feeling, feeling this way

Mister Bluebird's on my shoulder
It is the truth, it's actual... huh?
Where is that bluebird? Mm-hm!
Ev'rything is satisfactual
Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay
Wonderful feeling, wonderful day!

Ride Variation

Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, Zip-a-dee-ay!
My oh my, what a wonderful day!

Welcoming back Brer Rabbit today.
We always knew that he'd get away!

He's had enough of movin' on now.
It's where he's born and bred in.
The briar patch is where he's headin'.

Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, Zip-a-dee-ay!
Wonderful feeling, wonderful day!

Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, Zip-a-dee-ay!
My oh my, what a wonderful day!

Plenty of sunshine heading our way.
We never doubted he'd get away!

Moving on taught him a lesson.
You've learned it well, Brer Rabbit.
Gettin' caught's a nasty habit.

Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, Zip-a-dee-ay!
Wonderful feeling, feeling this way!

Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, Zip-a-dee-ay!
It's a time for celebratin' today!

Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, Zip-a-dee-ay!
Gathered together this wonderful day!

Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, Zip-a-dee-ay!
Brer Fox and Brer Bear are gonna get it today.

Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, Zip-a-dee-ay!
That hungry gator's gettin' his way!

Mr. Bluebird on my shoulder.
It's the truth, it's actual.
Everything is satisfactual.

Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, Zip-a-dee-ay!
Wonderful feelling, wonderful day!

Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, Zip-a-dee-ay!
My oh my what a wonderful day!

Everybody Has A Laughing Place

Hee, hee, hee, hee, ha, ha, ha!
Boy am I in luck!
I think about my laughin' place,
Yuk, yuk, yuk, yuk, yuk! Ha-yuk, yuk!

Everybody's got a laughin' place,
A laughin' place, to go ho-ho!
Take a frown, turn it upside-down,
And you'll find yours I know ho-ho!

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
Boy am I in luck!
I think about my laughin' place,
Ha-yuk, yuk, yuk, yuk, yuk!

Everybody's got a laughin' place,
A laughin' place, to go ho-ho!
Take a frown, turn it upside-down,
And you'll find yours I know ho-ho!

Ride Variation

Ha Ha Ha Ha,
Ho Ho Ho!
Boy are we in luck!
We're visiting our Laughing Place
Yuk Yuk Yuk Yuk Yuk!
Oh Ho Ho,

Everybody's got a Laughing Place
A Laughing Place to go-ho-ho.
Take your frown
Turn it upside-down
And you'll find yours
We know-ho-ho!

Honey and rainbows on our way.
We laugh because our work is play.
Boy are we in luck!
We're visiting our Laughing Place
Yuk Yuk Yuk Yuk Yuk!
Ho Ho Ho,

Everybody's got a Laughing Place
A Laughing Place to go-ho-ho.
Take a smile there
For a while and
You'll find yours we know-ho-ho!

Honey and rainbows on your way.
Take that frown
Turn it upside-down
And soon you'll find
You're here to stay.

Everybody's got a Laughing Place
A Laughing Place to go-ho-ho.
Come on in,
Give us all a grin,
And you'll find yours
I know-ho-ho!

Laughing is how we spend our day.
Plenty o' fun is what we make.
Boy are we in luck.
We're visiting our Laughing Place.
Yuk Yuk Yuk Yuk Yuk!
Oh ho ho,

Everybody's got a Laughing Place
A Laughing Place to go-ho-ho.
We've found one and
It's filled with fun
And you'll find yours
We know-ho-ho.

Everybody's got a laughing place (high ho!).
A laughing place to go-ho-ho! (high ho!).
Take that frown
Turn it upside down
And you'll find yours
We say-hey-hey.
And soon you'll find
You're here to stay!

Sheet Music Variation

Song of the South

Music by Arthur Johnston
Lyrics by Sam Coslow
Performed by the Studio Choir
© 1946 Walt Disney Productions

Song of the South your music
   weaves a magic spell
Song of the South, I see
   the scenes I know so well
Cottonwoods in blossom
   over my cabin door
Pale moonlight on a field of white
You bring them back once more

I seem to hear those gentle
   voices calling low
Out of the long long ago
This heart of mine is in the heart of Dixie
That's where I belong
Singing a song, a Song of the South.

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I hear the murmer of the south wind
And feel a half-remembered thrill
Plaintive echoes faintly clinging,
An old plantation air still ringing.

Song of the South your music
   weaves a magic spell
Song of the South, I see
   the scenes I know so well
Cottonwoods in blossom
   over my cabin door
Pale moonlight on a field of white
You bring them back once more

I seem to hear those gentle
   voices calling low
Out of the long long ago
This heart of mine is in the heart of Dixie
That's where I belong
Singing a song, a Song of the South.

Sooner Or Later

Movie Variation
Words by Ray Gilbert
Music by Charles Wolcott
Performed by Hattie McDaniel
© 1946 Walt Disney Music Company

Sooner or later you're gonna
   be comin' around,
I betcha, I betcha that I catch ya,
You wait and see.

Sooner or later you're gonna
   be hangin' around,
I betcha, I betcha if I catch ya,
You'll hear from me.

You're gonna knock on my door
You done it before
Matter of factly I don't know exactly when

But Sooner or Later you're gonna
   be hangin' around
And want my cookin' again.

You're gonna knock on my door
You don't it before [knock knock]
Matter of factly I 'spected you 'zactly then!

Cause sooner or later I know you'd
   be hangin' around
And want my cookin' again.
(But you ain't gonna get it!)

Ride Variation
Performed by Sis Rabbit (and Bunnies)

Sooner or Later that rabbit is gonna come home (he's comin')
I'll betcha, I'll betcha that he'll get there.
You wait and see! (Will he, mama?)

Sooner or Later Brer Fox'll be letting him go (ooh, ooh)
I'll betcha (ooh, ooh) Brer Rabbit's gonna free him.
You wait and see! (You wait and see.)

He's gonna trick ol' Brer Fox
Get away by his talks
Matter-of-factly I don't know exactly when. (aah, aah)

But Sooner or Later that rabbit is gonna come home (gonna come home)
He's learned his lesson again.

He's gonna fool ol' Brer Bear (yeah!)
Escape from his lair (he is!)
Matter-of-factly I don't know exactly when. (Sooner or Later!)

But Sooner or Later that rabbit is gonna come home (gonna come home)
He's learned his lesson again!

Sooner or Later that rabbit is gonna come home (he's comin')
I'll betcha, I'll betcha that he'll get there.
You wait and see! (Will he, mama?)

Sheet Music Variation

You and I said goodbye
With a friendly kiss
And though I'm not the surest kind,
I'm kinda sure of this:

Sooner or later you're gonna be comin' around, I'll betcha;
I'll betcha that I getcha, you wait and see.
Sooner or later you'll wanna be hangin' around, I'll letcha;
I'll betcha if I letcha, you'll baby me.

You're gonna knock on my door
(knock knock)
You did it before
(knock knock)
Matter o'factly I don't know exactly when.

But sooner or later you're gonna be comin' around and want my lovin' again.

Uncle Remus Said

Movie Variation
Words and music by Johnny Lange,
Hy Heath, and Eliot Daniel.
Performed by the Hall Johnson Choir
© 1946 Walt Disney Music Company

That's what Uncle Remus said.
That's what Uncle Remus said.
Listen now to what I say:
That's how the critters got that way.

The leopard's pappy got the gout,
From eatin' too much speckled trout.
His mammy dreamed of polka dots—
That's how the leopard got his spots.
That's what Uncle Remus said.
That's what Uncle Remus said.
Speckled trout and polka dots—
That's how the leopard got his spots.
More, more, tell us more!

The camel crossed the dessert sands,
With all them mighty caravans.
His bed was full of sandy lumps—
That's how the camel got those humps.
That's what Uncle Remus said.
That's what Uncle Remus said.
Bed was full of sandy lumps—
That's how the camel got those humps.
More, more, tell us more!

The pig he saw his monkey friend,
A-swinging by his other end.
He tried the same thing on a rail—
That's how the pig got a curly tail.
That's what Uncle Remus said.
That's what Uncle Remus said.
Tried the same thing on a rail—
That's how the pig got a curly tail.
More, more, tell us more!
More, more, more.

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Sheet Music Variation

Introduction:
Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus,
Uncle Remus Said,
"Gather 'round me, little children,
Before you go to bed.
Just give me your attention,
Hear what I've got to say;
I'll tell you how the animals got that way.

Verse 1:
The leopard's pappy got the gout,
From eatin' too much speckled trout.
His mammy dreamed of polka dots—
That's how the leopard got his spots.
That's what Uncle Remus said.
That's what Uncle Remus said.
Speckled trout and polka dots—
That's how the leopard got his spots.
More, more, tell us more!

Verse 2:
The camel crossed the dessert sands,
With all them mighty caravans.
His bed was full of sandy lumps—
That's how the camel got those humps.
That's what Uncle Remus said.
That's what Uncle Remus said.
Bed was full of sandy lumps—
That's how the camel got those humps.
More, more, tell us more!

Verse 3:
They threw the fox into a cage,
But Brother Fox was very sage.
He used his tail to pick the locks,
And that's why they call him "sly old fox".

Verse 4:
Brother turtle and brother hare,
They ran a race and I was there.
The hare dropped in at "Barney's Place,"
And that's how the turtle won the race.

Verse 5:
The little ostrich went to school,
But couldn't learn the golden rule.
The kids all yelled, "Is your face red!"
And that's why the ostrich hides his head.

Verse 6:
The pig he saw his monkey friend,
A-swinging by his other end.
He tried the same thing on a rail—
That's how the pig got a curly tail.
That's what Uncle Remus said.
That's what Uncle Remus said.
Tried the same thing on a rail—
That's how the pig got a curly tail.
More, more, tell us more!
More, more, more.

Coda:
That's all, little children,
That's all, little children,
Be good, little children,
It's time to go to bed.
No more, little children,
No more, little children,
Goodnight, little children,
That's what Uncle Remus Said.

Let The Rain Pour Down

Movie Variation
(Carling - Darby)
Performed by the Hall Johnson Choir

(Trouble trouble trouble fly away)
Wake up early in the mornin',
   when the ding-dong ring, look up
Goin' down to the kitchen room,
   it's the same ol' thing
Wanna get a bite of somethin'
   for that hungry look, look up
Stick your finger in the dumplin',
   get your trouble with the cook

Let the rain pour down,
   let the cold wind blow
Gonna stay right here
   in the home I know
(Trouble trouble trouble fly away)

Havin' trouble with the weevil,
   never did like that, look up
Got the cotton full of evil
   like a hypocrite's hat
When the weevil get the cotton    everybody feels low, look out
There'll be nothin' on the table
   when the dinner horn blow.

Let the rain pour down,
   let the cold wind blow
Gonna stay right here
   in the home I know
(Trouble fly away fly away).

When you're achin' with the mis'ry,
   and you're old and gray,
   (headin', headin')
Then you'd better be thankful
   that He let you stay.
Let you stay to see the children
   playin' 'round your door
   (headin', headin')
For the time is soon a'comin'
   when you won't be here no more.

Let the rain pour down,
   let the cold wind blow
Gonna stay right here
   in the home I know.

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Sheet Music Variation

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All I Want

Movie Variation
(Darby - Traditional)
Performed by the Hall Johnson Choir

More and more faith in Him
He made all the stars
   and the moon and the sun
More and more faith in Him
He numbered the grass
   and the birds, every one
More and more faith in Him, my Saviour

All I want, all I want
All I want, more and more faith in Him, my Saviour

All I want, all I want
All I want, is more and more faith in Him

Angel have mercy on this little child
More and more faith in Him
He's only been here
   such a mighty little while
More and more faith in Him

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Sheet Music Variation

Who Wants To Live Like That?

Movie Variation
(Carling - Darby)
Performed by James Baskett

Ol' Br'er Possum got a trick
How come he get so fat?
When trouble come along
he play like dead
Now who wants to live like that?

Well I do, I surely do
I can't see nothin' wrong
While other folks is worryin'
I'm sleepin' all day long

Well I do, I surely do
It's funny but it's true
That's what I abso-positive-I-lutely wants to do!

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Sheet Music Variation

Mrs Rabbit's Song

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What can poor Brer Rabbit do
To keep from becoming rabbit stew?
Warning Brer Rabbit is wasting my breath!
The rabbit is facing certain death!
Don't you go to the laughin' place
Or the fox will get you too!
Stay away from the laughin' place!
You must beware the fox is there!
Don't go in!
That Brer Fox's had his way
At the laughin' place this very day!

Brer Vulture Sayings

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• Time to be turning around... if only you could.
• If you've finally found your laughing place...how come You aren't laughing?
• So you're looking for a laughing place hey...we'll show you a laughing place.

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