Stories and Songs of Uncle Remus

I found a bunch of cool Disney records today, including this nice Stories and Songs of Uncle Remus the complete album on cassette with 12 page full color read-along book. Its always fun to find one of these story teller cassette albums that actually has the tape nestled in its little holder on the front cover. I do find the covers occasionally but almost never with the correct cassette included, so this was a great find. 

It features the academy award winner Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah which has sadly been erased by Disney from its theme parks recently with removal of Beer Rabbit and his pals from Splash Mountain as Disney removes all ties to Song of the South. Next time I visit Disneyland I'll have to make sure I have "Zip-A-Dee-Do-Dah" and "How Do You Do" loaded on my phone so that after I try the new Princess and the Frog Log Ride, I can rid it again with the music that will forever be the Splash Mountain music for me!

How Do You Do?
Words and Music by Robert MacGimsey
Performed by James Baskett & Johnny Lee
(and other uncredited characters)
© 1944 Walt Disney Music Company

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.

Uncle Remus:
Stop jumpin', Br'er Rabbit,
you'll run out of breath.
Why don't you sit down an' calm yourself?

Brer Rabbit:
Well the grasshopper jump,
and so do the flea.
I do what I like, and I suits me!

[Repeat Chorus]

Uncle Remus:
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 to's and I fro's.
That's what you're askin'
and that's what you knows.

[Repeat Chorus]

Brer Frog:
Mind now, Br'er Rabbit, better mend your ways.
You's headin' for trouble one of these days.

Uncle Remus:
Warnin' that rabbit is wastin' your breath!

Brer Rabbit:
Don't worry about me;
I can take care of myself!

Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby

Let's begin now... I love the movie Song of the South (I have the Japanese laser disc) and the fact that Disney has never officially released the movie on video or DVD and therefore has never really cashed in on SotS merchandise makes finding anything related to the movie all the more fun. The Splash Mountain at Disneyland is a must ride for me on every Disneyland trip. And the song "Zip-a-dee-doo-dah" is one of my all time favorite Disney songs. What we have here is a great Song of the South related Disneyland Record and Book. It is Walt Disney Presents the story of Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby from 1971. You can sing along with the song Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, as well as read along with the story of Brer Fox, Brer Bear and Brer Rabbit, as read by Lois Lane! This version is 363 and has a sticker on the back that says "Walt Disney Music of Canada Limited, 2323 Yonge Street, Toronto Canada".