The Tar Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Tar Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus, credited to Joel Chandler Harris, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Tar Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus, by Joel Chandler Harris. Read by Phil Chenevert. 26 of Uncle Remus's stories put into verse and song. With the exception of the Tar Baby story, they were all new to this publication of 1904 and cover a variety of humorous subjects from Adan and Eve (De Appile Tree) to Brer Rabbit's Gigglin' Place. There are also genuine Camp Meeting Songs and a Corn Shuckin' Song. (Summary by Phil Chenevert)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Tar Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus
• Author credits: Joel Chandler Harris
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 26
• Listed recording duration: 1:36:44

Catalogue topics

• librivox, audio book, children, brer rabbit, joel chandler harris, dialect

Opening tracks: first 24 of 26

1. 01 - Brer' Rabbit and the Tar Baby — 12:11
2. 02 - De Appile-Tree — 3:37
3. 03 - De 'gator and de Rabbit Gizzard — 4:18
4. 04 - A Wishing Song — 2:35
5. 05 - How Brer Tarrypin Learned to fly — 5:33
6. 06 - It's Good To be Old if you Know How To Do — 4:49
7. 07 - The Hard - Headed Woman — 5:18
8. 08 - Two Tales in One - One Tale in Two — 4:45
9. 09 - Why the Frog Has No Tail — 4:42
10. 10 - Uncle Remus Captures a Dream — 4:40
11. 11 - Why the Buzzard's Head is Bald — 5:52
12. 12 - De ol Stand-Bys — 2:05
13. 13 - Brer Rabbit's Gigglin'-Place — 5:26
14. 14 - Mr. Rabbit Run Fur - Mr. Rabbit Run Fas' — 3:05
15. 15 - Baylor's Mail — 2:44
16. 16 - Revival Hymn — 2:09
17. 17 - Camp-Meeting Song — 2:05
18. 18 - Corn-Shuckin' Song — 5:02
19. 19 - The Plough Hands' Song — 2:21
20. 20 - Christmas Play Song — 2:10
21. 21 - A Plantation Play Song — 1:52
22. 22 - A Plantation Chant — 2:34
23. 23 - A Plantation Serenade — 1:29
24. 24 - De Big Bethel Church — 1:18

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