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If this one is kin to Brer Possum, he might ENJOY, rap (music?)

Brer Possum, he put out, he did, en ’twa’n’t long ’fo’ he wuz perch up in de highes’ tree in Brer B’ar ’simmon patch. But Brer Rabbit, he done ’termin’ fer ter see some fun, en w’iles all dis ’uz gwine on, he run ’roun’ ter Brer B’ar house, en holler en tell ’im w’ich dey wuz somebody ’stroyin’ un his ’simmons, en Brer B’ar, he hustle off fer ter ketch ’im.

“Eve’y now en den Brer Possum think he year Brer B’ar comin’, but he keep on sayin’, sezee:

“‘I’ll des git one ’simmon mo’ en den I’ll go; one ’simmon mo’ en den I’ll go.’

“Las’ he year Brer B’ar comm’ sho nuff, but ’twuz de same ole chune—‘One ’simmon mo’ en den I’ll go’—en des ’bout dat time Brer B’ar busted inter de patch, en gin de tree a shake, en Brer Possum, he drapt out longer de yuther ripe ’simmons, but time he totch de groun’ he got his foots tergedder, en he lit out fer de fence