First news he knows, there he dangled, 'twixt the heavens and the earth...
5 seconds sound clip from the Song of the South (1946) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:21:05.911 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- I sure hope you knows what you is doing.
- Heh-heh! Don't worry about me, I can take care of myself.
- Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee...
- First news he knows, there he dangled, 'twixt the heavens and the earth...
- First he scared he gonna fall. Then he scared he ain't gonna fall!
- He yanked and he pulled and he heaved and he hauled. But weren't no use.
- He knows somebody caught him all right... And he sort of expects he knows who that somebody is.
- And sure enough, up on Chickapin Hill, where he live... who should hear the ruckus but old Brer Fox.
- And when that old scamp see he done caught Brer Rabbit, he holler out.
[...]