Because, right then, Brer Rabbit come dancing down the road lickety-clippety, just as fast as a jay bird, until, by and by, he spotted that tar baby.
10 seconds sound clip from the Song of the South (1946) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:50:04.726 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- Here he come! Here he come now. Hurry. hurry. Gotta get along. Come on! Gotta-ge-c'mon!
- Look at that rascal scampering down the road. Lord, lord, lord! Be quiet he can hear you! Shhhhh!
- I'll fix him! I'll kill him.
- Yes, sir, old Brer Fox, he get the tar baby fixed up just in the nick of time.
- So... Brer Babbit try it again.
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