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POSSUM UP A SIMMON TREE [1]. AKA and see | '''POSSUM UP A SIMMON TREE [1].''' AKA and see "[[Nancy Anne]],' "[[Sally Ann the Gal I Like]]." American, Reel (cut time). USA, Ky. A Mixolydian/Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody has been compared to Clyde Davenport's (Monticello, Ky.) "[[Puncheon Camps]]." [[File:thomas.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Buddy Thomas (1934-1974)]] | ||
On his field recording Thomas is hear reciting: | |||
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''Possum up a simmon tree,<br> | |||
''One eye shining down on me;''<br> | |||
''that possum in the eye.''<br> | |||
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See also the close cognate tunes "[[Little Sally Ann]]" and "[[Sally Ann the Gal I Like]]" from Pike County, Ky., fiddler Owen "Snake" Chapman, and "[[Nancy Anne]]" from West Virginia fiddler and banjo player W. Franklin George. | |||
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''Source for notated version'': Buddy Thomas (Ky) [Phillips]. | ''Source for notated version'': Buddy Thomas [http://fieldrecorder.org/buddy-thomas-autobiography/] (Emerson, Lewis County, Ky) [Phillips]. | ||
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''Printed sources'': Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1'''), 1994; p 188. | ''Printed sources'': Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1'''), 1994; p 188. | ||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Rounder 0032, Buddy Thomas (northeast Ky.) - "Kitty Puss: Old-Time Fiddle Music From Ky."</font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Field Recorder's Collective FRC303 - "Buddy Thomas." Rounder 0032, Buddy Thomas (northeast Ky.) - "Kitty Puss: Old-Time Fiddle Music From Ky."</font> | ||
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See also listing at:<br> | |||
Hear Buddy Thomas's 1974 field recording by Barbara Kunkle at the Digital Library of Appalachia [http://dla.acaweb.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/berea/id/2089/rec/27]<br> | |||
Hear Buddy Thomas's 1974 recording on youtube.com [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZm5lf1gK_8] and at Slippery Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/possum-simmon-tree]<br> | |||
See Lisa Ornstein's standard notation transcription [http://www.lisaornstein.com/old-time-tune-of-the-month-for-sept-2012-possum-up-a-simmon-tree/]<br> | |||
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Back to Possum up a Simmon Tree (1)
POSSUM UP A SIMMON TREE [1]. AKA and see "Nancy Anne,' "Sally Ann the Gal I Like." American, Reel (cut time). USA, Ky. A Mixolydian/Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody has been compared to Clyde Davenport's (Monticello, Ky.) "Puncheon Camps."
On his field recording Thomas is hear reciting:
Possum up a simmon tree,
One eye shining down on me;
that possum in the eye.
See also the close cognate tunes "Little Sally Ann" and "Sally Ann the Gal I Like" from Pike County, Ky., fiddler Owen "Snake" Chapman, and "Nancy Anne" from West Virginia fiddler and banjo player W. Franklin George.
Source for notated version: Buddy Thomas [1] (Emerson, Lewis County, Ky) [Phillips].
Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p 188.
Recorded sources: Field Recorder's Collective FRC303 - "Buddy Thomas." Rounder 0032, Buddy Thomas (northeast Ky.) - "Kitty Puss: Old-Time Fiddle Music From Ky."
See also listing at:
Hear Buddy Thomas's 1974 field recording by Barbara Kunkle at the Digital Library of Appalachia [2]
Hear Buddy Thomas's 1974 recording on youtube.com [3] and at Slippery Hill [4]
See Lisa Ornstein's standard notation transcription [5]