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POSSUM UP A SIMMON TREE [1]. AKA and see “Kitty Puss,” "Puncheon Camp(s)." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Ky. A Major/Mixolydian (Phillips]. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody is the same as Clyde Davenport's (Monticello, Ky.) "Puncheon Camp(s)."

On his field recording Thomas is hear reciting:

Possum up a simmon tree,
One eye shining down on me;
that possum in the eye.

Source for notated version: Buddy Thomas [1] (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]

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-'''POSSUM UP A SIMMON TREE [1].''' AKA and see “[[Kitty Puss]],” "[[Puncheon Camp(s)]]." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Ky. A Major/Mixolydian (Phillips]. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody is the same as Clyde Davenport's (Monticello, Ky.) "[[Puncheon Camp(s)]]."
+'''POSSUM UP A SIMMON TREE [1].''' AKA and see “[[Kitty Puss]],” "[[Puncheon Camp(s)]]." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Ky. A Major/Mixolydian (Phillips]. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody is the same as Clyde Davenport's (Monticello, Ky.) "[[Puncheon Camp(s)]]." [[File:thomas.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Buddy Thomas (1934-1974)]]
+On his field recording Thomas is hear reciting:
+<blockquote>
+''Possum up a simmon tree,<br>
+''One eye shining down on me;''<br>
+''that possum in the eye.''<br>
+</blockquote>
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+''Source for notated version'':  Buddy Thomas [http://fieldrecorder.org/buddy-thomas-autobiography/] (Lewis County, Ky) [Phillips].
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-''Source for notated version'':  Buddy Thomas (Ky) [Phillips].
+''Printed sources'': Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1'''), 1994; p 188.
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-''Printed sources'': Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1'''), 1994; p 188.
+''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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-''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Rounder 0032, Buddy Thomas (northeast Ky.) - "Kitty Puss: Old-Time Fiddle Music From Ky."</font>
+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>
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