Annotation:Hop Up Kitty Puss (1)

Tune properties and standard notation

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HOP UP, KITTY PUSS [1]. AKA and see- "Black Eyed Susie (1)," "Kitty Puss," "Possum Up a Simmon Tree (1)," "[[Puncheon Camp[[," "Puncheon Camps." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Oklahoma. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Marion Thede linked her Oklahoma-collected tune with "Black-eyed Susie (1)."

Hop Up Kitty Puss, hop a little higher,
Hop Up Kitty Puss, your tail's on fire.

Refrain O my honey, O my sugar,
O my pretty little black-eyed Susie.

Rain come wet me, sun come dry me,
Stand back pretty girl, don't come nigh me.

Source for notated version: John Crawford (McIntosh County, Oklahoma) [Thede].

Printed sources: Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; p. 89.

Recorded sources:

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources []

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Tune properties and standard notation