Annotation:Possum up a Simmon Tree (1)

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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)."

Buddy Thomas (1934-1974)

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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