Annotation:Possum up a Gum Stump (3)

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POSSUM UP A GUM STUMP [3]. Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Silberberg): AABB (Phillips, Songer). Unrelated to the previous tunes by this name, however the first strain is cognate with the first strain of Viola "Mom" Ruth's "Possum up a Simmon Tree (3)."

Sources for notated versions: Ruthie Dornfeld (Seattle, Washington) [Phillips]; Marge Tonge [Silberberg].

Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes vol. 1), 1994; p. 188. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 120. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; p. 161.

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