Annotation:Hop Up Kitty Puss (1)
Tune properties and standard notation
HOP UP, KITTY PUSS [1]. AKA and see- "Black Eyed Susie (1)," "Kitty Puss," "Possum Up a Simmon Tree [1]," "Puncheon Camp(s)." 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 []