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Sheet Music for "Possum Trot [2]"Possum Trot [2]ReelModerately Quick3Discography: Rounder 0157, Art Galbraith - "Simple Pleasures" (1984)Notes: From the playing of fiddler Art Galbraith (1909-1993, Springfield, Mo., thoughoriginally from Greene County, Mo., Ozarks region).Transcription: Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz



POSSUM TROT [2]. American, Reel (cut time). USA, Missouri. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Greene County, Missouri, fiddler Art Galbraith (1909-1993) in the early 1950’s. Howard Marshall (Play Me Something Quick and Develish, 2013) explains that 'Possum Trot' is the nickname for the town of Walnut Grove, Greene County, Missouri. No relation to “Possum Trot (1).”

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Art Galbraith (near Springfield, Mo.) [Beisswenger & McCann].

Printed sources : - Beisswenger & McCann (Ozarks Fiddle Music), 2008; p. 41.

Recorded sources: -Rounder 0133, Art Galbraith - "Dixie Blossoms" (1981). Rounder 0157, Art Galbraith (Springfield, Mo.) - "Simple Pleasures” (1983).

See also listing at:
Hear Art Galbraith play the tune on Gordon McCann's 1981 field recording [1] (12th tune) Hear Art Galbraith's 1983 recoding at Slippery Hill [2]



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