Carve Dat Possum

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caption=Cover of "Carve Dat Possum", 1875
writer= Sam Lucas
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published= 1875
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"Carve Dat Possum" is an 1875 song written by Sam Lucas. Very popular in its time, [Johnson, "Black Manhattan", p. 118: "One of the most popular of the minstrel songs of the seventies was 'Carve dat 'Possum,' written by Sam Lucas."] it tells of hunting and preparing a possum to eat. The chorus::"Carve dat possum, carve dat possum, children,":"Carve dat possum, carve him to de heart;":"Carve dat possum, carve dat possum, children,":"Carve dat possum, carve him to de heart." [Lucas, "Carve Dat Possum".]

The song, as published by Lucas, is in 2/4 time.

References

Bibliography

*Johnson, James Weldon. "Black Manhattan: Account of the Development of Harlem". New York: Alfred A Knopf (1930).
*Lucas, Sam. "Carve Dat Possum" (sheet music). Boston: John F. Perry & Co. (1875).

External links

* [http://www.archive.org/details/PeerlessQuartetwithHarryCBrowne "Carve Dat Possum"] Internet Archive—Peerless Quartet with Harry C. Browne (Columbia 2590).
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/sm1875.10894 "Carve Dat Possum"] Library of Congress.
* [http://www.iath.virginia.edu/utc/songs/datpossumf.html "Carve Dat Possum"] Stephen Railton & the University of Virginia.