Possom Song (I), The

DESCRIPTION: "There's a tribe down in Cutler called Possum by name, And God only knows from what nation they came." They hunt birds at sea; if one is killed, the whole family descends upon it. Otherwise, they live half-starved and ill-clothed
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1924 (Eckstorm/Smyth-MinstrelsyOfMaine)
KEYWORDS: hunting food hardtimes
FOUND IN: US(NE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Eckstorm/Smyth-MinstrelsyOfMaine, pp. 337-338, "The Possum Song" (2 texts)
NOTES [22 words]: The notes in Eckstorm/Smyth-MinstrelsyOfMaine don't list a tune for this, but it feels like "Villikens" (minus the chorus) to me. - RBW
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File: EcSm337

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