Carve Dat Possum
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"Carve Dat Possum" is a minstrel
song written in 1875 by Sam Lucas
. Very popular in its time, it tells of hunting and preparing a possum
to eat. The chorus:
The song, as published by Lucas, is in 2/4 time.
Minstrel show
The minstrel show, or minstrelsy, was an American entertainment consisting of comic skits, variety acts, dancing, and music, performed by white people in blackface or, especially after the Civil War, black people in blackface....
song written in 1875 by Sam Lucas
Sam Lucas
Sam Lucas was an African American actor, comedian, singer, and songwriter. His career began in blackface minstrelsy, but he later became one of the first African Americans to branch into more serious drama, with roles in seminal works such as The Creole Show and A Trip to Coontown...
. Very popular in its time, it tells of hunting and preparing a possum
Possum
A possum is any of about 70 small to medium-sized arboreal marsupial species native to Australia, New Guinea, and Sulawesi .Possums are quadrupedal diprotodont marsupials with long tails...
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.
The song, as published by Lucas, is in 2/4 time.
External links
- "Carve Dat Possum" Internet Archive—Peerless QuartetPeerless QuartetThe Peerless Quartet, , was a vocal group from the acoustic era . It was organised in 1904 as the Columbia Quartet. It remained active until 1928 and had many changes of personnel during that time, the one constant being Henry Burr...
with Harry C. Browne (Columbia 2590). - "Carve Dat Possum" Library of Congress.
- "Carve Dat Possum" Stephen Railton & the University of Virginia.