Carve Dat Possum

"Carve Dat Possum" is a minstrel song attributed to Sam Lucas in 1875. Very popular in its time, 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.

Although the song was first performed by Lucas, ''The Pacific Appeal'' (San Francisco, October 25, 1879) notes that "it was only after a long epistolary discussion that Henry Hart (musician) obtained a public acknowledgement that he was the genuine author."

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

"Carve Dat Possum"
Internet Archive— Peerless Quartet with Harry C. Browne (Columbia 2590).
"Carve Dat Possum"
Library of Congress.

Stephen Railton & the University of Virginia.

Songs about mammals
1875 songs

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