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CARVE DAT POSSUM
(Sam Lucas, c1875)

De possum meat am good to eat. (Carve him to de heart.)
Yo'll always find him good and sweet. (Carve him to de heart.)
My dog did bark and I went to see, (Carve him to de heart.)
And dar was a possum up dat tree. (Carve him to de heart.)

CHO: Carve dat possum. Carve dat possum, children.
Carve dat possum. Carve him to de heart.
Oh, carve dat possum. Carve dat possum, children.
Carve dat possum. Carve him to de heart.

I reached up for to pull him in. (Carve him to de heart.)
De possum he began to grin. (Carve him to de heart.)
I carried him home and dressed him off. (Carve him to de heart.)
I hung him dat night in de frost. (Carve him to de heart.) CHO.

De way to cook de possum sound: (Carve him to de heart.)
Fust parbile him, den bake him brown. (Carve him to de heart.)
Lay sweet potatoes in de pan, (Carve him to de heart.)
De sweetest eatin' in de lan'. (Carve him to de heart.) CHO.