Fire in the Log
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Fire in the Log", also known as "Possum up the Gum Stump" or "Who Shit in<br> Grandpa's Hat" is an American polka or reel in cut time and D Major. The parts are<br> played AABB.<br> The tune is not widespread but was in the repertoire of Scioto County, southern<br> Ohio, fiddler Jimmy Wheeler (1917-1987) as "Fire in the Log" although Wheeler<br> said that it also had the alternate titles. The field recording was made<br> by John Harrod.<br> The Quebecois tune "Les Noces à Lise" has a cognate first strain, but the<br> second strains differ.<br> The banjo tab is mostly from John Letscher who learned it at a jam in Gettysburg<br> from Sandy Hofferth. I modified the banjo tab a bit to make it correspond more<br> closely to the fiddle version.<br> John says this reminds him of Saturday nights at the Unter Uns which was the<br> German club across the street from his home in Altoona.<br> John Lamancuso included the tune in his website collection.<br>
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