Possum Up a Simmon Tree
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Possum up a Simmon Tree" is an American reel in cut time and<br> A Mixolydian/Major. The parts are played AABB.<br> "Little Sally Ann" and "Sally Ann the Gal I Like" from Pike County, Ky.<br> fiddler Owen "Snake" Chapman and "Nancy Anne" from West Virginia fiddler<br> and banjo player W. Franklin George are close cognates.<br> The banjo tablature is by John Letscher who got it from the<br> Troublesome Creek String Band.<br> A 'Simmon tree is the American Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana),<br> native to the central and eastern United States. The name persimmon comes from<br> 'putchamin', a phonetic rendering of the name used by the Algonquin tribe of<br> the American Indians.<br> The tune was printed in Phillips' Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1 (1994).<br> It was recorded by Buddy Thomas on Buddy Thomas (2005) and on<br> Kitty Puss: Old-Time Fiddle Music From Kentucky (1976) and<br> Troublesome Creek String Band on Fast As Time Can Take Me (2003).<br> <br>
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