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��CARVE DAT POSSUM.

��Word9 and Music by Sam. Lucas.

��Arranged by Herbert Hersey.

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2. I reached up for to pull him in,

3. De way to oook de pos - sum sound.

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��Yo'll al - ways find him

De pos - sum he be-

Fust par - bile him, den

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��good and sweet. Carve him to de heart; gan to grin, Carve him to de heart ; bake him brown, Carve him to de heart;

��My dog did bark, and I went to see,

I carried him home and dressed him off,

Lay sweet po - ta toes in de pan,

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��Carve him to de heart; And dar was a pos - sum up dat tree, Carve him to de heart. Carve him to de heart ; I hung him dat night in de frost, Carve him to de heart. Carve him to de heart ; De sweet- est eat - in' in de Ian', Carve him to de heart.

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