Possum Up a Gum Stump - Intermediate Fiddle Lesson
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Possum Up a Gum Stump according to Fiddler’s Companion
POSSUM UP A GUM STUMP(, COONIE IN THE HOLLOW) [1]. AKA and see “Off/Going to California [1],” “Whiskey You’re the Devil,” “Whiskey in the Jar [1],” “Lexington,” “Old Towser,” “Gypsy Hornpipe [4],” “Fireman’s Reel,” “Buttermilk and Cider.” Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA; Alabama, north Georgia, Arkansas. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was mentioned in chronicles before the year 1830 (Mark Wilson). It was cited as having been played in a 1914 Atlanta, Ga. fiddlers’ contest, and listed in the Northwest Alabamian of August 29, 1929, as one of the tunes likely to be played at an upcoming fiddlers’ convention. The title appears in a list of traditional Ozark Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954. See also related tune family under “Dubuque,” and the related “Green Back Dollar.”