title: Carve Dat Possum
text: # Carve Dat Possum
  
  "Carve Dat Possum" is a minstrel song attributed to Sam Lucas in 1875. Very popular in its time, it tells of hunting and preparing a possum to eat. The chorus:
  
      Carve dat possum, carve dat possum, children,
      Carve dat possum, carve him to de heart;
      Carve dat possum, carve dat possum, children,
      Carve dat possum, carve him to de heart.
  
  The song, as published by Lucas, is in 2/4 time.
  
  Although the song was first performed by Lucas, The Pacific Appeal (San Francisco, October 25, 1879) notes that "it was only after a long epistolary discussion that Henry Hart (musician) obtained a public acknowledgement that he was the genuine author."
  
  