Carve Dat Possum

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| name = Carve Dat Possum

| cover = CarveDatPossum-1875.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Cover of "Carve Dat Possum", 1875

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| language = English

| written =

| published = 1875

| writer = Sam Lucas

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"Carve Dat Possum" is a minstrel song attributed to Sam Lucas in 1875. Very popular in its time,Johnson, Black Manhattan, p. 118: "One of the most popular of the minstrel songs of the seventies was 'Carve dat 'Possum,' written by Sam Lucas." 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.Lucas, "Carve Dat Possum".

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 obtained a public acknowledgement that he was the genuine author."