Possum's Tail is Bare

Key of D. Two parts. Square tune. Modal tune with a C chord.

• WV fiddler Melvin Wine on the Berea digital archive [broken link] or PDF.

• David Bragger fiddle lesson on YouTube: slow or medium.

• Banjo lesson by Tim Rowell.

• Intricate solo banjo by String Chickens.

• Pig's Foot String Band live on radio [band, track]

• Another page just like this one, on another site just like this one.

• Gunsmoke TV show exploited the romantic appeal of these lyrics.

• On this video, the possums are not in focus either.

Not to be confused with...

• Possum on a Rail

• Alternate spelling: Opossum. 

• Old time musicians are wont to ponder varmint evolution. The Possum's Tail song is about the peculiarities of marsupial caudal anatomy and so it presents much to cogitate. 

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