Annotation:Hop Up Kitty Puss (1)

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 HOP UP, KITTY PUSS [1]. AKA and see- "Black Eyed Susie (1)," "Kitty Puss," "Possum Up a Simmon Tree (1)," "Puncheon Camp[[," "[[Puncheon Camps." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Oklahoma. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Marion Thede linked her Oklahoma-collected tune with "Black-eyed Susie (1)." Hop Up Kitty Puss, hop a little higher, Hop Up Kitty Puss, your tail's on fire. Refrain O my honey, O my sugar, O my pretty little black-eyed Susie. Rain come wet me, sun come dry me, Stand back pretty girl, don't come nigh me.  Source for notated version: John Crawford (McIntosh County, Oklahoma) [Thede].  Printed sources: Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; p. 89.  Recorded sources:    See also listing at: Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources []

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