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            <mods:title>Carve dat possum:</mods:title>
            <mods:subTitle>original song and chorus</mods:subTitle>
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            <mods:title>Carve dat possum; arr.</mods:title>
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            <mods:title>De possum meat am good to eat</mods:title>
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            <mods:title>Carve dat possum</mods:title>
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            <mods:namePart>Lucas, Sam</mods:namePart>
            <mods:namePart type="date">b. 1848</mods:namePart>
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            <mods:namePart>Hersey, Herbert</mods:namePart>
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            <mods:namePart>John F. Perry &amp; Co. (Boston, Mass.)</mods:namePart>
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            <mods:publisher>John F. Perry &amp; Co.</mods:publisher>
            <mods:dateIssued>1875</mods:dateIssued>
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            <mods:extent>4 p.</mods:extent>
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          <mods:note type="statement of responsibility">words and music by Sam. Lucas; arranged by Herbert Hersey</mods:note>
          <mods:note>For voice, piano, and chorus (SATB)</mods:note>
          <mods:note>Caption title</mods:note>
          <mods:note>Pages 1-2 are unnumbered</mods:note>
          <mods:note>Plate number appears as 675 on p. 3</mods:note>
          <mods:note>Advertisement for other songs: p. [4]</mods:note>
          <mods:note>Cover illustration: engraving of an opossum and knife and fork.</mods:note>
          <mods:note>"Greene &amp; Son Engr."--Cover</mods:note>
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            <mods:topic>African Americans</mods:topic>
            <mods:topic>Songs and music</mods:topic>
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          <mods:subject authority="lcsh">
            <mods:topic>African American cookery</mods:topic>
            <mods:topic>Songs and music</mods:topic>
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 <mods:topic>Popular music</mods:topic>
            <mods:geographic>United States</mods:geographic>
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            <mods:topic>African American composers</mods:topic>
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            <mods:recordCreationDate encoding="marc">990301</mods:recordCreationDate>
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