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��CARVE DAT POSSUM.
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3. De way to oook de pos - sum sound.
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��My dog did bark, and I went to see,
I carried him home and dressed him off,
Lay sweet po - ta toes in de pan,
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��Carve him to de heart; And dar was a pos - sum up dat tree, Carve him to de heart. Carve him to de heart ; I hung him dat night in de frost, Carve him to de heart. Carve him to de heart ; De sweet- est eat - in' in de Ian', Carve him to de heart.
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