A cursory search failed to unearth an answer as to whether this song was ever released by Mercer before appearing on a compilation in the modern era. But no matter. This is a classic big band vocal, if the singer grew up as a Louisiana hillbilly. It seems a possum is laughing at the narrator from its hiding place in the trees, but not being a fancy city-boy, the narrator plans his revenge: eating it. "Possum on the loose / He's been stealing all of my chickens / Now I'll cook his goose / Possum knows he's in a jam / He'd go good with candied yam."
"A great song mutates, makes quantum leaps, turns up again like the prodigal son. It crosses genres. Could be punk rock, ragtime, folk-rock, or zydeco, and can be played in a lot of different styles, multiple styles... A great song is the sum of all things." - Bob Dylan
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