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Lyr Req: Ground Hog

02 Feb 98 - 12:11 PM (#20461)
Subject: Lyr Add: GROUNDHOG (from Doc Watson)
From: Sir

From Doc Watson listed at http://205.177.6.250/article.htm

Shoulder up your gun and whistle up your dog (repeat)
Off to the woods for to catch a groundhog.
Oh groundhog.

Run here Sally with a ten foot pole (repeat)
To twist this whistle pig out of his hole.

Here comes Sally with a snicker and a grin (repeat)
The groundhog gravy all over her chin.

Look at them fellers, they're a-goin' wild (repeat)
Eat that hog before he's cooked or biled.

I dug down, but I didn't dig deep (repeat)
There laid a whistle pig fast asleep.

Now the meat's in the cupboard and the butter's in the churn (repeat)
If that ain't groundhog I'll be durned.

Well you eat the meat and save the hide (repeat)
Make the best shoestring that ever was tied.

Look at them fellers, they're about to fall (repeat)
Eat till their britches won't button at all.

Little piece of cornbread a-layin' on the shelf (repeat)
If you want any more you can sing it yourself.

01 Feb 02 - 10:16 AM (#640016)
Subject: GROUNDHOG SONG
From: tar_heel

help.....need lyrics to the old Homer and Jethro version of ,the groundhog song....one verse goes like this...."here comes mary,here comes davey...here comes mary,here comes davey...with a bowl of groundhog gravey... groundhog...groundhog..."

01 Feb 02 - 11:11 AM (#640034)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: GROUND HOG
From: Sorcha

I don't know if it's Homer and Jethro, but it's in the DT, Click here.

01 Feb 02 - 03:58 PM (#640193)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: GROUND HOG
From: catspaw49

Hmmmm....Must be because it's getting close to Groundhog Day, but almost exactly three years ago, I posted these additional verses when we were having a similar discussion! Click Here....You might want to check the rest of that thread also Chuck.

Spaw

01 Feb 02 - 10:35 PM (#640379)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: GROUND HOG
From: masato sakurai

The Browns' version can be heard at The Record Lady's All-Time Country Favorites (CLICK HERE).
~Masato

01 Feb 02 - 10:54 PM (#640392)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: GROUND HOG
From: masato sakurai

Other recordings (from Folk Music Index):

Groundhog (Song)

1. American Ballads and Folk Songs, MacMillan, Bk (1934), p.271 (Ground Hog)
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3. Allen, Red;, Frank Wakefield & the Kentuckians. Bluegrass, Folkways FA 2408, LP (1964), cut# 8
4. Baker, Bob. American Banjo, Folkways FA 2314, LP (1966), cut# 27
5. Cockerham, Jarrell and Jenkins. Down to the Cider Mill, County 713, LP (1968), cut# 9
6. Collins, Mitzie. Sampler of Folk Music, Sampler aafm 7601, LP (1976), cut#A.02
7. Dillards. Backporch Bluegrass, Elektra EKS-7232, LP (197?), cut# 7
8. Feldmann, Peter. Barnyard Dance, Hen Cackle HC 501, LP (1980), cut#B.02
9. Gainer, Patrick. Folk Songs of the Alleghenies, Folk Heritage, LP (1963), cut#B.08
10. Gellert, Dan; and Shoofly. Forked Deer, Marimac 9000, Cas (1986), cut#A.07 (Ground Hog)
11. Ginandes, Shep. Dogwood Soup, Pathways of Sound POS 1023, LP (196?), cut#B.07
12. Hammond, Lorraine Lee. Dulcimer Player News, Dulcimer Player News DPN, Ser (1973-), 14/1, p25
13. Hesperus. Crossing Over, Greenhays GR 718, LP (1988), cut# 10a
14. Hinton, Sam. Whoever Shall Have Some Good Peanuts, Scholastic SC 7530, LP (1964), cut#B.01
15. Hinton, Sam. Singing Across the Land, Decca DL 8108, LP (196?), A.03b
16. Jarrell, Tommy. Brandywine '83. The 10th Anniversary Celebration of the Brand..., Heritage (Galax) 054, LP (1984), cut# 4
17. Jones, Vester. Traditional Music From Grayson and Carroll Counties, Folkways FS 3811, LP (1962), cut# 16
18. Mabus, Joel. Clawhammer, Fossil, Cas (198?), cut# 2
19. Matteson, Maurice. Sweet Bunch of Daisies, Colonial Press, Bk (1991), p 46
20. Reedy, Jack; & His Walker Mountain String Band. Mountain Songs, County 504, LP, cut# 3
21. Reese, Marion. That's My Rabbit, My Dog Caught It; Southern Trad. Instrument..., New1 World1 NW 226, LP (1978), cut# 1
22. Sainte-Marie, Buffy. Best of Buffy Sainte-Marie, Vanguard VSD 3/4, LP (197?), cut# 8 (Ground Hog)
23. Sainte-Marie, Buffy. Many a Mile, Vanguard VSD 79171, LP (196?), cut#A.03
24. Stamper, I.D.. Red Wing, June Appal JA 0010, LP (1977), cut# 2
25. Sundall, Jon. Eagle and the Sparrow, June Appal JA 008, LP (1976), cut# 1
26. Watson, Doc. Essential Doc Watson, Vanguard VCD 45/46, CD (1986), cut#17

~Masato

11 Jul 03 - 04:21 AM (#981096)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: GROUND HOG
From: GUEST,D.L.

1.Yonder comes Sally snicker and a grin (repeat)
groundhog grease all over her chin
Oh Groundhog Oh Groundhog
2. The big ones yell and the little ones cry (repeat)
   for that groundhog stewed and fried
   Oh Groundhog etc.
3. Skin that whistlepig save the hide (repeat)
   best shoe laces a man ever tied.

I have some more written down in a book at home if you're interested.
D.L. my Email is plormo@aol.com

14 Apr 05 - 04:25 PM (#1461401)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: GROUND HOG
From: open mike

did any of the other verses in the book ever make it to the mudcat?

31 Oct 11 - 07:41 PM (#3247995)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ground Hog
From: GUEST,Brad Maestas

Red Allen's version from the album, "The Folkways Years 1964-1983)

Well here comes Sal with a snicker and a grin
Here comes Sal with a snicker and a grin
Groundhog grease all over her chin
Groundhog (x3)

Solo

Run ya here Sal with a ten foot pole (repeat)
Twist that groundhog out of his hole
Groundhog (x3)

Solo

The meat's in the cupboard and the hide's in the churn (repeat)
If that ain't whistlepig I'll be durn'ed
Groundhog (x3)

Solo

Well two old maids layin' in the bed
Two old maids layin' in the bed
One turned over to the other 'un 'n said
Groundhog (x5)

28 Feb 14 - 02:14 PM (#3605927)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ground Hog
From: Q (Frank Staplin)

Lyr. Add: THE GROUND-HOG SONG
Thomas Cartwright, MO, 1929

I'll shoulder my gun an' whistle up my dog,
I'll shoulder up my gun an' whistle up my dog,
I'm goin' up the mountain for to ketch a ground-hog,
Ground hog, ground hog!

Old Aunt Sal went a-runnin' for the brush,
Old Aunt Sal went a-runnin' for the brush,
Good God-a-mighty, here's the hog sign fresh!
Ground hog, ground hog!

One in a clift an' two in a log,
One in a clift an' two in a log,
All jumped on to my old hound dog,
Ground hog, ground hog!

Run here, boys, with a great long pole,
Run here, boys, with a great long pole,
Punch this ground hog out o' this hole!
Ground hog, ground hog!

Big old feller settin' on a log,
Big old feller settin' on a log,
Heerd him whistle an' I knowed he was a hog,
Ground hog, ground hog!

Way down yonder in the forks of the branch.
Way down yonder in the forks of the branch,
The old sow fiddled an' the pigs all danced,
Ground hog, ground hog!

Big old feller, big as any bear,
Big old feller, big as any bear,
Meat 'll do to eat, hide 'll do to wear,
Ground hog, ground hog!

We hung him up an' we skinned one side,
We hung him up an' we skinned one side,
Good God-a-mighty, what a ground hog hide!
Ground hog, ground hog!

We scraped him down from his head to his feet,
We scraped him down from his head to his feet,
Good God-a-mighty, what a big pile of meat!
Ground hog, ground hog!

We drug him to the house an' put him on to b'ile,
We drug him to the house an' put him on to b'ile,
Good God-a-mighty, you could smell him forty mile!
Ground hog, ground hog!

Children all hollered an' squalled an' cried,
Children all hollered an' squalled an' cried,
All love ground hog baked or fried,
Ground hog, ground hog!

Old Aunt Sal was the mammy of 'em all,
Old Aunt Sal was the mammy of 'em all,
Fed 'em on ground hog afore they could crawl,
Ground hog, ground hog!

Old Aunt Sal come trottin' down the hall,
Old Aunt Sal come trottin' down the hall,
Sayin' Good God-a-mighty, don't let 'em eat it all!
Ground hog, ground hog!

In she come with a snicker an' a grin,
In she come with a snicker an' a grin,
Ground hog grease all over her chin,
Ground hog, ground hog!

"Learned in Arkansas."

Pp. 152-152, with musical score, No. 413, The Ground-Hog Song.
Vance Randolph, 1980, Ozark Folksongs, vol. 3; University of Missouri Press.

16 Jan 18 - 03:27 PM (#3900047)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ground Hog
From: GUEST

The earliest recording of the GROUNDHOG is made by LAND NORRIS in March 1924
https://youtu.be/l9Gl2bpNHvU

16 Jan 18 - 04:07 PM (#3900053)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ground Hog
From: RTim

Groundhog - Track 8 on this great CD by The Vox Hunters....

https://www.thevoxhunters.com/music

Tim Radford

09 Nov 20 - 02:10 PM (#4078934)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ground Hog
From: Dave Hanson

Love it Tim.

Dave H

09 Nov 20 - 09:24 PM (#4078979)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ground Hog
From: Joe_F

The version in Lomax's _American Ballads & Folksongs_ (N.B. *not* _The Folk Songs of North America_, which only has 11) has 33 verses.

09 Nov 20 - 09:28 PM (#4078980)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ground Hog
From: Joe_F

Idiot! I didn't check the DT before posting that. It's there.