Happy Groundhog Day

Subject: Happy Groundhog Day
From: Pinetop Slim
Date: 29 Jan 00 - 10:32 PM

Hone up your wits and wipe away the fog
Hone up your wits and wipe away the fog
Got to see through a shadow to catch a groundhog
Oh, groundhog.

We celebrate on Groundhog Day at my house. "Got to have Spam, dad." Spam??? "Yeah. Ground hog." As unappetizing as is a can of hormel, tastier than some of the dishes posted at Mudcat on the 1999 groundhog post. Here's a song for the day, if anyone cares to finish it.

Hope Art Thieme joins to have a little fun
Hope Art Thieme joins to have a little fun
But look out groundhog for the 12-gauge puns
Oh, groundhog

Big Mick looks the groundhogs in the eyes
Big Mick looks the groundhogs in the eyes
"You can end this hunt if you organize"
Oh, groundhog

To Harlow leads the groundhog's path
To Harlow leads the groundhog's path
He's stopping for a drink with Mr. McGrath
Oh, groundhog

Subject: RE: Happy Groundhog Day
From: catspaw49
Date: 29 Jan 00 - 10:50 PM

If ya' don't quit eatin' ya' might explode
If ya' don't quit eatin' ya' might explode
Eatin' them grondhogs off the road
Groundhog

Shoot Mark, I remember that we had some FINE recipes last year...All of them completely unappealing since they're made with groundhog.

Spaw

Subject: RE: Happy Groundhog Day
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 30 Jan 00 - 04:20 AM

In UK there is a rhyme about Candlemass (Groundhog day equivalent, sort of.....) that says something like if Candlemass is dry, Winter is by, if Candlemass wet, there's more winter yet. So if it p's with rain on Tuesday, we've got more winter to come, and the stupid crocuses that have been flowering for a week in my garden had better watch out. They even beat the snowdrops this year!

LTS

Subject: RE: Happy Groundhog Day
From: Áine
Date: 30 Jan 00 - 09:46 AM

Dang it, Mark! I was going to use Groundhog Day as the next Song Challenge! Shoot! Well, you and Spaw have a great start here, so y'all keep it up! A few more verses and it goes into the Mudcat Songbook!

-- Áine

Subject: RE: Happy Groundhog Day
From: Áine
Date: 30 Jan 00 - 10:08 AM

Ok, so I felt guilty urging y'all on without making my own contribution. Here it is, for what it's worth:

Micca brings the whiskey over
Micca brings the whiskey over
He's done forgot what a groundhog's for
Oh Groundhog!

Caitrin passes the cookies out
Caitrin passes the cookies out
But the groundhog's turning up his snout
Oh Groundhog!

Alison whistles up a tune
Alison whistles up a tune
See the groundhog dancin' 'neath the moon
Oh Groundhog!

Amos pens another song
Amos pens another song
But the groundhog thinks he takes too long
Oh Groundhog!

Catspaw plays his pickle kazoo
Catspaw plays his pickle kazoo
Then he drops it down the loo
Oh Groundhog!

Áine writes it down in Irish
Áine writes it down in Irish
But Philippa thinks it's much too stylish
Oh Groundhog!

Subject: RE: Happy Groundhog Day
From: Mbo
Date: 30 Jan 00 - 10:36 AM

Ooooh...I wanna do some verses, too!
Dave loves any kind of song
Dave loves any kind of song
And you know he can't go wrong
Groundhog!

Elle heals animals all day
Elle heals animals all day
And the animals they love her--you know she's got the nicest way!
Groundhog!

Áine, you beat me to the punch on Caitrin & Amos! Hmmmm...no one wrote a verse about me!

--Mbo

Subject: RE: Happy Groundhog Day
From: Áine
Date: 30 Jan 00 - 10:50 AM

Ok, Mbo. I'll write one about you, if you'll write one about me. Mine kinda sucked pickles. . .

Mbo pens songs in his lair
Mbo pens songs in his lair
And breaks the hearts of the ladies fair
Oh Groundhog!

Dave the Mariner sails out to sea
Dave the Mariner sails out to sea
And takes the groundhog on his knee
Oh Groundhog!

BSeed tickles the laughing kat
BSeed tickles the laughing kat
Everybody's wondering where they're at
Oh Groundhog!

Subject: RE: Happy Groundhog Day
From: Micca
Date: 30 Jan 00 - 10:59 AM

Liz the Squeak is in the pub
Liz the squeqk is in the pub
to get her out you need a club
Oh Groundhog

TerriM and her bloke Steve
Terri M and her bloke Steve
one more fart and they must leave
Oh Groundhog

Subject: RE: Happy Groundhog Day
From: Mbo
Date: 30 Jan 00 - 11:09 AM

Áine is a Texas Miss
Áine is a Texas Miss
She'd pull down a twister and give it a kiss!
Groundhog!

--Mbo

Subject: RE: Happy Groundhog Day
From: Amos
Date: 30 Jan 00 - 11:09 AM

BanjoBonnie comes a-callin'
BanjoBonnie comes a-callin'
With fifteen banjos caterwaulin',
Grrrroundhog!

'Spaw he wants to rock and roll
'Spaw he wants to rock and roll
Pushing possums into groundhog holes
Grrrroundhog!

Look out, boys, what d'ya say!
Look out, boys, what d'ya say!
That groundhog just got ELJ!
Grrrroundhog

There goes Dave, on a course for Wales!
There goes Dave, on a course for Wales!
Got him a groundhog to trim the sails!
Grroundhog!

Poor old Max is turning blue.
Poor old Max is turning blue.
Groundhog ate the CPU!
Grroundhog!

Here comes Åine with a ten-foot log
Here comes Åine with a ten-foot log!
A-looking for a Texas hog!
Grroundhog!

Chingachingachingaching (sound of frailing wildly)

A

Subject: RE: Happy Groundhog Day
From: Amos
Date: 30 Jan 00 - 11:14 AM

Boy, you can tell I used <b>'s instead of <br>s on that one!

Uuuugly!!

Ok, here's a refined looking version.
Man, I hate waking up to a challenge!

BanjoBonnie comes a callin'
BanjoBonnnie comes a callin'
With fifteen banjo's caterwaulin',

Grrrroundhog!

'Spaw he wants to rock and roll
'Spaw he wants to rock and roll
Pushing possums into groundhog holes

Grrrroundhog!

Look out, boys, what d'ya say!
Look out boys, what d'ya say!
That groundhog just got ELJ!

Grrrroundhog !

There goes Dave, on a course for Wales!
There goes Dave, on a course for Wales!
Got him a groundhog to trim the sails!

Grroundhog!

Poor old Max is turning blue.
Poor old Max is turning blue.
Groundhog ate the CPU!

Grrrroundhog!

Here come Åine with a ten-foot log
Here comes Åine with a ten-foot log!
A-looking for a Texas hog!

Grroundhog!

Chingachingachingaching(sound of frailing wildly)

A

Subject: RE: Happy Candlemas
From: Abby Sale
Date: 30 Jan 00 - 11:27 AM

Liz, tS:

You may mean:
Chanted on Candlemas Eve...
If the sun shines bright on Candlemas Day,
The half of the winter's not yet away


English Folk-Rhymes, GF Northall, 1892.

Also, a verse from "All in the Morning," sung by Sam Hinton on 'Tis the Season, (which I recommend)

It was on Candlemas Day and all in the morning,
They visited The Temple with our heavenly king,
And was this not a joyful thing,
And "sweet Jesus," they called him by name.

Subject: RE: Happy Groundhog Day
From: Áine
Date: 30 Jan 00 - 11:31 AM

I hate writing yet *another* verse using my own name; but, Amos, you've inspired to use one of my favorite Texas words:

Áine's looking for a javelina
Áine's looking for a javelina
Gonna sprinkle its back with jalapeena
Oh Groundhog!

InOBU is lookin' grim
InOBU is lookin' grim
Groundhog plays the pipes better than him
Oh Groundhog!

Rick is wondering what's the fuss
Rick is wondering what's the fuss
Hog puts his pants on just like us
Oh Groundhog!

Stupidbodhranplayer strokes his drum
Stupidbodhranplayer strokes his drum
Lost his tipper, now ain't he glum
Oh Groundhog!

Subject: RE: Happy Groundhog Day
From: Amos
Date: 30 Jan 00 - 11:39 AM

Yeeeha! Are you allowed to give this here prize to yore OWN self!!! I never in my life heard anyone come up with a rhyme for javelina before.

Subject: RE: Happy Groundhog Day
From: Áine
Date: 30 Jan 00 - 12:40 PM

Come on, Amos -- Surely Jerry Jeff or Willy came up with one a long time ago! And the prize should go to markf for starting this fantastic thread in the first place!

-- Áine

Subject: RE: Happy Groundhog Day
From: Jeri
Date: 30 Jan 00 - 01:46 PM

Groundhog Day
(Apologies to Martina McBride/Independence Day)

Well he seemed all right by dawn's early light
Though he looked barely better than dead
He tried to pretend the snow was all gone
But an icicle fell on his head
And I was hiding behind my window
In my warm house determined to stay
So I oggled him then as he crawled from his den
On Groundhog Day

Well word gets around in a small, small town
They said he was going to come out
They watched him emerge and stand on the verge
Of begining to put winter to rout

Some folks whispered and some folks talked
As he saw that he blocked the sun's ray
And he just turned around, went back into the ground
On Groundhog Day

(CHORUS)
Let come the spring, Let the birdies sing
Let the whole world know that today is a day of reckoning
Let's stop shoveling snow, let the grasses grow
Roll the snow away, let the children play
It's Groundhog Day

Well I remember one year it was cloudy and drear
By the time that the groundhog came out
He sniffed the air, at the groud he did stare
"No shadow" we all began to shout
And spring came no faster, though the small furry bastard
Predicted it would, in his way
Talk about your folklore...
It's Groundhog Day

Subject: RE: Happy Groundhog Day
From: Amos
Date: 30 Jan 00 - 02:41 PM

Man, the creative springs around here done been unstopped! Aine, look what you started! :>)) Good song!

All these wellsprings -- are we gonna need a levee?

A

Subject: RE: Happy Groundhog Day
From: Dave (the ancient mariner)
Date: 30 Jan 00 - 03:15 PM

The ground hog is a funny bloke
watch him run when shotguns smoke
O'er the fields and faraway
Running like hell from the hunters shot
exerting every ounce of strength he's got
Oh poor old Groundhog

When he stops God only knows
eats his breakfast then onward goes
Finds a field that's soft with loam
digging like a mole to make a home
Worrying like hell about the garden gnome
Oh poor old Groundhog

Wait till the owner find his hole
This time wont be guns he fears
Off o'er the hills to save his soul All around the lawn the smoke appears
Time to gather up and run M'dears
Oh poor old Groundhog

Subject: RE: Happy Groundhog Day
From: Amos
Date: 30 Jan 00 - 03:26 PM

Good one!

A

Subject: RE: Happy Groundhog Day
From: Caitrin
Date: 30 Jan 00 - 03:36 PM

These are great! BUt the "Groundhog ate the CPU" is my favorite. : )

Subject: RE: Happy Groundhog Day
From: Áine
Date: 30 Jan 00 - 04:12 PM

Go 'Catters! I'm going to have so much fun adding all the cookie and groundhog songs to the Songbook! All you guys that contributed songs be sure and let me know if there is a tune that goes with your song so I can note that in the Songbook.

Again, you are all just 'mahvahlahs', simply 'mahvahlas'!!

-- Áine

Subject: RE: Happy Groundhog Day
From: Amos
Date: 30 Jan 00 - 11:29 PM

Dear Caitlin McGillicuddy:

Thanks for the kind remark. I have made about five gallons of your cookie dough but had to go out to dinner before I could bake it. It is setting in the frige. Will this cause any problem if I take it out tomorrow and let it reach room temperature before I drag, drop and bake the l'il angels?

Gotta go clean up the galley now! Thanks for the recipe!!

A

Subject: RE: Happy Groundhog Day
From: catspaw49
Date: 30 Jan 00 - 11:33 PM

Just eat the dough.

Spaw

Subject: RE: Happy Groundhog Day
From: Amos
Date: 30 Jan 00 - 11:35 PM

Well I'm afraid I'd get so bloated you wouldn't even want me for a whistle!

A.

Subject: RE: Happy Groundhog Day
From: catspaw49
Date: 30 Jan 00 - 11:42 PM

Amos my friend, eat the dough. I don't want YOU for a whistle anyway!

Spaw

Subject: RE: Happy Groundhog Day
From: Mbo
Date: 30 Jan 00 - 11:45 PM

DOUGH!

--Mbo

Subject: RE: Happy Groundhog Day
From: Amos
Date: 31 Jan 00 - 12:03 AM

Well, I'm relieved to hear it ! :>). But as I wrote in an earlier poetic posting, I never did it for the dough -- not even for the cookies.

A.

Subject: RE: Happy Groundhog Day
From: Caitrin
Date: 31 Jan 00 - 04:20 PM

I honestly don't know if it would make any difference or not, Amos. I've never tried it. I can't think of any reason why refrigeration would mess them up, though.
And the dough is good, too! You can taste the Kahlua more. ;)

Subject: RE: Happy Groundhog Day
From: Amos
Date: 31 Jan 00 - 04:32 PM

Well, I'll try baking them up this evening while I minister to Frisco Duck, my pocket parrot, who is feeling poorly and has taken to puling out his own feathers in distress. I am worried about him. He's not getting enough attention, or else he has some kind of a physical problem. But maybe the smell of those Caitrin Cookies will put him straight!

A