GROUNDHOG
(THE GROUND-HOG SONG)
Sung by: Lowell Harness
Recorded in Mountain Home, AR 6/15/63

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Yonder comes Sal with a snicker and a grin, groundhog.
Yonder comes Sal with a snicker and a grin, groundhog.
Yonder comes Sal with a snicker and a grin,
Groundhog grease around her chin, groundhog.

Killed me a groundhog, tanned his hide, groundhog.
Killed me a groundhog, tanned his hide, groundhog.
Killed me a groundhog, tanned his hide,
Made the best shoestrings ever tied, groundhog.

Groundhog grease running down her chin, groundhog.
Groundhog grease running down her chin, groundhog.
Groundhog grease running down her chin,
She licked it off and swallowed it again, groundhog

Also found in Randolph, Vol. III, #413, “The Ground-Hog Song”; Brown, Vol. III, #221, “The Ground Hog.”

All Songs Recorded by John Quincy Wolf, Jr., unless otherwise noted

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