Lyrics Burl Ives – Ground Hog

Whistle up your dog and load your gun
Whistle up your dog and load your gun
We’re going to the hills to have some fun
Groundhog

Big ol fella sitting on a log
Big ol fella sitting on a log
And I heard him whistle and I know he was a hog
Groundhog

Big ol fella as big as a bear
Big ol fella as big as a bear
The meat we’ll eat and the hide we’ll wear
Groundhog

Get away Sam gonna load my gun
Get away Sam gonna load my gun
The groundhog hunt has just begun
Groundhog

Come here John with your great big pole
Come here John with your great big pole
And twist this groundhog out of his hole
Groundhog

Here he is boys the holes were slick
Here he is boys the holes were slick
Come one Sam with your forked stick
Groundhog

Up jumps Sam with the ten foot pole
Up jumps Sam with the ten foot pole
He jabbed it in that groundhog’s hole
Groundhog

Work boys work boys for all you earned
Work boys work boys for all you earned

Out he comes and begins to whirl
Out he comes and begins to whirl
He’s a biggest tall groundhog in the world
Groundhog

Sam cocked his gun and john pulled the trigger
Sam cocked his gun and john pulled the trigger
But the fella that got him was ol Joe digger
Groundhog

Up step Sall with a snicker and grin
Up step Sall with a snicker and grin
Whatchu gonna do with a ground hog skin
Groundhog

The children screamed and the children cried
The children screamed and the children cried
They loved that groundhog cooked and fried
Groundhog

Drag him home and put him in the boil
Drag him home and put him in the boil
I know he was a hog I could smell him in a mile
Groundhog

Hello mamma make John quit
Hello mamma make John quit
He’s eating all the hog and I can’t get a bit
Groundhog

Hello boys away to the sin
Hello boys away to the sin
Watch the gravy run down Sam’s chin
Groundhog

Oh ain’t Sally skipping through the hall
Oh ain’t Sally skipping through the hall
We hog enough whistle pig to feed them all
Whistlepig