Shoulder up your gun and whistle up your dog
Shoulder up your gun and whistle up your dog
Going off to the woods for to catch a groundhog
Groundhog

Old Joe Digger, Sam, and Dave
Old Joe Digger, Sam and Dave
Went a groundhog-hunting just as hard as they could stave
Groundhog

One in the tree and two in the log
One in the tree and two in the log
Says Sam “Lord-a-mercy, that’s a mighty big hog”
Groundhog

Sam cocked the gun and Dave pulled the trigger
Sam cocked the gun and Dave pulled the trigger
But the one who shot the hog was old Joe Digger
Groundhog

Take-ee home and skinny out the bile
Take-ee home and skinny out the bile
Well I bet you forty dollars you could smell it fifty mile
Groundhog

Cut up the meat and you save the hide
Cut up the meat and you save the hide
It’s the best dang shoe-string ever was tied
Groundhog

Put-ee in the pot and all begin to smile
Put-ee in the pot and all begin to smile
Well they et that groundhog for it start to bile
Groundhog

Hello, Mama, make Sam quit
Hello, Mama, make Sam quit
Well he’s eating all the hog and I can’t get a bit
Groundhog

Hello, Mama, ain’t it a sin
Hello, Mama, ain’t it a sin
Just look at the gravy running down Sam’s chin
Groundhog
Catch-ee, boys, he’s about to fall
Catch-ee, boys, he’s about to fall
Well he’s et till his britches won’t button at all
Groundhog