Ground Hog

DESCRIPTION: A family goes ground hog hunting, catches one, cooks and eats it with great enjoyment. Almost anything can happen in the process as verses float in and out.
AUTHOR: unknown (credited on the Norris recording to Harold Gray)
EARLIEST DATE: 1911
KEYWORDS: hunting food humorous animal family
FOUND IN: US(Ap,SE,So)
REFERENCES (24 citations):
Randolph 413, "The Ground-Hog Song" (2 texts, 1 tune)
Brown/Belden/Hudson-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore3 221, "The Ground Hog" (3 texts plus a fragment and indirect mention of 2 more)
Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore5 221, "Ground Hog" (5 tunes plus text excerpts)
Wyman/Brockway-LonesomeSongs-KentuckyMountains-Vol1, p. 30, "The Ground Hog" (1 text, 1 tune)
Richardson/Spaeth-AmericanMountainSongs, pp. 92-93, "Groun' Hawg" (1 text, 1 tune)
Warner-TraditionalAmericanFolkSongsFromAnneAndFrankWarnerColl 123, "Groundhog" (1 text, 1 tune)
Lomax/Lomax-FolkSongUSA 8, "Ground Hog" (1 text, 1 tune)
Lomax-FolkSongsOfNorthAmerica 131, "Groundhog" (1 text, 1 tune)
Lomax/Lomax-AmericanBalladsAndFolkSongs, pp. 271-274, "Groun' Hog" (1 text, 1 tune)
Botkin-TreasuryOfAmericanFolklore, pp. 893-895, "Groun'-Hog" (1 text, 1 tune)
Sharp-EnglishFolkSongsFromSouthernAppalachians 231, "The Ground Hog" (1 text, 1 tune)
Henry-SongsSungInTheSouthernAppalachians, pp. 5-6, "Ground Hog" (1 text)
Cox-FolkSongsSouth 176, "Ground Hog Song" (1 text)
Bush-FSofCentralWestVirginiaVol1, pp. 12-13, 'Groundhog" (1 text, 1 tune)
Burton/Manning-EastTennesseeStateCollectionVol2, pp. 15-16, "Groundhog" (1 text, 1 tune)
Gainer-FolkSongsFromTheWestVirginiaHills, pp. 182-183, "Groundhog" (1 text, 1 tune)
Boette-SingaHipsyDoodle, p. 97, "Groundhog" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roberts/Agey-InThePine #136, "Ground Hog" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roberts-SangBranchSettlers, #86, "Groundhog" (1 text, 1 tune)
Coleman/Bregman-SongsOfAmericanFolks, pp. 56-57, "Ground Hog" (1 text, 1 tune)
Pankake/Pankake-PrairieHomeCompanionFolkSongBook, pp. 56-57, "Groundhot" (1 text, 1 tune)
NorthCarolinaFolkloreJournal, Dan Patterson, "A Sheaf of North Carolina Folksongs," Vol. IV, No. 1 (Jul 1956), pp. 27, "Ground Hog" (1 text, 1 tune)
Silber/Silber-FolksingersWordbook, p. 402, "Groundhog" (1 text)
DT, GRONDHOG*
Roud #3125
RECORDINGS:
Almanac Singers, "Ground Hog" (General 5018B, 1941; on Almanac01, Almanac03, AlmanacCD1)
Seena Helms, "Groundhog" (on HandMeDown2)
Stanley Hicks, "Groundhog" (on FarMtns2)
Homer & Jethro, "Groundhog" (King 596, 1947)
Vester Jones, "Groundhog" (on GraysonCarroll1)
New Lost City Ramblers, "Groundhog" (on NLCR16)
Land Norris, "Ground Hog" (OKeh 40096, 1924)
Frank Proffitt, "Groundhog" (on Proffitt03)
Jack Reedy & his Walker Mountain String Band, "Ground Hog" (Brunswick 221, 1928; on CrowTold02, LostProv1)
Pete Seeger, "Ground Hog" (on PeteSeeger07, PeteSeeger07b) (on PeteSeeger08, PeteSeegerCD02)
Doc Watson, Arnold Watson & Gaither Carlton, "Ground Hog" (on Watson01)
File: R413

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