GROUND HAWG
As recorded by The Everly Brothers
(From the 1962 Album INSTANT PARTY!)



[Intro]
       

[Verse 1]

Whet up your k

nife and whist

le up the dog
              
Whet up your k

         
nife and whist

le up the dog
             
We're going to

              
 the hollow fo

     
r to catch a g

round hawg

Ground hawg

[Verse 2]

Too many rocks

 and too many 

logs
             
Too many rocks

     
 and too many 

logs
             
To many rocks 

       
for to catch a

 ground hawg

Ground hawg

[Verse 3]

Up come Barry 

with a ten-foo

t pole
             
Up come Barry 

       
with a ten-foo

t pole
             
Pushed it down

      
 that ground h

awg hole

Ground hawg

[Interlude]
        

[Guitar Solo]
       

[Verse 4]

Took him home 

and tanned his

 hide
             
Took him home 

    
and tanned his

 hide
             
Made the best 

             
shoe strings y

#
ou’ve ever tie

d

Ground hawg

[Verse 5]

Old lame Sal c

ame skipping t

o the hall
             
Old lame Sal c

    
ame skipping t

o the hall
             
Got enough whi

              
stle they coul

  
d feed ‘em all

Ground hawg

[Verse 6]

Meat in the cu

pboard and hid

e on the churn
             
Meat in the cu

           
pboard and hid

e on the churn
             
That ain't gro

         
und hawg I'll 

be durned

Ground hawg

[Outro]