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 GROUNDHOG. Old-Time, Song Tune and Breakdown. USA, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. A well-known Appalachian folk song, nursery and fun song, and banjo tune. Brown says, "Its appearance in the Ozarks is doubtless due to immigration from Kentucky. It has not been found in the northern states, nor is it a Negro song." The first two verses in Traditional American Folk Songs go: Two in a stump and one in a log Two in a stump and one in a log, Don't I wish I had a dog Groundhog! Yonder comes Sal with a great long pole, Yonder comes Sal with a great long pole, To punch that groundhog out of his hole, Groundhog!  (Warner)  Source for notated version: learned by Frank Proffitt (North Carolina) from his father [Warner].  Printed sources: Warner (Traditional American Folk Songs), 1984; pp. 296-297.  Recorded sources: Flying Fish 102, New Lost City Ramblers - "Twenty Years/Concert Performances" (1978). Folkways FA 2360, Frank Proffitt. Heritage 054, Tommy Jarrell - "Brandywine 83: Music of French America" (1984). Marimac 9000, Dan Gellert & Shoofly - "Forked Deer" (1986). Recorded Anthology of American Music (1978) - "Traditional Southern Instrumental Styles." Rounder Cd0278, Mike Seegar - "Solo-Old Time Country Music" (1991). The Whistlepigs - "Out of Their Hole."  See also listing at: Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources

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