Groundhog Rootin' in My Backyard

(Jimmie Rodgers)



Something about you mama, that sure gives me the blues

Something about you mama, that sure gives me the blues

It ain't your drop stich stockings

It ain't your blue buckle shoes.



You know pretty mama, I'm bound to love you some

You know pretty mama, I'm bound to love you some

'Cause I've done more for you

Than anybody ever done.



(You know it baby.)



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Got me a pretty mama got me a bulldog too

Got me a pretty mama got me a bulldog too

My pretty mama don't love me

But my bulldog do.



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There's been a groundhog rootin' round my yard at night

There's been a groundhog rootin' round my yard at night

For the way my mama been treatin' me

He must be rootin' all right.



(Lord, he must be rootin' all night)



Well, I ain't no cheap man, don't try to fool no girls

I ain't no cheap man, don't try to fool no girls

It's my regular lovin'

That gets me by in this world...