Oh Groundhog - Lisa Loeb Banjo cover with commentary

The original Groundhog is a traditional folk song about a family out hunting for a groundhog to kill it and eat it, tan it`s hide and make shoe strings, banjo heads and other things out of the skin. Grandma even made gravy out of the groundhogs brains. This version I found on a Lisa Loeb album, which I absolutely fell in love with. It`s a much happier, kinder and gentler version, which tells of the story of the groundhog and how it can tell when spring is coming. Really makes you feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside. I call it the vegan and/or Gen Z version of the original traditional Groundhog. I play a little two finger thumb lead on the mountain banjo with a fiberskyn head instead of goat or groundhog skin. Also nylgut banjo strings instead of gut strings from a sweet little pussycat.

"Oh Groundhog" Lisa Loeb, Warm and Fuzzy Vegan Version lyrics

Groundhog lives way down in the hole
Groundhog lives way down in the hole
He's got to hide away from the cold
Oh, groundhog

Groundhog sleeping all winter along
Groundhog sleeping all winter along
Sleep right through the snow and the storms
Oh, groundhog

Dreams about the warm sunshine
Dreams about the warm sunshine
Chasing the bees and the butterflies
Oh, groundhog

Oh when will the winter end
Oh when will the winter end
Look out the window, it's snowing again
Oh, groundhog

One fine day the groundhog knows
One fine day the groundhog knows
He wakes up cause spring is close
Oh, groundhog

Up through the tunnel and into the air
Up through the tunnel and into the air
Don't see a shadow, spring is here
Oh, groundhog