There's a low-down groundhog, been rooting in my back yard There's a low-down groundhog, been rooting in my back yard He's been rooting there so long, 'til he've almost got me barred I knowed that old hog was rooting, I thought it was rooting straight down I knowed that old hog was rooting, but I thought it was rooting straight down When I learned about his rooting, he was turning it 'round and 'round There's a low-down groundhog, been rooting 'round my back door There's a low-down groundhog, been rooting 'round my back door He rooted there so long 'til I can't go home no more If I catch that old hog a-rootin', I'm gonna tell you just what I'll do If I catch that old hog a-rootin', I'm gonna tell you just what I'll do I'm gonna take my knife and cut his rooter right half in two I get my cream from a polo, my milk from a Jersey cow I get my cream from a polo, my milk from a Jersey cow I get my lard at Piggly Wiggly's and my bacon from a no-good sow