Blue Yodel No. 10 (Ground Hog Rootin’ in My Back Yard)

Words and music by Jimmie Rodgers, 1932.

Something about you, mama, sure gives me the blues.  Hey, hey.
Something about you, mama, sure gives me the blues.
It ain’t your drop stitch stockings. It ain’t your blue buckle shoes. Hey, hey.

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You know sweet mama, I’m bound to love you some.  It’s the truth honey.
You know sweet 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. Sure have!
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. Hey hey.
There’s been a groundhog rootin’ ’round my yard at night.
From the way my mama been treatin’ me, he must be rootin’ all right.
Lawd honey, he must be rootin’ all right.

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I ain’t no sheik man, don’t try vamp no girl.
I ain’t no sheik man, don’t try vamp no girl.
It’s my reg’lar grinding gets me by in this world.

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Collected from Victor 23636, as sung by Jimmie Rodgers, recorded February 6, 1932.