Muskrat

Did any of you boys and girls ever hear a guitar talk?

Well, I did

There was an old feller from the state of Virginia

Come down in Kentucky one time to work in the coal mines

And he brought his guitar along

He used to tell us young 'uns, he'd say

"Now you listen to this guitar and it'll say just what I say"

He would say muskrat and groundhog

And all them things through his song

And the guitar would say it just as sure as you were there

I'll sorta show you the way he done it

And you listen right close and you'll hear the guitar say what I do

Muskrat, muskrat, what makes your head so slick?

Been livin' in the water all of my life

And it's a wonder I ain't sick

I ain't sick, I ain't sick, I ain't sick, I ain't sick, I ain't sick

Did you hear it say it wasn't sick?

Now let's see what the old groundhog's got to say

Groundhog, groundhog, what makes your back so brown?

Well it's a wonder I don't suffocate

Livin' in the ground

In the ground, in the ground, in the

Ground, in the ground, in the ground

Well rooster, rooster, what makes your claws so hard?

Been scratchin' in the barn light all my life

And it's a wonder I ain't tarred

I ain't tarred, I ain't tarred, I ain't

Tarred, I ain't tarred, I ain't tarred

Thank you, guitar, ha ha ha

Well there's that old jaybird, let's ask him a question or two

Jaybird, jaybird, what makes you fly so high?

Been eatin' these acorns all of my life

It's a wonder I don't die

I don't die, I don't die, I don't die, I don't die, I don't die

Come here tomcat, we're gonna talk to you now

Tomcat, tomcat, what makes your tail so long?

Been a-prowlin' around all of these nights

It's a wonder I ain't gone

I ain't gone, I ain't gone, I ain't gone, I ain't gone, I ain't gone