“Root, Hog, or Die (V)”

Description

Minstrel song? "Root, Hog, or Die," with some "Walkin' in the Parlor" verses: "The greatest ole nigger that I eva' did see, Looked like a sick monkey...." "I come from Alabama with a pocketful of news..." Cho: "Chief cook and bottle washer...."

Cross references

References

  1. ADDITIONAL: Fred W. Allsopp, Folklore of Romantic Arkansas, Volume II (1931), p. 161, ("Root, Hog, or Die")
  2. BI, FWA161A

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1931 (Allsopp)
Found in: US(So)