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...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1859 Dime-Song-Book #1)
KEYWORDS: cook work nonballad floatingverses food
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Wolf-AmericanSongSheets, #2026, p. 136, "Root Hog or Die! No. 2" (5 references)
Dime-Song-Book #1/72, p. 39, "Root Hog or Die, No. 2" (1 text; p. 40, "Root Hog or Die, No. 3," appears to be a further adaption of this with no sign of being traditional; similarly p. 41, "Root Hog or Die, No. 4)
ADDITIONAL: Fred W. Allsopp, Folklore of Romantic Arkansas, Volume II (1931), p. 161, ("Root, Hog, or Die")
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Root, Hog, or Die" [Laws B21] and references there
cf. "Walkin' in the Parlor" (lyrics)
File: FWA161A

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