Hit at the Times, A (Root, Hog, or Die VIII)

DESCRIPTION: "Way out upon the Platte, near Pikes Peak, we were told, There by a little digging, we could get a pile of gold." It is a hard life. Many -- surveyors, doctors, preachers -- exploit the miners, who in the end must "root, hog, or die"
AUTHOR: Words: A. G. McGrew (source: Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest)
EARLIEST DATE: 1859 (Oklahoma Times, February 17, 1859, according to Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest)
KEYWORDS: mining travel hardtimes derivative
FOUND IN:
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest, pp. 114-115, "A Hit at the Times" (1 text, 1 tune)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Root, Hog, or Die" [Laws B21] (tune, lyrics) and references there
File: LDC114

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