Whole Hog or None, The

DESCRIPTION: Vignettes of people who go "the whole hog or none," e.g. boxer Heenan, who never gave Sayers any peace, and Brigham Young, who had sixty wives
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1919 (Randolph); there are nineteenth century broadsides and parodies
KEYWORDS: fight marriage humorous
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
April 17, 1860 - Boxing match between John C. Heenan and Tom Sayers, stopped by spectators after 42 rounds. The bout was the last official bare-knuckle fight
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Randolph 513, "The Whole Hog or None" (1 text, 1 tune)
Wolf-AmericanSongSheets, #2619 (2620?), p. 178, "Whole Hog or None" (1 reference)
Roud #7596
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Heenan and Sayers" [Laws H20] (subject)
cf. "Rory of the Hill" (tune)
SAME TUNE:
Rory of the Hill (File: Zimm075) per broadsides Bodleian 2806 b.10(137), 2806 c.8(278)
The Hale Rick-Ma-Tick (broadside NLScotland, L.C.Fol.70(93a), Poet's Box (Glasgow), 1879; apparently first published 1872)
Whole Hog or None No. 2 (Wolf-AmericanSongSheets, p. 178)
File: R513

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