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Root, Hog Or Die
Mother Maybelle Carter
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When I was young and pretty
With a twanklin' in my eye
I met a travelin' man one day
And I guess he told a lie
When we was a courtin'
He called me sugar pie
Now he calls me other names
It's root hog or die
Root hog or die
Tell you the reason why
I met a travelin' man one day
And I guess he told a lie
He asked me to get married
One cold day in July
But since the day we tied the knot
It's root hog or die
He always promised that I'd get
A fifty-fifty deal
But every time he buys the turnip
All I gets the peel
Root hog or die
Tell the world goodbye
For since the day we tied the knot
It's root hog or die
He told me that I'd always be
The apple of his eye
But since I knocked his one eye out
It's root hog or die
My old man don't work at all
No, he won't even try
If I don't work I'll starve to death
It's root hog or die
Root hog or die
Just me, myself and I
If I don't work I'll starve to death
It's root hog or die
Now I ain't young and pretty
There's no twanklin' in my eye
'Cause since I met that travelin' man
It's root hog or die
Root hog or die
Root hog or die
'Cause since I met that travelin' man
It's root hog or die