Root Hog or Die - June Carter

When I was young and pretty

With a twinkling in my eye

I met a travelin' man one day

And I guess he told a lie

When we was a courting

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

A rig a tig tig A rig a tig tig A rig a tig tig tig

He asked me to get married

One cold day in July

But since the day we’ve tied the knot

It’s root, hog, or die

He always promised that I’d get a 50/50 deal

But every time he buys a turnip

All I get’s the heel

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 twinkling 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