Root hog or die!: No. 2

Minstrel song refers to well dressed Afro-Americans on Chestnut Street. Minstrel song refers to well dressed Afro-Americans on Chestnut Street. Within border of type ornament sections. Caption title; two exclamation points after "die." Text of song in four four-line stanzas with three-line chorus beginning: Chief cook and bottle washer, captain of the waiters. At end of text below rule: Published and for sale ... at J.H. Johnson's Central Card and Job Printing Office, No. 5 North Tenth Street, three doors above Market Street, Philadelphia. "Root, Hog or Die, generally attributed to Richard J. McGowan"--A history of popular music in America / Sigmund Spaeth, p. 131. Entered under title rather than author. Johnson used this address between 1855 and 1857. This edition not in Wolf, Amer. song sheets.