Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Root Hog And Die, artist - Woody Guthrie. Album song Ballads Of Sacco & Vanzetti, in the genre
Date of issue: 05.11.2019
Record label: Limitless Int
Song language: English
Root Hog And Die |
Root hog and die, friend, root hog and die |
Gotta get to Boston, root hog and die |
Sacco and Vanzetti die at sundown tonight |
So I’ve got to get to Boston, root hog and die |
Train wheel can roll me, cushions can ride |
Ships on the oceans, planes in the skies |
Storms they can come, Lord, flood waters rise |
But I’ve got to get to Boston, or two men’ll die |
Root hog and die, friend, root hog and die |
Gotta get to Boston, root hog and die |
Sacco and Vanzetti die at sundown tonight |
So I’ve got to get to Boston, root hog and die |
Nicola Sacco, a shoe factory hand |
Bartolomo Vanzetti, a trade union man |
Judge Webster Thayer swore they’ll die |
But I’ve got to get to Boston, 'fore sundown tonight |
Root hog and die, friend, root hog and die |
Gotta get to Boston, root hog and die |
Sacco and Vanzetti die at sundown tonight |
So I’ve got to get to Boston, root hog and die |
I might walk around, an' I might roll or fly |
Walkin' down this road shoulder, tears in my eyes |
They never done a wrong in their lives |
But Judge Webster Thayer says they must die |
Root hog and die, friend, root hog and die |
Gotta get to Boston, root hog and die |
Sacco and Vanzetti die at sundown tonight |
So I’ve got to get to Boston, root hog and die |
Well, some come to Boston to see all the sights |
Some come to Boston to drink and to fight |
Sacco and Vanzetti told the workers «Organize!» |
So Judge Webster Thayer says they must die |
Root hog and die, friend, root hog and die |
Gotta get to Boston, root hog and die |
Sacco and Vanzetti die at sundown tonight |
So I’ve got to get to Boston, root hog and die |
Oh, Mr. Wagon Driver, please let me ride |
That’s a nice-pacin' team that you got here all right |
Did you ever hear such a thing in your life? |
Judge Webster Thayer killin' two men tonight |
Root hog and die, friend, root hog and die |
Gotta get to Boston, root hog and die |
Sacco and Vanzetti die at sundown tonight |
So I’ve got to get to Boston, root hog and die |
Hey, Mr. Engineer, lemme ride your train |
Throw in your coal an' steam up your steam |
If I can’t ride the shack, please lemme ride the blind |
Got to get to Boston 'fore sundown tonight |
Root hog and die, friend, root hog and die |
Gotta get to Boston, root hog and die |
Sacco and Vanzetti die at sundown tonight |
So I’ve got to get to Boston, root hog and die |