"Goober Peas" lyrics or site, please!

[Bo-Bo Head]

Does anyone know of a site or a link that would give me the lyrics to a song
called "Goober Peas"? It's an old War War II army song that I remember
singing in elementary school and I need the lyrics... If so, PLEASE e-mail
me at:

rwg...@unix.tamu.edu

Thanks,

Richard.

[hart...@athenet.net]

Hi ho there mate, what class are you?
My husband is an Aggie!

Oh well, here is the requested lyrics. By the way, if you use
altavista.com or hotbot as a search engine you can just put the title of
the song, in quotes, in the searvh box and you'll have a very good
chance of finding the lyrics you want! That's how I came by these.
Enjoy,
Jan Hart

GOOBER PEAS
by A. Pindar

Sittin' by the roadside on a summer's day,
Chattin' with my messmates, passing time away,
Lying in the shadows, underneath the trees --
Goodness, how delicious, eating goober peas!

CHORUS:Peas! Peas! Peas! Peas! Eating goober peas!
Goodness, how delicious, eating goober peas!

When a horseman passes, the soldiers have a rule
To cry out at their loudest "Mister, here's your mule!"
But still another pleasure enchantinger than these
Is wearing out your grinders, eating goober peas!

CHORUS

Just before the battle, the General hears a row;
He says "The Yanks are coming, I hear their rifles now"!
He turns around in wonder, and what do you think he sees?
The Georgia Militia, eating goober peas!

CHORUS

I think my song had lasted almost long enough!
The subject's interesting, but rhymes are mighty rough!
I wish this war was over, when free from rags and fleas,
We'd kiss our wives and sweethearts and goble goober peas!

CHORUS

Thanks to Kevin Laurent for the MIDI file of
Goober Peas
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Songs of the Confederacy

[Kenny Michael]

I don't remember the lyrics to this one, but I recall that the song was on
one of The Kingston Trio's albums

[Wayne Garvin]

On Sat, 16 Jan 1999 16:40:20 -0600 "Bo-Bo Head" <rwg...@unix.tamu.edu>
wrote:

>Does anyone know of a site or a link that would give me the lyrics to a song
>called "Goober Peas"? It's an old War War II army song that I remember
>singing in elementary school and I need the lyrics.

Here's how Burl Ives sings it on the MCA compact disc "A Little Bitty Tear"
(MCBBD 20280) which you should be able to find at your favourite CD
retailer.

"Goober peas" is slang for peanuts. It's derived from "Nguba", the Congo
word for peanut. The song originated in the U.S. Civil War when peanuts were
used as food rations for the confederate troops.

Goober Peas
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Sitting by the roadside on a summer's day
Chatting with my messmates, passin' time away
Laying in the shadows, underneath the trees
Goodness, how delicious, eatin' goober peas

Peas, peas, peas, peas, eatin' goober peas
Goodness, how delicious, eatin' goober peas

When a horseman passes, the soldiers have a rule

To cry out at their loudest, "Mister, here's your mule"
But another pleasure enchantinger than these
Is wearin' out yer grinders, eatin' goober peas

Peas, peas, peas, peas, eatin' goober peas
Is wearin' out yer grinders, eatin' goober peas

Just before the battle, the general hears a row
He said "The yanks are coming, I hear their rifles now"
He turns around in wonder, and whataya think he sees
The Georgia Militia, eatin' goober peas

Peas, peas, peas, peas, eatin' goober peas
The Georgia Militia, eatin' goober peas

I think my song has lasted almost long enough
The subject's interestin' but the rhymes are mighty tough
I wish this war was over and free from rags 'n' fleas
We'd kiss our wives and sweethearts and gobble goober peas

Peas, peas, peas, peas, gobble goober peas
We'd kiss our wives and sweethearts and gobble goober peas

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