Peas with Honey
Roots
There is a bit of a debate going on in rec.food.historic about the following
verse.
I eat my peas with honey
I've done it all my life
It makes them taste quite funny
But it keeps them on the knife.
Does anyone know the origins of this little verse?
Kelly Ryan
verses was:
"It makes the peas taste funny,
But they don't fall off my knife.
-Kelly
Shakib Otaqui
On Sunday, in article <muldrew.73...@mi.net>
mul...@mi.net "Roots" wrote:
R> There is a bit of a debate going on in rec.food.historic about the following
R> verse.
R>
R> I eat my peas with honey
R> I've done it all my life
R> It makes them taste quite funny
R> But it keeps them on the knife.
R>
R> Does anyone know the origins of this little verse?
It's one of Terence Alan (Spike) Milligan's verses for children; I
can't recall the exact name of the book in which it appears, but
I'm fairly sure that it includes the words "verses" and "children".
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Ellen Smith
This poem is in a book called A New Treasurey of Childrens Poetry. It
says the author is unknown. Doubleday and Company.
hmmm.
Major
In <31A89B...@CSBSJU.EDU> Kelly Ryan <KR...@CSBSJU.EDU> writes:
>Roots wrote:
>>
>> There is a bit of a debate going on in rec.food.historic about the
following
>>
>> I eat my peas with honey
>>
know the source, but my dad's rendition of the last two
>verses was:
>
>"It makes the peas taste funny,
>But they don't fall off my knife.
>
>-Kelly
My Dad always said,
"It makes the peas taste funny,
But it keeps them on my knife"
Major
Joann Malina
Ellen Smith (c...@ionet.net) wrote:
: This poem is in a book called A New Treasurey of Childrens Poetry. It
: says the author is unknown. Doubleday and Company.
: hmmm.
: Shakib Otaqui <Sha...@alquds.demon.co.uk> wrote:
: >On Sunday, in article <muldrew.73...@mi.net>
: > mul...@mi.net "Roots" wrote:
: >R> There is a bit of a debate going on in rec.food.historic about the following
: >R> verse.
: >R>
: >R> I eat my peas with honey
: >R> I've done it all my life
: >R> It makes them taste quite funny
: >R> But it keeps them on the knife.
: >R>
: >R> Does anyone know the origins of this little verse?
: > It's one of Terence Alan (Spike) Milligan's verses for children; I
: > can't recall the exact name of the book in which it appears, but
: > I'm fairly sure that it includes the words "verses" and "children".
I first heard it sung as a verse of "Irene Goodnight." I always use it
during one of those sing-alongs where everyone has to sing a different
verse.
I checked Spike Milligan in The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations,
but they don't list this verse (not that that proves he didn't write it,
for as we all know, absence of proof is not proof of absence). They do
list quotes such as
Seagoon: Ying tong iddle I po
and
He's fallen in the water
both from The Goon Show. I guess you had to be there.
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Robert Twigg
On Tue, 28 May 1996, Ellen Smith wrote:
>
> This poem is in a book called A New Treasurey of Childrens Poetry. It
> says the author is unknown. Doubleday and Company.
> hmmm.
>
>
>
>
>
> Shakib Otaqui <Sha...@alquds.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >On Sunday, in article <muldrew.73...@mi.net>
> > mul...@mi.net "Roots" wrote:
>
> >R> There is a bit of a debate going on in rec.food.historic about the following
> >R> verse.
> >R>
> >R> I eat my peas with honey
> >R> I've done it all my life
> >R> It makes them taste quite funny
> >R> But it keeps them on the knife.
> >R>
> >R> Does anyone know the origins of this little verse?
>
> > It's one of Terence Alan (Spike) Milligan's verses for children; I
> > can't recall the exact name of the book in which it appears, but
> > I'm fairly sure that it includes the words "verses" and "children".
>
You may be corect, but i would bet it comes from Winnie the Pooh>
Roots
>> >On Sunday, in article <muldrew.73...@mi.net>
>> > mul...@mi.net "Roots" wrote:
>>
>> >R> There is a bit of a debate going on in rec.food.historic about the following
>> >R> verse.
>> >R>
>> >R> I eat my peas with honey
>> >R> I've done it all my life
>> >R> It makes them taste quite funny
>> >R> But it keeps them on the knife.
>> >R>
>> >R> Does anyone know the origins of this little verse?
>>
>> > It's one of Terence Alan (Spike) Milligan's verses for children; I
>> > can't recall the exact name of the book in which it appears, but
>> > I'm fairly sure that it includes the words "verses" and "children".
>>
>You may be correct, but i would bet it comes from Winnie the Pooh>
>> >_____________________________________________________________________
>> >Shakib Otaqui Al-Quds Consult
We checked it out in alt.fan.pooh. They knew the verse, but were able to
confirm it is not by A.A. Milne.
Robert Brown
In article <muldrew.86...@mi.net> mul...@mi.net (Roots) writes:
>From: mul...@mi.net (Roots)
>Subject: Re: Peas with Honey
>Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1996 11:38:27 +1000
>
>>> >On Sunday, in article <muldrew.73...@mi.net>
>>> > mul...@mi.net "Roots" wrote:
>>>
>>> >R> There is a bit of a debate going on in rec.food.historic about the following
>>> >R> verse.
>>> >R>
>>> >R> I eat my peas with honey
>>> >R> I've done it all my life
>>> >R> It makes them taste quite funny
>>> >R> But it keeps them on the knife.
>>> >R>
>>> >R> Does anyone know the origins of this little verse?
<snip responses where it is thought to be from "Spike" Milligan (of the
original "Goon Show") or A. A. Milne>
It's too early for Spike Milligan, and not his brand of humor. Nor is it
Pooh-like. Although I don't have the source here, I'll make one educated
guess: that it's from Gelett Burgess, who wrote a book of Nonsense Verse (
1901), and wrote "The Purple Cow," which bears metrical and humeral
similarities: "I've never seen a purple cow,
I never hope to see one.
But I can tell you anyhow,
I'd rather see than be one."
Michael McMullin
b...@pupress.princeton.edu (Robert Brown) wrote:
>Although I don't have the source here, I'll make one educated
>guess: that it's from Gelett Burgess, who wrote a book of Nonsense Verse (
>1901), and wrote "The Purple Cow," which bears metrical and humeral
>similarities: "I've never seen a purple cow,
> I never hope to see one.
> But I can tell you anyhow,
> I'd rather see than be one."
But wasn't he a serious wirter who forever after resented the fact
that this was what he was remembered for. I read somewhere that he
wrote a 'sequel' which ran:
"Yes, I wrote 'The Purple Cow',
I wish I'd never wrote it,
But I can tell you anyhow,
I'll kill you if you quote it!"
Mickey J. Bailey
> b...@pupress.princeton.edu (Robert Brown) wrote:
> >Although I don't have the source here, I'll make one educated
My memory tells me it was Ogden Nash. Forgive me if I'm stepping on any
toes as I have never posted before. My newsreader demands that I post
more text than is included.
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Mickey J. Bailey (Mickey...@allina.com) wrote:
Did anyone post the complete "Peas with Honey" poem? Here it is, in any
case (I'm sure we can all say this together)...
I eat my peas with honey
I've done it all my life
It makes the peas taste funny
But it keeps them on the knife!
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|Laura "nemo me impune lacessit"
|UMass [no one attacks me with impunity]
Scottish motto
RM
In article <4ppg5t$n...@nic.umass.edu> l...@wilde.oit.umass.edu () writes:
>From: l...@wilde.oit.umass.edu ()
>Subject: Re: Peas with Honey
People have contributed several versions of the poem as they first heard it,
but published versions give the third line as "it makes them taste quite
funny".
.
Kerry Dalley
mul...@mi.net (Roots) wrote:
>There is a bit of a debate going on in rec.food.historic about the following
>verse.
> I eat my peas with honey
> I've done it all my life
> It makes them taste quite funny
> But it keeps them on the knife.
>Does anyone know the origins of this little verse?
Edward Lear, that master of the silly rhyme
"What I love most about deadlines
is the whooshing sound they make as they go by."
- Douglas Adams
John Davis
In article <4srs2r$r...@newsource.ihug.co.nz> Kerry Dalley (ker...@ihug.co.nz) wrote:
: mul...@mi.net (Roots) wrote:
: >There is a bit of a debate going on in rec.food.historic about the following
: >verse.
: > I eat my peas with honey
: > I've done it all my life
: > It makes them taste quite funny
: > But it keeps them on the knife.
: >Does anyone know the origins of this little verse?
As I remember it, it goes:
The Johnson boys eats peas with honey.
They have did it all their life.
Some folks thinks that's kind of funny,
But it keeps 'em on the knife.
That's a verse from a bluegrass song by the Dillards from around 1960.
I think the title was "The Johnson Boys."
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In <4srs2r$r...@newsource.ihug.co.nz>, ker...@ihug.co.nz wrote:
>
> > I eat my peas with honey
> > I've done it all my life
> > It makes them taste quite funny
> > But it keeps them on the knife.
>
> > Does anyone know the origins of this little verse?
>
No, it's not one of his. This is comic verse but it's not nonsense verse.
This poem has come up here before, and nobody has an author for it.
I'd guess it's from a very old college humor magazine or lodge news-
letter.
-:-
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Who wearied of totalling numbus,
So he moved to East Lansing
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Becky Wurm Clark
: : >There is a bit of a debate going on in rec.food.historic about the following
: : >verse.
: : > I eat my peas with honey
: : > I've done it all my life
: : > It makes them taste quite funny
: : > But it keeps them on the knife.
: : >Does anyone know the origins of this little verse?
I know it slightly differently, third line is "It makes the peas taste funny".
I think I learned this from my parents, who are 75 now, so they probably
learned it in their youth. So it's certainly been around for a while. Could
even be from an old humorous verse collection or collection of anecdotes.
My sister has an odd little book that has poems and lines recommended for use
in autograph books which has similar stuff. Anyone still do autograph books?
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Ellen Smith
I think we did this Peas with HOney thing a while back. You might check in the
DejaNews thing for it. :)
"Leanna L. Bartram--Biology Goddess" <lea...@pbrc.hawaii.edu> wrote:
>> > I eat my peas with honey
>> > I've done it all my life
>> > It makes them taste quite funny
>> > But it keeps them on the knife.
>>
>> >Does anyone know the origins of this little verse?
>I believe it is a quote by Winnie the Pooh!
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Rodd Kay
In article <4t3pr1$s...@nlcnews.nlc.state.ne.us>, bwu...@rand.lcl.lib.ne.us
says...
>
>: : >There is a bit of a debate going on in rec.food.historic about the following
>: : >verse.
>: : > I've done it all my life
>: : > It makes them taste quite funny
>: : > But it keeps them on the knife.
>: : >Does anyone know the origins of this little verse?
>
>I think I learned this from my parents, who are 75 now, so they probably
>learned it in their youth. So it's certainly been around for a while. Could
I support this approach. I'm not quiet as old as your parents, but I can well
remember singing this as a child on the school playground. We always assumed
that it referred to primative people -- such as imigrants -- who did not know
common customs. It falls in the category of:
We keep the pig in the parlor...and that is Irish, too. (Sung to the tune: The Bear
Went Over the Mountain)
Douglas Sutherland-Bruce
In article <4tdj7j$d...@dfw-ixnews8.ix.netcom.com>, Rod...@ix.netcom.com
(Rodd Kay) wrote:
> In article <4t3pr1$s...@nlcnews.nlc.state.ne.us>, bwu...@rand.lcl.lib.ne.us
> says...
> >
> >: : >There is a bit of a debate going on in rec.food.historic about the
following
> >: : >verse.
> >: : > I eat my peas with honey
> >: : > I've done it all my life
> >: : > It makes them taste quite funny
> >: : > But it keeps them on the knife.
> >: : >Does anyone know the origins of this little verse?
Surely this is Ogden Nash?
Regards
Douglas
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> There is a bit of a debate going on in rec.food.historic about the following
> verse.
>
> I eat my peas with honey
> I've done it all my life
> It makes them taste quite funny
> But it keeps them on the knife.
>
> Does anyone know the origins of this little verse?
I jumped in a bath of hot water
And took my teddy bear too.
I was so hot I jumped back out
And had some teddy bear stew.
David C Kifer
> On Sunday, 26 May 1996 08:00:00 UTC+1, Roots wrote:
>> There is a bit of a debate going on in rec.food.historic about the following
>> verse.
>>
>> I eat my peas with honey
>> I've done it all my life
>> It makes them taste quite funny
>> But it keeps them on the knife.
>>
>> Does anyone know the origins of this little verse?
http://www.signature-reads.com/2014/08/celebrating-ogden-nash-poet-laureate-of-nuttiness/
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(Et brevis pecunia.) [Et breve spatium.]
pyotr filipivich
in alt.quotations the following:
He sleeps very well I am told.
Last night I slept in my little bear skin
And I caught a heck of a cold."
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Next month's Panel: Graft - Boon or blessing?
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> There is a bit of a debate going on in rec.food.historic about the following
> verse.
>
> I eat my peas with honey
> I've done it all my life
> It makes them taste quite funny
> But it keeps them on the knife.
>
> Does anyone know the origins of this little verse?
I jumped in a bath of hot water
And took my teddy bear too.
And had some teddy bear stew!