# I think my song has lasted # Almost long enough # The subject's interesting # But the rhymes are mighty tough # I wish this war was over # And free from rags and fleas # We'd kiss our wives and sweethearts # And gobble goober peas! 'Goober' is derived from the Congolese word 'nguba'.
Have any of you gobbled goober peas? :-D Nick from England
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