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Usenet Posted 17 years ago
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Goober Peas!

# 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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[nq:1]# I think my song has lasted # Almost long enough # The subject's interesting # But the rhymes are ... is derived from the Congolese word 'nguba'. Have any of you gobbled goober peas? :-D[/nq]
Peas, peas, peas, peas,
Eating goober peas.
Goodness how delicious,
Eating goober peas.
I have another group singing that, in the Album "Songs from the Civil War The North". Anothe
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[nq:2]# I think my song has lasted # Almost long ... Ives Songs> Have any of you gobbled goober peas? :-D[/nq]
[nq:1]Peas, peas, peas, peas, Eating goober peas. Goodness how delicious, Eating goober peas. I have another group singing that, in ... are familiar with (split pea soup) or the field peas that I call "beans" (black-eye peas and others) or lentils.[/nq]
I remember the 1950s adv
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[nq:1]Have any of you gobbled goober peas? Absolutely they are peanuts.[/nq]
Eliminating all doubt, I see.

Bob Lieblich
Good thing he's right
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[nq:2]Peas, peas, peas, peas, Eating goober peas. Goodness how delicious, ... that I call "beans" (black-eye peas and others) or lentils.[/nq]
[nq:1]I remember the 1950s advert for Smedley's Peas on Radio Luxembourg. In the song, "goober" is replaced by "Smedley's". There are a lot of Google hits but, unfortunately, YouTube doesn't seem to have a recording of it. There's a picture here. [/nq]
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[nq:2]# I think my song has lasted # Almost long ... Ives Songs> Have any of you gobbled goober peas? :-D[/nq]
[nq:1]Peas, peas, peas, peas, Eating goober peas. Goodness how delicious, Eating goober peas. I have another group singing that, in ... are familiar with (split pea soup) or the field peas that I call "beans" (black-eye peas and others) or lentils.[/nq]
I say again not dried gr
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[nq:1]If you want Goober Peas:

Ah, yes. The advert for Smedley's used this (original) tune.
Ian
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[nq:2]Peas, peas, peas, peas, Eating goober peas. Goodness how delicious, ... that I call "beans" (black-eye peas and others) or lentils.[/nq]
[nq:1]I say again not dried green peas nor lentils - Peanuts! Here
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[nq:1]I have another group singing that, in the Album "Songs from the Civil War The North".[/nq]
Odd. In the Burl Ives version, it's the Georgia Militia that's eating 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 what do you think he sees?
The Georgia Militia
Ea
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[nq:1]# I think my song has lasted # Almost long enough # The subject's interesting # But the rhymes are ... the Congolese word 'nguba'. Have any of you gobbled goober peas? :-D Nick from England[/nq]
That song was nauseating to me in elementary school, as I remember it. I remember I had an odd reaction to seeing the lyrics for the song in our grade school songbook. Interest