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"Explore the history and significance of 'Goober Peas,' a traditional Southern folksong popular during the Civil War. Learn about its origins and lasting impact on Southern culture."
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Chorus • Peas, peas, peas, peas, • Eating goober peas; • Goodness, how delicious, • eating goober peas. • Peas, peas, peas, peas, • Eating goober peas; • Goodness, how delicious, • eating goober peas.
GOOBER PEAS Nguba
"Goober Peas" is a traditional folksong mostly known in the Southern United States. It was popular with Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War, and it is still sung frequently in the South to this day.
The lyrics of "Goober Peas" are a fairly accurate description of daily life for Southerners during the last few years of the Civil War. After being cut off from the rail lines and their farm land, they had little to eat aside from boiled peanuts (or "goober peas") which often served as an emergency ration, especially in Georgia.
Publication date on the earliest sheet music is 1866, published in New Orleans. The composer, perhaps humorously, is listed as P. Nutt.
Chorus • Peas, peas, peas, peas, • Eating goober peas; • Goodness, how delicious, • eating goober peas. • Peas, peas, peas, peas, • Eating goober peas; • Goodness, how delicious, • eating goober peas.
Verse 1 • Sitting by the roadside • on a summer's day • Chatting with my mess-mates, • 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. • Peas, peas, peas, peas, • Eating goober peas; • Goodness, how delicious, • eating goober peas.
Verse 2 • When a horse-man passes, • the soldiers have a rule • To cry out their loudest, • “Mister, here’s your mule!" • But another custom, • enchanting-er than these • Is wearing out your grinders, • eating goober peas.
Chorus • Peas, peas, peas, peas, • Eating goober peas; • Goodness, how delicious, • eating goober peas. • Peas, peas, peas, peas, • Eating goober peas; • Goodness, how delicious, • eating goober peas.
Verse 3 • 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 d'ya think he sees? • The Georgia Militia, • eating goober peas.
Chorus • Peas, peas, peas, peas, • Eating goober peas; • Goodness, how delicious, • eating goober peas. • Peas, peas, peas, peas, • Eating goober peas; • Goodness, how delicious, • eating goober peas.
Verse 4 • I think my song has lasted • almost long enough. • The subject's interesting, • but the rhymes are rough. • I wish the war was over, • so free from rags and fleas • We'd kiss our wives and sweethearts, • and gobble goober peas.
Chorus • Peas, peas, peas, peas, • Eating goober peas; • Goodness, how delicious, • eating goober peas. • Peas, peas, peas, peas, • Eating goober peas; • Goodness, how delicious, • eating goober peas.
Verse 5 – stanza of a prison song • But now we are in prison • and likely long to stay, • The Yankees they are guarding us, • no hope to get away; • Our rations they are scanty, • 'tis cold enough to freeze,— • I wish I was in Georgia, • eating goober peas.
Chorus from prison • Peas, peas, peas, peas, • Eating goober peas; • I wish I was in Georgia, • eating goober peas. • Peas, peas, peas, peas • Eating goober peas; • I wish I was in Georgia, • Eating goober peas.
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