Goober Peas
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'''"Goober Peas"''' is a traditional [[folk music|folk song]] mostly known in the [[Southern United States]]. It was popular with [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] soldiers during the [[American Civil War]], and is still sung frequently in the South to this day. It is frequently covered by pop singer [[Elton John]] during live shows, though has yet to appear in any of his studio releases. It has also been sung by [[Burl Ives]], [[Tennessee Ernie Ford]] and [[The Kingston Trio]].
The lyrics of "Goober Peas" are a fairly accurate description of daily life during the last few years of the Civil War for Southerners. 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 (U.S. state)|Georgia]].
Publication date on the earliest sheet music is 1866, published by A. E. Blackmar in New Orleans.{{Fact|date=September 2007}}
==Lyrics==
:''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''2x
: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, where's your mule!"
:But another custom, enchanting-er than these
:Is wearing out your grinders, 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. (Note: In some versions, "The [[Tennessee Militia]]" is sung instead.)
:''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.
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=====tags=====
{{Unreferenced|date=February 2008}}
[[Category:American folk songs]]
[[Category:Songs of the American Civil War]]
[[Category:Georgia (U.S. state) in the American Civil War]]
[[Category:Burl Ives songs|Goober Peas]]
[[Category:Songs about the military]]