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Nicole Singer: “A summer camp song learned from land friends, with some lyrics rewritten with my shipmates aboard the schooner Mystic Whaler. When you know only part of a song and need to finish singing it without internet access, you make up the next verses. As a result, the food theme takes a distinct maritime turn.” A web page from Ohio State University attributes the song to an unknown author from that college’s Men’s Glee Club, in the 1890s, with different verses but a similar format.
Nicole Singer: https://nicolesinger.bandcamp.com/track/good-peanuts
https://nicolesinger.bandcamp.com/track/good-peanuts
He who shall have any good peanuts And giveth his neighbor none He shan’t have any of my good peanuts When his good peanuts are gone Oh won’t it be joyful, joyful, joyful Oh won’t it be joyfull when his [soft sweet soda crackers and his] good peanuts are gone Soft sweet soda crackers Rich ripe round strawberry shortcake Guaranteed to be heard over one mile of water for small power boats, sixty-five feet or shorter?horn Carhartt 100% cotton guaranteed not to rip or tear double-fronted triple-stitched flannel-lined pants