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THE PEANUT SONG

FOUND A PEANUT, FOUND A PEANUT
FOUND A PEANUT JUST NOW
I HAVE JUST NOW FOUND A PEANUT
FOUND A PEANUT JUST NOW

CRACKED IT OPEN, CRACKED IT OPEN
CRACKED IT OPEN JUST NOW
I HAVE JUST NOW CRACKED IT OPEN
CRACKED IT OPEN JUST NOW

FOUND IT ROTTEN, ETC.

ATE IT ANYWAY, ETC

GOT SICK, ETC.

CALLED THE DOCTOR, ETC.

SAID I WOULDN'T DIE, ETC.

DIED ANYWAY, ETC.

WENT TO ______, ETC.

SHOVELIN' COAL, ETC.

BURNED MY FINGER, ETC.

NEED SOME WATER, ETC.

Submitter comment: I LEARNED THIS SONG WHEN I WAS A GIRL SCOUT. IT WAS A GOOD SONG
TO SING WHEN WE WENT ON TRIPS, MAINLY BECAUSE OF ITS LENGTH.
SINCE IT IS SO LONG AND REPETITIOUS, THE FIRST LINE TO EACH
STANZA WILL ONLY BE LISTED AFTER THE SECOND STANZA. THEY ALL
FOLLOW THE SAME FORM AND MELODY. CO
I'M NOT SURE WHAT CAME AFTER THE LAST STANZA, BUT IT USUALLY
ENDED THERE WITH THE WORD "SPLASH".

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Emotion

Date learned: 12-00-1969

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