Martial Music, War for Southern Independence: Goob LbNA #65468
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Add Location| Owner: | Connfederate  |
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| Plant date: | Aug 9, 2013 |
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| City: | Coventry |
| County: | Tolland |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | mamooshatoots (now Stamper) |
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| Last found: | Mar 31, 2024 |
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| Last edited: | Mar 14, 2019 |
Martial Music, War for Southern Independence:
Goober Peas
(One in an occasionally expanding series…)
More Humor in Uniform
“Goober Peas”
Anonymous
Sittin' by the roadside on a summer's day,
Chattin' with my messmates, 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!
When a horseman passes, the soldiers have a rule
To cry out at their loudest "Mister, here's your mule!"
But still another pleasure enchantinger than these
Is wearing out your grinders, eating goober peas!
CHORUS
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 do you think he sees?
The Georgia Militia, eating goober peas!
CHORUS
I think my song had lasted almost long enough!
The subject's interesting, but rhymes are mighty rough!
I wish this war was over, when free from rags and fleas,
We'd kiss our wives and sweethearts and goble [sic] goober peas!
CHORUS
From the Poetry and Music of the War Between the States website: http://www.civilwarpoetry.org/confederate/songs/goober.html
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“The “goober peas” of this extremely popular confederate camp song are plain old-fashioned peanuts. In the waning days of the war, Johnny Reb subsisted on increasingly short rations. For long stretches of time, his diet might consist soley of “goobers”—which wasn’t very good for the digestion but helped produce one of the best songs of the Civil War.
There is no record of the song having been published during the war, the first editions appearing in 1866, crediting the words to “A. Pindar, Esq.” and the music to “P. Nutt, Esq.” Every Southerner immediately recognized the names as obvious pseudonyms for “goobers.”
From: “Songs of the Civil War” by Irwin Silber, Columbia University Press 1960; p. 168.
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Follow the link (cut and paste) to listen to “Goober Peas” as performed by the excellent 2nd South Carolina String Band. I’ve had the privilege of listening, and even dancing to them at a number of Civil War Re-enactments over the years:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qew8L32hqD8
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BYOInk: there is no pen, bring a brown stamp pad or marker.
Letterbox Difficulty Rating:
Difficulty Rating = 1.0
Terrain Rating = 3.0
Thanx to Silent Doug; see: www.letterboxing.info/rating/
All directions are magnetic and a pace equals two (2) steps.
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Clues:
From US Rte. 6 turn onto the Hop River Rd. Park along the road near the yellow gates guarding the entrance to the Hop River Rail Trail.
Head East passing Ol’ Blue Light's bivouac, continue on going under Pucker St. and past Beauty Stuart’s bivouac, March Through Georgia, then Jine the Cavalry! (if you have not already). As you approach a tunnel under a road (ahead in the distance), you will notice a bend in the river down the hill on the right of the trail. Stop and look left across the trail and you will see a stout fence post on a hillock under a couple of oaks. It is as fine a place for wearing out your grinders eating goobers as could be had; your peanut is behind the post under a SPOS.
Please stamp in away from the hiding place, and carefully avoid making or at least try to conceal social trails to the letterbox--especially in mud or snow! Kindly reseal the Lock-n-Lock type box, and re-hide the letterbox exactly where it was placed, covering it well and contact the placer if you find any problems.
Thank you, Connfederate
Hike length: 1-2 miles
Goober Peas
(One in an occasionally expanding series…)
More Humor in Uniform
“Goober Peas”
Anonymous
Sittin' by the roadside on a summer's day,
Chattin' with my messmates, 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!
When a horseman passes, the soldiers have a rule
To cry out at their loudest "Mister, here's your mule!"
But still another pleasure enchantinger than these
Is wearing out your grinders, eating goober peas!
CHORUS
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 do you think he sees?
The Georgia Militia, eating goober peas!
CHORUS
I think my song had lasted almost long enough!
The subject's interesting, but rhymes are mighty rough!
I wish this war was over, when free from rags and fleas,
We'd kiss our wives and sweethearts and goble [sic] goober peas!
CHORUS
From the Poetry and Music of the War Between the States website: http://www.civilwarpoetry.org/confederate/songs/goober.html
___________________________________________________________
“The “goober peas” of this extremely popular confederate camp song are plain old-fashioned peanuts. In the waning days of the war, Johnny Reb subsisted on increasingly short rations. For long stretches of time, his diet might consist soley of “goobers”—which wasn’t very good for the digestion but helped produce one of the best songs of the Civil War.
There is no record of the song having been published during the war, the first editions appearing in 1866, crediting the words to “A. Pindar, Esq.” and the music to “P. Nutt, Esq.” Every Southerner immediately recognized the names as obvious pseudonyms for “goobers.”
From: “Songs of the Civil War” by Irwin Silber, Columbia University Press 1960; p. 168.
___________________________________________________________
Follow the link (cut and paste) to listen to “Goober Peas” as performed by the excellent 2nd South Carolina String Band. I’ve had the privilege of listening, and even dancing to them at a number of Civil War Re-enactments over the years:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qew8L32hqD8
___________________________________________________________
BYOInk: there is no pen, bring a brown stamp pad or marker.
Letterbox Difficulty Rating:
Difficulty Rating = 1.0
Terrain Rating = 3.0
Thanx to Silent Doug; see: www.letterboxing.info/rating/
All directions are magnetic and a pace equals two (2) steps.
___________________________________________________________
Clues:
From US Rte. 6 turn onto the Hop River Rd. Park along the road near the yellow gates guarding the entrance to the Hop River Rail Trail.
Head East passing Ol’ Blue Light's bivouac, continue on going under Pucker St. and past Beauty Stuart’s bivouac, March Through Georgia, then Jine the Cavalry! (if you have not already). As you approach a tunnel under a road (ahead in the distance), you will notice a bend in the river down the hill on the right of the trail. Stop and look left across the trail and you will see a stout fence post on a hillock under a couple of oaks. It is as fine a place for wearing out your grinders eating goobers as could be had; your peanut is behind the post under a SPOS.
Please stamp in away from the hiding place, and carefully avoid making or at least try to conceal social trails to the letterbox--especially in mud or snow! Kindly reseal the Lock-n-Lock type box, and re-hide the letterbox exactly where it was placed, covering it well and contact the placer if you find any problems.
Thank you, Connfederate
Hike length: 1-2 miles