Talk:Goober Peas

message: what are goober peas??????? - —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.151.166.77 (talk) 21:29, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It was popular enough in the North when I was a kid -- we sang it nearly every week in music class, in upstate New York.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.92.174.105 (talk) 21:12, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text:  i only heard the song in Georgia History class, in a film about the late unpleasantness between the states.72.184.228.91 (talk) 20:55, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: We sang it all the time when I was a boy (1960s) in Virginia and Southern Maryland. I still sing/hum it today. Its popularity may have dimmed with time, unfortunately. In my youth, everyone knew it. We sang it on hikes in the Scouts and among friends whenever we felt like it. Everyone knew it. 71.220.162.188 (talk) 16:06, 14 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  What are they? 

message: Why is this a link?
:Probably because in needs an article."Here's your Mule"/"Where's your mule?" was a famous Confederate catch-phrase during the Civil War, and is often noted in Civil War histories. It resulted in several Civil War songs, including "Here's Your Mule", "Turchin's Got Your Mule", and "How Are You? John Morgan", among others. It is also credited with contributing to General Bragg's failure to rally his troops at Missionary Ridge. TakeTheTable (talk) 23:29, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: And here I had thought the mule in question had been served a la cart72.184.228.91 (talk) 20:58, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Mister here's your mule" 

message: The exact song as written by Pindar and Nutt likely dates after the Civil War. However, the folk tradition appears older. The Rev W. F. Dunaway (formerly Captain, Co. I, 40th Virgina) heard a version while he was imprisoned at Johnson's Island in Ohio. See page 109 (Chapter XII) of his Reminiscences:
: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.
::Peas, peas, peas, peas,
::Eating goober peas;
:I wish I was in Georgia, eating goober peas.
:::—Stanza of a Prison Song.
*Dunaway, Wayland Fuller. Reminiscences of a Rebel. New York: The Neale Publishing Company (1913).
TakeTheTable (talk) 05:28, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Prison version 

message: By the way, Blackmar, the 1866 publisher, is likeley having fun with the names "P. Nutt" and "A. Pindar"—"Peanut" and "A Pindar"—he knows it's a folk song. That's my guess. TakeTheTable (talk) 05:50, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: P. Nutt, A. Pindar

message: I have noticed the song a few times now while watching old TV shows and searched to learn more about it; i then found a ref for MASH and thought to add a couple shows that i remember it being in, but I'm unsure of formatting for ref/bibliography, but hopefully someone reads this and it helps.
In an episode of M*A*S*H "Comrades in Arms" (S6E12), Hawkeye can be heard singing the chorus to himself and explaining to Margaret that it was "an old Civil War marching song".
In an episode of Parks and Recreation "Article Two" (S05E19), during a contest to actually live like a Pawnean from 1817 Garth Blundin (played by Patton Oswalt) can be heard singing a line while pushing a hoop.
In an episode of Son of the Beach "Penetration Island" (S03E01), each member of the unit votes for themselves instead of the others then they group hug and walk off singing the chorus.
https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/view_episode_scripts.php?tv-show=mash&episode=s06e12
https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/view_episode_scripts.php?tv-show=parks-and-recreation&episode=s05e19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNdmPR9wrNI&feature=youtu.be&t=2166
2601:1C0:4F00:4C70:3129:99CA:E7D8:785A (talk) 01:11, 21 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Possible update to "popular culture"