{"id":28376,"date":"2026-01-05T22:22:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T22:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=28376"},"modified":"2026-01-16T20:26:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T20:26:54","slug":"eating-goober-peas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/eating-goober-peas\/","title":{"rendered":"Goober Peas"},"content":{"rendered":"
Goober Peas - Traditional, Historical\r\n \r\n(Civil War 1861-1865 era song sung by both sides.)\r\n \r\n \r\nC<\/span>                        F<\/span>            C<\/span>\r\nSitting by the roadside on a summer's day\r\nF<\/span>                 C<\/span>                  D7<\/span>   G<\/span>\r\nChatting with my mess-mates, passing time away\r\nC<\/span>                     F<\/span>             C<\/span>\r\nLying in the shadows underneath the trees\r\nF<\/span>              C<\/span>         G7<\/span>            C<\/span>\r\nGoodness, how delicious, eating Goober peas. \r\n \r\n \r\nC<\/span>            F<\/span>           G7<\/span>            C<\/span>\r\nPeas, peas, peas, peas,  Eating Goober peas\r\n F<\/span>            C<\/span>            G7<\/span>            C<\/span>\r\nGoodness, how delicious,   Eating goober peas. \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\nC<\/span>                           F<\/span>                 C<\/span>\r\nWhen a horse-man passes, the soldiers have a rule\r\n F<\/span>                C<\/span>                D7<\/span>           G<\/span>\r\nTo cry out their loudest, \"Mister, here's your mule!\"\r\nC<\/span>                   F<\/span>                   C<\/span>\r\nBut another custom, enchantinger than these \r\nF<\/span>                    C<\/span>               G7<\/span>     C<\/span>\r\nIs wearing out your grinders, eating Goober peas. \r\n{ CHORUS }<\/span> \r\n\r\n \r\nC<\/span>                             F<\/span>            C<\/span>\r\nJust before the battle, the General hears a row \r\nF<\/span>                        C<\/span>        D7<\/span>               G<\/span>\r\nHe says \"The Yanks are coming, I hear their rifles now.\" \r\nC<\/span>                               F<\/span>                  C<\/span>\r\nHe looks down the roadway, and what d'ya think he sees? \r\nF<\/span>             C<\/span>          G7<\/span>         C<\/span>\r\nThe Georgia Militia cracking Goober peas. \r\n \r\n \r\nC            F           G7            C\r\nPeas, peas, peas, peas,  Eating Goober peas\r\n F             C             G7            C\r\nGoodness, how delicious,   Eating Goober peas. \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\nC                           F         C\r\nI think my song has lasted just about enough. \r\nF               C                    D7               G\r\nThe subject is interesting, but the rhymes are mighty rough. \r\nC                            F                  C\r\nI wish the war was over, so free from rags and fleas \r\nF                           C                 G7            C\r\nWe'd kiss our wives and sweethearts, say good-bye to Goober peas. \r\n \r\n \r\nC           F             G7           C\r\nPeas, peas, peas, peas,  Eating Goober peas\r\n F             C           G7             C\r\nGoodness, how delicious,   Eating Goober peas. \r\n \r\n \r\nChord Summary:          C   F   C\r\n                        F   C   D7  G\r\n                        C   F   C\r\n                        F   C  G7  C\r\n \r\n                        C   F   G7  C\r\n                        F   C    G7 C<\/span><\/pre>\n
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Goober Peas – Traditional, Historical (Civil War 1861-1865 era song sung by both sides.) C F C Sitting by the roadside on a summer’s day F C D7 G Chatting with my mess-mates, passing time away C F C Lying in the shadows underneath the trees F C G7 C … CLICK TO VIEW SONGGoober Peas<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28376"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28545,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28376\/revisions\/28545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}