Hi there--and especially to Jerry Friedman who does indeed remember the same local versions as I do! How delightful. I was at Fairfax Elementary1971-76. And you?

I remember the rest of "Found a Peanut":

Went to heaven...
Kicked an angel... (or, slugged Saint Peter...)
Went "the other way"...
Kicked the devil...
Back to heaven...
Wouldn't take me...
---then, SOME kids went on with--
Back to earth...
Found a peanut...
The whole wretched thing could become a circle! I never heard it sung more than once through, though. Small mercies.

Hey, does anyone else remember this playground taunt -- let's say you want to embarass two other kids named Richard and Kathy:

Kathy loves Richard,
Sittin' in the tree,
K-I-S-S-I-N-G.
First comes love,
Then comes marriage,
Then comes Kathy with the baby carriage!
Suckin' her thumb,
Chewin' her pants,
Doin' the hootchy-kootchy dance!