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Thread #119800   Message #2604037
Posted By: Jim Dixon
03-Apr-09 - 02:07 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Whoever Shall Have Some Good Peanuts
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Whoever Shall Have Some Good Peanuts
Sam Hinton's recording of WHOEVER SHALL HAVE SOME GOOD PEANUTS is on his album "Whoever Shall Have Some Good Peanuts (And Other Folk Songs for Children)" (Smithsonian Folkways CD 45062, 2006).

The song and the album are available for download (for a price) at Smithsonian Folkways.

I listened to some sound samples, and heard this:

Whoever shall have some good peanuts and giveth his neighbor none,
Then he can't have any of my good peanuts when his good peanuts are gone.
Oh, won't it be joyful, joyful, joyful,
Oh, won't it be joyful, when his good peanuts are gone?

Whoever shall have some Girl-Scout cookies and giveth his neighbor none,
Then he can't have any of my Girl-Scout cookies when his Girl-Scout cookies are gone.
Oh, won't it be joyful, joyful, joyful,
Oh, won't it be joyful, when his Girl-Scout cookies and his good peanuts are gone?

Whoever shall have some double-decker chocolate ice-cream cones and giveth his neighbor none,
Then he can't have any of my double-decker chocolate....



Cathy Fink sings WHOEVER SHALL HAVE SOME GOOD PEANUTS on her CD "When the Rain Comes Down," Rounder Records, 1988.

The same song appears on Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer's DVD "Cathy & Marcy's Song Shop" (2006).

A generous sound sample at Cathy & Marcy's web site shows that their version follows the tune and structure of Hinton's, but their food items are:

1. Good peanuts
2. Chocolate chip cookies
3. A delicious thick-crusted double-cheese pizza
4. ...?