Dang I love Goober Peas. My sister found the lyrics & music in an old elementary school reader that we had found. Since she and I didn't read music (we were 10 and 11 years old, respectively) she made up her own tune...which spookily enough is SO similar to the ACTUAL tune, it sounds like a variant. Anyway, we memorized it and used to sing it together for for family and relatives. BTW this is the same sister who won't sing with me on HearMe because she claims to have a "lousy voice." Sigh. Love the song! Although I only lived there a few months, I WAS born in Georgia, so that makes me an official grinder-wearin'-outter goober grabber!

When I was 11, I began a 3-4 year personal study of the Civil War. I especially loved the music. My favs are:

Cheer Boys Cheer
A Life on a Vicksburg Bluff
Grafted Him Into The Army
Stoneway Jackson's Way
We Are Coming, Father Abram
Marching Along (YES!)
Rose of Alabama (great song for all you banjo pickers)
Marching Through Georgia
Lily Dale
Lorena is good, but I was never into it as much as the others. Usually I was bored by the depressing ones, though I do like "All Quiet Along The Potomac Tonight". The version I had was from an old record, and they combined Taps into the tune at the end. Very moving.

--Matt