My grandfather was from Kentucky. I was trying to find a recording of this little ditty to share with my son. In the 1950s Grandpa sang these lyrics while bouncing his grandchildren on his knees. Similar to some of the others, his version was:

Little boy sittin’ on a burnin’ deck
Eatin’ goobers by the peck.
Father called him,
He would not go,
‘Cuz he loved them goobers so.

His unique twist was that at the end, he bounced the child higher and then dropped them a bit between his knees and said, “Poop poop.” We thought it was hilarious.