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Posted By: Jack Horntip
18-Feb-25 - 08:46 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Hot Nuts (Bawdy)
Subject: RE: Origins: Hot Nuts (Bawdy)
HOT PEANUTS
Henry Lee, from Tennessee, Was nothing but a business man And at business he was grand; He bought himself a peanut stand; Henry Lee was every wise, One of those guys that loves to advertise, So when you'd pass him by, You'd hear Henry cry:
Hot nuts, hot nuts, Does anybody here want hot nuts? Hot nuts, hot nuts, I'm telling you, they're grand; Go get them hot, the way you should, 'Cause we all know, cold nuts are no good, Hot nuts, hot nuts, Go get them from the peanut man.
Hot nut, hot nuts, I'm telling you they're grand; Go get them from the peanut man, 'Cause that's what makes the peanut stand. You ask me why the whistle blew; If you had hot nuts you'd whistle too; Hot nuts, hot nuts, Go get them from the peanut man.
c1933. The Wrecks. p.24. Inscription date of July 21, 1934 on one copy of this book. So this is text is prior to that date.