I'm singing "Goober Peas" and I think that this is some kind of insult, but I don't get it.
2006-06-16 03:28:34 · 4 answers · asked by Stylus Happenstance 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
I'm not certain, about the origin, although there is another period song with that very title. It's about a farmer who comes into camp, and his mule gets swiped. The phrase turned into "good natured" insult.
2006-06-16 05:39:53 · answer #1 · answered by aboukir200 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I believe the phrase is "Mister, where's your mule?" The song goes - Sitting by the roadside on a summer's day. Chatting with my mess-mates passing time away. Lying in the shadows, underneath a tree. Goodness how delicious, eating goober peas. Peas peas peas peas, eating goober peas. When a horseman passes, the soldiers have a rule. To cry out their loudest, "Mister, WHERE'S your mule." But another pleasure, enchantinger than these is wearing out your grinders eating goober peas. peas, peas, peas, peas, eating goober peas. (FYI goober peas are peanuts.)
2006-06-16 04:45:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i guess its hard to lose a mule but the man is stupid enough to lose it
or your just giving back a mule u barod
2006-06-16 04:33:01 · answer #3 · answered by jredfearn08 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont know.I'm still trying to figure out "I gotta see a man about a dog."
2006-06-16 03:33:48 · answer #4 · answered by T-Bone W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋