A Peanut Sat The Railroad Track

A Peanut Sat on The Railorad Track

A Peanut Sat On the Railroad Track

Traditional Children's Song; Melody of Polly Wolly Doodle

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CATEGORY: Children's Bluegrass Songs 

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RECORDING INFO: All the Pretty Little Horses


FLOATING LYRICS: "Boom! Boom! Ain't it great to be crazy?" 

RELATED TO: "Boom! Boom! Ain't it great to be crazy?"; "Polly Wolly Doodle"

OTHER NAMES: "Peanut Sat";

SOURCES: Mudcat forum; Folk Index

NOTES: "A Peanut Sat on a Railroad Track" is an excerpt from "Boom! Boom! Ain't it great to be crazy?" "Peanut Sat" is sung to the Polly Wolly Doodle Melody. 
 

A Peanut Sat on a Railroad Track
Tune: Polly Wolly Doodle

A peanut sat
On a railroad track,
His heart was all a-flutter,

Round the bend
Came number ten.
Toot! Toot! Peanut butter!
SQUISH!