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!
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