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>>>I still recall fondly this one from elementary school:
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>>>

>>>A Frog Went A-Courtin'
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>>>Frog went a courtin' and he did ride, uh-huh
>>>Frog went a courtin' and he did ride, uh-huh
>>>Frog went a courtin' and he did ride
>>>With a sword and a pistol by his side, uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh
>>>

>>>
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>>I remember the song 'Eatin Goober Peas' and 'The Erie Canal'
>
>Never heard of the first one. I was raised in upstate NY so the 2nd one I think I know. Is it the one about "fifteen miles on the Erie Canal" and something about "loading bales?" What part of the country did you go to school?
>
>Renoir

Southern Indiana. Take a look at http://www.indcanal.org/ It was the Wabash and Erie canal that kept that song in our schools for quite some time. As for Goober Peas my best guess it came from Civil War times, but was also sung in our school for some time. I dont think they sing it any more. You can see the versus of it at http://www.acronet.net/~robokopp/usa/gooberp.htm