Jolly Neighbor

DESCRIPTION: "A man who has some good peanuts, And giveth his neighbor none" will in turn be given no peanuts when his own run out. "Oh, won't it be joyful... when his good peanuts are gone." Similarly, he will have no joy when he is out of soda crackers or shortcake
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1928 (Rodeheaver-SociabilitySongs)
KEYWORDS: food nonballad revenge
FOUND IN: US(So) Ireland
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 62, "The man who has plenty of good tobacco" (1 text)
Arnold-FolkSongsofAlabama, p. 71, "Jolly Neighbor" (1 text, 1 tune)
Rodeheaver-SociabilitySongs, p. 4, "Peanut Song" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #5116 and 25496
File: Arno071

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