Happy Land (I Want Some Peas)

DESCRIPTION: "I want some peas and I want some rice, Oh Happy Land, I want some pretty girl to be my wife, Oh Happy Land."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1962 (Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore5)
KEYWORDS: playparty courting
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore5, p. 539, "Happy Land" (1 short text, 1 tune)
NOTES [37 words]: The current description is the whole of the Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore5 fragment. Although I suspect this to be part of another game song, the short Brown text is too brief to allow identification. - RBW
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File: BrS5539

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