Glory, Glory, How Peculiar

DESCRIPTION: Various silly verses to the "John Brown" tune, e.g. "One slick snake slid up the stake, the other slick snake slid down." Or, "Mine eyes have seen.. He is wearing pink pajamas." Chorus: "Glory, glory, how peculiar (x3)," with the last line from the verse
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1988 (Pankake/Pankake-PrairieHomeCompanionFolkSongBook)
KEYWORDS: humorous wordplay derivative
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Pankake/Pankake-PrairieHomeCompanionFolkSongBook, p. 106, "Glory, Glory, How Peculiar" (1 text)
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, p. 130, "([One] Blue beetle was bleeding blood)" (notes only)
DT, GLORYPEC*
RECORDINGS:
Judy Cook, "How Peculiar" (Piotr-Archive #379, recorded 12/07/2022)
ALTERNATE TITLES:
One Slick Snake
File: DPio379

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