 Peanut Vendor lyrics ( Red Nichols )   
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Artist : Red Nichols
Song : Peanut Vendor
THE PEANUT VENDOR (El Manisero)
Don
Azpiazu
English words by Marion Sunshine and
L. Wolfe Gilbert
music and Spanish words by
Moises Simons
Four versions charted in
1931: Don Azpiazu (#1); California
Ramblers
(#5); Red Nichols (#5); and Louis Armstrong
(#15)
Armstrong re-issued it in 1941 and hit #
25.
In Cuba, each merry maid
Wakes up
with this serenade
Peanuts! They’re nice and
hot
Peanuts! I sell alot
If you haven’t
got bananas, don’t be blue
Peanuts in a
little bag are calling you
Don’t waste them,
no tummy ache
You’ll taste them when you
awake
For at the very break of day
The
peanut vendor’s on his way
At dawning that
whistle blows
Through ev’ry city, town, and
country lane
You’ll hear him sing his
plaintive little strain
And as he goes by to
you he’ll say:
“Big jumbos, big double
ones
Come buy those peanuts roasted
today
Come try those freshly roasted
today!”
If you’re looking for a moral to
this song
Fifty million little monkeys can’t
be wrong
In Cuba, his smiling face
Is
welcome most ev’ry place
Peanuts! They hear
him cry
Peanuts! They all reply
If you’re
looking for an early morning treat
Get some
double jointed peanuts good to eat
For
breakfast or dinner time
For supper, most
anytime
A merry twinkle in his eye
He’s
got a way that makes you buy
Each morning that
whistle blows
The little children like to trail
along
They love to hear the peanut vendor’s
song
They all laugh with glee when he will
say
“They’re roasted, no tiny
ones
They’re toasted, peanuts in the
shell
Come buy some, I eat more than I
sell!”
If an apple keeps the doctor from
your door
Peanuts ought to keep him from you
ever more
In Cuba, each merry
maid
Wakes up with this serenade
Peanuts!
They’re nice and hot,
Peanuts! I sell
alot,
“Peanuts! We’ll meet
again
Peanuts! This street again
Peanuts!
You’ll eat again
Your peanut man.”
That
Peanut man’s gone.
From:
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