Lyrics
(Traditional chant)
Peas and the rice, peas and the rice,
Peas and the rice, done, done, done, done,
Peas and the rice,
Peas and the rice, done, done, done, done,
New rice and okra, eat some and left some,
New rice and okra, eat some and left some,
Peas and the rice,
Peas and the rice, done, done, done, done
See also
- chants
- songs/chants about food
- songs/chants with sixteenth-eighth-sixteenth note patterns
- source:Â Echoes of Africa in folk songs of the Americas, Beatrice Landeck, David McKay Company, Inc., 1961
- Notated chant (PDF)
