Beau - "Hold My Peanuts"

This song has quite a history. In fact, its a true lost work (some might say it should have stayed that way!)

I wrote "Hold My Peanuts" in the mid-90s and demoed it solely for registration purposes. Then something happened - I don't know what or why - but both the recording and the lyric sheet went missing.

I have books of completed songs and a huge clip of unfinished snippets accumulated over time. Several years back, I remembered the song's existence and looked everywhere for it but couldn't find it; then, shortly before Christmas 2008, I found both the lyric and the MiniDisc demo in amongst a bunch of totally unrelated papers in the loft.

So enjoy! It's a subtle little thing. You don't get quality like this all the time

One footnote: last December I circulated the song amongst a select group of friends just as a small Christmas present and a way of saying thanks for their support.

In February, I heard "Hold My Peanuts" was being sung in an Adelaide folk club no doubt after a few tinnies! Thats the way with folk music

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