The Peach Song is a song sung by Ewell Freestone in the episode "The Great Simpsina". It was written by Matt Warburton. With the exception of Ewell, everyone seems to find the song rather obnoxious, as Bart becomes impatient with Ewell singing it after only the first verse. Both Bart and Lisa convey that the thought of having to listen to the song for an extended period of time is unbearable as they resort to plugging their ears with peaches to drown it out.
Lyrics[]
- Ewell Freestone:
- Oh, the year's first peach is a juicy peach! And he sings a happy tune!
- And the year's second peach is a grouchy peach; more like a prune!
- Now the year's third peach is a God-fearin' peach; does what The Good Book tells him!
- And the year's fourth peach is a moldy peach! Shame on the man that sells him!
- Now the year's fifth peach is a fuzzy peach! Its kisses are quite ticklish!
- And the year's sixth peach is a brining peach! It tastes so fine and picklish!
- And the year's seventh peach is a learn-ed peach! It's workin' on a novel!
- But the year's eighth peach is a real proud peach! You'll never see it grovel!
- Oh the year's ninth peach is a tough old peach, but he'll make a hardy stew!
- And the year's tenth peach is a rotten peach! Take a whiff. PEE-YEW!
Trivia[]
- Ewell seems determined to recite as many verses of the song as possible to anyone visiting the orchard, regardless of whether they want to hear it or not. This is made evident by the fact that he continues to sing the song to Bart and Lisa even after they take measures to avoid listening to it. He even goes so far as to follow them around the orchard. This could be due to the fact that he finds life on the orchard boring and has nothing better to do or it could simply indicate that he's too oblivious to notice anyone showing a negative reaction to the song. The latter theory can be supported by the fact that while reciting the second verse, he emerges from a woodchipper, and while reciting the third, he seems to be undisturbed by a crow pecking at his left eye.
- Ewell claims that he has never run out of verses while singing the song. Considering Ewell is a country boy who seems to be quite familiar with harvesting peaches, it is likely that he often spends hours picking peaches on the family orchard. This of course would imply that the song has hundreds of verses. However, since Ewell presumably wrote The Peach Song himself, he probably just adds new verses whenever he gets to the end.
- It is certain that the song contains at least 6 verses, as that is the number of verses Ewell attempts to recite during the credits of the episode. However, the audience never gets to hear the 6th verse, as Ewell is cut off just as he begins to sing it.
- It is possible that Matt Warburton wanted to add more verses to the song, but was forced to settle for 5 (the 6th being prematurely interrupted), due to the length of the credits.
- Ewell Freestone is portrayed by voice actor Jack McBrayer, known (among other roles) for playing Wander in the animated series Wander Over Yonder, who ironically also plays the banjo.
- According to the credits, the instrumental remix of the song (chosen as the background music for the montage where The Simpson Family continues to make use of their many harvested peaches) is called "Peaches for All" and was composed by Alf Clausen.