A couple of versions of the classic, going back to at least the 1950s, and I'd venture a guess that they go back further:
From Brent B via Kay Shapero:
Beans, beans the musical fruit
The more you eat the more you toot
The more you toot the better you feel
So eat them beans for every meal
Southern California, '70s
From Rachel Force via Kay:
Beans, beans
They're good for the heart
The more you eat, the more you fart
The more you fart the better you feel
So eat beans with every meal!
Minnesota, circa 1990s
Kids in the UK expanded a bit more, accordion to Iona Opie in the 70s:
Beans, Beans, are good for your heart
beans, beans, make you fart
apple crumble makes you rumble
custard powder makes it louder
Hello,
ReplyDeleteThis post has reminded me of another wind-related rhyme (though not connected with beans) from my primary school days in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England (between 1985 and 1992). Apologies if it has already been posted elsewhere on the site.
Incidentally, the first four lines were also used in the first Austin Powers film, if I recall correctly.
Said after belching (or occasionally farting):
Pardon me for being so rude,
It was not me, it was my food.
Usually, the following lines were also added:
It just popped up to say hello,
But now it's gone back down below.
and/or:
If it were to cross my heart,
It surely would have been a fart.
iknow this one
ReplyDeleteApple Crumble makes me rumble,
Makes my heart go 2, 4, 6, 8
Not because your dirty,
Not because your clean
Not because you kissed a boy behind a magazine
Apple Crumble makes me rumble,
ReplyDeleteMakes my heart go 2, 4, 6, 8
Not because your dirty,
Not because your clean
Not because you kissed a boy behind a magazine
Hey boy u wanna fight here comes Natasha with her knickers on tights.
She can walk.
She can talk,I bet she cannot do it with here eyes wide shut
Apple crumble makes me rumble,
Deletemakes my heart go 2,4,6,8
not beacuse your dirty,
not beacuse your clean,
not beacuse you kissed a boy behind a magazine
hey boy want a fight,here come .....with her knickers on tight
she can walk,she can talk,she can do anything
but can she do it with her eyes shut ....
I only heard the fist 2 lines of this in the mid 1970's on Long Island
ReplyDeleteI heard from my dad
ReplyDeleteBeans beans, the magical fruit
The more you eat the more you toot
The more you toot the better you feel
So let's have beans for every meal!
Boston, Mass. 1960's
Beans, beans, they're horrible stuff
ReplyDeleteThe more you eat, the more you fluff
The more you fluff, the more you eat
The more you sit on the toilet seat
(I made this one up and sang it to my friends at school and they cracked up)
Another Michigan schoolyard song from the sixties.
ReplyDeletebeans, beans, the musical fruit
the more you eat the more you toot
the more you toot the better you feel
so let's have beens with every meal!
Beans beans good for your heart
ReplyDeleteThe more you eat the more you fart
The more you fart the more you eat
The more you sit on the toilet seat
If you don't have any toilet paper
Just use your finger as a scrapper
Another variation on the theme from western Oregon in the late 1960s:
ReplyDeleteDaddy ate some beans
The beans were loaded
Daddy went to bed
The beans exploded
Off went the covers, off went the sheet
Fifty yard dash to the toilet seat
The very next day on the radio was heard
Eskimo killed by a flying turd
I first heard this as:
ReplyDeleteBeans, beans
The musical fruit
The more you eat
The more you toot
The more you toot
The better you feel
Makes you wish they had
Taste appeal
I'm from SE Massachusetts
A version that was passed down in my family from my dad (who was born in the 50s in Indiana). Probably the cleanest, and dumbest, bean joke.
ReplyDeleteBeans, beans, make a musical stew.
The more you eat, the more you chew.
The more you chew, the more you swallow,
To fill that great big empty hollow.