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Beans, beans musical fruit. (Original Post) Tobin S. May 2014 OP
The more you toot, frogmarch May 2014 #1
I didn't know where it came from. Tobin S. May 2014 #2
My dad used to sing that. Brigid May 2014 #4
I heard it back in the late '60s Art_from_Ark May 2014 #8
beans beans are good for your heart IcyPeas May 2014 #3
Haha OxQQme May 2014 #5
That's cute! My mom, born in 1915, told me that when she and her brother and sister marzipanni May 2014 #6
The first marine, he found a bean, parlez-vous marzipanni May 2014 #7
Milk does it for me, rudolph the red May 2014 #9
And burp! kentauros May 2014 #10
That scene makes anybody laugh sakabatou May 2014 #11

frogmarch

(12,256 posts)
1. The more you toot,
Sat May 10, 2014, 07:04 PM
May 2014

the better you feel, so let's eat beans at every meal.

(It's comforting to know that pre-hi tech ditty from the 1950s is still around.)

Tobin S.

(10,420 posts)
2. I didn't know where it came from.
Sat May 10, 2014, 07:08 PM
May 2014

I just remember from my step-dad saying it when we were kids. He is a child of the 50s.

OxQQme

(2,550 posts)
5. Haha
Mon May 12, 2014, 12:03 AM
May 2014

My Mom used to say she punctured each bean with a needle before soaking them.
"It lets the gas escape." she said.
Mom's know everything.

marzipanni

(6,012 posts)
6. That's cute! My mom, born in 1915, told me that when she and her brother and sister
Mon May 12, 2014, 07:15 PM
May 2014

were young children and the family had baked beans (they were from Boston environs) her mom would give each kid about 6 beans, and a toothpick. "Beans are hard to digest", she'd tell them, and they'd savor each molassesy bean.

marzipanni

(6,012 posts)
7. The first marine, he found a bean, parlez-vous
Mon May 12, 2014, 07:30 PM
May 2014

The second marine he cooked the bean, parlez-vous
The third marine, he ate the bean and *make Bronx cheer sound here* all over the submarine,
Hinky, Dinky Par-lez-vous!
I taught this to my then 7-year-old nephew which he appreciated, but his parents and grandparents did not.

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