Beans, Beans, the Musical Fruit

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"Beans, Beans, The Musical Fruit" (alternately "Beans, Beans, good for your heart") is a playground saying and children's song about how beans cause flatulence (i.e. farting). [1]

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The basis of the song (and bean/fart humor in general) is the high amount of oligosaccharides present in beans. Bacteria in the large intestine digest these sugars, producing carbon dioxide, hydrogen, and methane. [2]

Lyrics

Beans, beans, the musical fruit
The more you eat, the more you toot
The more you toot, the happier you feel.
So eat your beans with every meal! [3]

Alternate lyrics include:

Beans, 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! [4] [5]

In an episode of Rocko's Modern Life, Heffer Wolfe randomly sings "Beans, beans, they're good for your heart. The more you eat, the more you-only to get cut off.

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