Talk:Beans, Beans, the Musical Fruit

message: I realize this is a ubiquitous song for some Americans, particularly from a certain era.  But is it really relevant enough to have its own article?  What's more, even if a number of editors vote yes here, it still does not have any verifiable sourcing or references from reliable outside publications.  I guess what I'm saying is, if there really is a will to include a slightly blue children's song about flatulence in Wikipedia, can those who share it most strongly at least properly source this article?  That would make it easier to defend as an article.NYDCSP 00:29, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The article is highly relevant because so many people heard that song when they were young, and would like to know something about it. Sourcing it to your satisfaction may be completely impossible, the song could have been made up by a cowboy in 1872, and then spread like wildfire across the nation, uncredited.  Or maybe a British soldier made it up in the trenches in late 1917, and an American soldier repeated it when he got home. Don't hurt yourself now, trying to find out where it originated or whether it's copyrighted. 70.248.201.56 20:05, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Relevance and sourcing

message: I've seen a T-shirt with the text, "Beans: the magical fruit" on it. Should that be added to the section on the bottom or put in somewhere? That's actually the first time I read the phrase. Kennard2 06:08, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  T-shirt 

message: The melody of this song seems to have been taken from a Philippine folk song called "Sitsiritsit alibangbang"(see for example  and ). Does anyone have an idea of the origin of the "beans" version? --Polaron | Talk 13:58, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I would argue that it has no melody, merely a meter 24.205.64.27 (talk) 06:09, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Melody  

message: While it is not an agreed guideline per se, the essay WP:"In popular culture" articles suggests, "'In popular culture' sections should be carefully maintained and contain sourced examples demonstrating a subject's cultural significance." Such sections tend to grow heavy with unsourced original research if not pruned. I would suggest that the current "Popular culture references" section is problematic in that in includes only one reference, and there is no clear rationale for including the other items in it (nor excluding other instances). Cnilep (talk) 15:55, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Popular culture" section 

message: I was surprised to see that of all the lyrics listed, they all ended in "so lets eat beans for every meal" or "so we eat beans for every meal". Wherever I've heard the song sung, whether on cartoons or from friends when I was a kid, the last line is always "beans, beans, for every meal". It just doesn't make sense to sing it any other way. I mean, the song begins with the line "Beans, beans" and then every subsequent line rhymes with the last, so it only makes sense to close it with the "Beans, beans" refrain.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.97.37.79 (talk) 13:20, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lyrics 

message: I am fairly sure that this originates from 17th Century graffiti in the UK, I would like to see origin included here (along with the original examples (which were all 'heart' rather than 'fruit'.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lord Manley (talk • contribs) 16:58, 21 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origin 

message: As you might already know, Beans, Beans, the magical fruit goes by many different names. Could someone please add them to the article?
Here are some:
Magical
Musical  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.85.219.4 (talk) 17:30, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Different Names 

message: In the UK, I've only ever heard this 'beans, beans, good for your heart / The more you eat, the more you fart'. I was surprised not to find it mentioned on the page. For reference, "beans good for your heart" gets 122,000 hits on google compared to "beans the musical fruit" which has 12,000 - only about 10% as many.
(I've tended to assume the USA version is a sanitised alternative) 82.41.9.78 (talk) 12:52, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it could be added if there's some reputable web page out there that uses those lyrics to cite. As above, my insistence on using e.g. n-grams to justify mentioning the lyrics "the magical fruit" was rejected unilaterally by , not necessarily wrongly, but this page hardly has enough editors interested to reach a consensus beyond a vote of say... 2:1. A third party reference is needed to cite possible new lyrics additions without controversy . Cheers -- Crawdaunt (talk) 14:20, 5 March 2023 (UTC)

text: We have the "good for your heart" version in the US too, but we treat it as a second "verse". Kids would recite that version after the "musical/magical fruit" version, but avoid doing so in the earshot of teachers. We also had the following variation as our second "verse".
Beans, beans are good for your heart,
The more you eat, the more you fart,
The more you fart, the more you stink.
......(awkward pause of about 5-10 seconds)
Beans, beans are good for your heart.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.72.202.223 (talk) 15:47, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Good for your heart