MIRACLE FRUIT, ADDENDUM

I've had oodles of responses to the MIRACLE FRUIT posting. It's certainly mystifying which articles elicit comments.

I learned that some people recite the jingle as "the musical fruit" and "the magical fruit" rather than "the miracle fruit". "Musical" actually makes more sense than "miracle" or "magical", considering the "tooting"! My brother said, "You need to post the OTHER verses to the song." I had never heard additional verses.

Despite my reservations, here are some other verses:

"Beans, beans, they're good for your heart,
The more you eat, the more you fart,
The more you fart, the better you feel,
So, let's eat beans with every meal."

They get worse:

"Beans, beans, they give you gas,
They make you fart and burn your ass,
The more you eat, the more it hurts,
Slow down your eating to stop the squirts."

"Beans, beans, they're good for your heart,
The more you eat, the more you fart,
The more you fart, the more you eat,
The more you sit on the toilet seat."

The legacies of homespun poets like James Whitcomb Riley and Edgar Guest are obviously not threatened by the authors of these timeless rhymes.