Hinky Dinky

[Page Stephens]

I first heard a variant of that as a poem back in the 1950s.

It went as follows.

The first marine found the bean.
The second marine cooked the bean.
The third marine ate the bean
And blew a hole in the submarine.

Page Stephens

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From: "Mark A. Mandel" <mamandel at LDC.UPENN.EDU>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 12:16 PM
Subject: Re: Hinky Dinky


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> "Jonathan Lighter" asks
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>>PS: Am still looking for folk-transmitted versions of "Hinky Dinky."
>
> I'm sure you already have this one:
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> The first Marine found the beans, parlay-voo,
> The second Marine cooked the beans, parlay-voo,
> The third Marine ate the beans
> And shitted all over the submarines,
> Hinky Dinky parlay-voo.
>
>
> -- Mark A. Mandel
> [This text prepared with Dragon NaturallySpeaking, mostly. I have an
> officemate.]