Here’s a reader submission first heard in Rowland Heights, CA in 1981. Sung to the tune of “Snoopy vs the Red Baron” by the Royal Guardsmen:
10, 20, 30, 40, 50 or more
(name here) cut a fart in the grocery store
80 men died when they tried to flee
the smelliest fart in history.
I love this one! Did you know one like it?
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My babysitter in the mid 70's, Cleveland Ohio taught me this, it was supposed to be about her brother
10 20 30 40 50 and more
Marty (her brother) blew a fartie in the grocery store
Old man Don (their dad) tried to hold his breath
Marty blew another and killed the rest.
10 20 30 40 50 or more
(——-) let a big one and blew us out the door
the seats are in tatters, the engine fell apart,
all because of (—–) and his supersonic farts!
(Heard in northern california in the late 70s)
How about this odorous little diddy?
Artie Marty threw a party and all the farts where there
Inky Pinky blew a stinky and they all ran out for air!
I remember variants of this from the early to mid 1970s. The most common was “10 20 30 40 50 or more, (name) cut a fart in the Liquor Store”, but I don’t remember the rest of it. A variant I started was “10 20 30 40 50 or more, they’re selling fried farts at the Liquor Store.”
Found this site in the attempt to remember how the original went.
10 20 30 40 50 or more
Someone cut a fart in the grocery store
80 men died trying to hold their breath
Then he cut another one and killed off all the rest
Here’s the version I learned as a child in the late ’70’s.
Ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty or more,
(Insert name) let a biggun in the grocery store.
Killed ten men holding their breath.
Let another biggun and killed the rest.
Here is the way we used to sing it as kids:
10 20 30 40 50 or more
Snoopy blew a fart in the grocery store Old man died cuz he couldn’t hold his breath
So Snoopy blew another one to top off the rest.
SW Pa., early 70’s:
10 20 30 40 50 or more
(Name) cut a fart in the grocery store
80 men died trying to hold their breath
(Name) stood up and said “Oooh that’s fresh!”
Louisville KY, early 80s:
10 20 30 40 50 or more
(Name) cut a fart in the grocery store
80 men died trying to hold their breath
(Name) let another one and killed the rest