History Main / BawdySong

* Oblivion has "A Less Rude Song". Someone transcribed it at http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:A_Less_Rude_Song
** And [[http://www.imperial-library.info/content/rude-song the song it's less rude than]] appeared in Daggerfall, an earlier game in the Elder Scrolls series.

* Subverted in EvanDorkin's ''ComicBook/FunWIthMilkAndCheese'', in the renaissance fair episode, which has Milk and Cheese singing their "Lusty Drinking Song":

* Subverted in EvanDorkin's MilkAndCheese, in the renaissance fair episode, which has Milk and Cheese singing their "Lusty Drinking Song":

* And then on RoundTheHorne there was Kenneth Williams' character of Rambling Syd Rumpo, an itinerant folk singer of questionable old English ballads packed with double entendre and general murkiness.

* In the movie ''HeartbreakRidge'' ClintEastwood's platoon sing ''Model T Ford and a tankful of gas, mouthful of pussy and a handful of ass!" while jogging past their stuck-up CO, Major Powers, who is standing next to a female marine. She is a good deal more amused than he is.

Many bawdy songs are themselves trope-laden, being replete with stereotyped characters, "wardrobe malfunctions", slapstick and cliches. Many are also examples of [[SatireParodyPastiche pastiche and parody]] or possibly FanFic, being set to the tune of "real" folk songs, pop songs etc.: for example, "Irian Jaya" to the tune of "Mull of Kintyre," "Masturbation" to "Alouette," "Incest is Best" and "Bestiality's Best" both to the tune of "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport." Sometimes even national anthems ("Life Presents a Dismal Picture" to "Deutschland Über Alles" and "Ou Est La Papier" to "La Marseillaise"). Prisoners at Colditz Castle in WW2 had a lot of creative fun re-writing the German national anthem; the mildest version they came up with was Deutschland, Deutschland Ünter Alles''

* 'Galdwyn was a Shieldmaiden', in the ''Lord of the Rings'' fandom.

* In ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'', John Constantine frequently sings these when drunk or sentimental, for example, during a ''ComicBook/TheBooksOfMagic'' crossover, he was singing "The Good Ship Venus" but cut off suddenly at the sight of the still-underage Tim Hunter. On the occasion of his ForgottenBirthday he was singing "The Woodpecker's Hole" while relieving himself in an alley, breaking off as he realised he'd pissed on ThePhantomStranger's boots.

--->I don't know. Sounded dirty, though.
--->Well, she is [[DirtyOldWoman Boneclaw's]] [[InterspeciesAdoption daughter]]...

* In both of the first two ''Dream Park'' novels, Gamers keep each others' spirits up while trekking around the Gaming areas with hearty renditions of the likes of "Cats on the Rooftops", the dirtiest verses of "That Real Old Time Religion", and (of course!) "The Ballad of Eskimo Nell". In ''The Barsoom Project'', a modest Gamer bribes another '''not''' to finish singing the latter in mixed company; the bribe-ee promptly starts singing "Kafoozalem" instead.

* The ''{{Blackadder}}'' episode ''Beer'' mentions a couple of songs that ''might'' be these: the unheard "I'm Merlin the Happy Pig" and the unnamed [[OrphanedPunchline partly-heard]] song about a goblin.

* Probably the songs Dropkick Murphys are best known for, including "Kiss Me, I'm Shitfaced" and "The Spicy [=McHaggis=] Jig" ("Spicy was big, burly, and strong / His pipes were gigantic and so was his schlong / From city to city, running around / Always looking for chicks over [[AmericanCustomaryMeasurements four hundred pounds]].")

* There is a famous bawdy parody of Cole Porter's "You're the Top," including such lines as, "You're the burning heat of a bridal suite in use."

* In ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'', John Constantine frequently sings these when drunk or sentimental, for example, during a ''BooksOfMagic'' crossover, he was singing "The Good Ship Venus" but cut off suddenly at the sight of the still-underage Tim Hunter. On the occasion of his ForgottenBirthday he was singing "The Woodpecker's Hole" while relieving himself in an alley, breaking off as he realised he'd pissed on ThePhantomStranger's boots.

* GilbertAndSullivan of all people manage to slip one of these in to ''PrincessIda'' as Cyril (plastered and in drag while infiltrating a womens university) sings to an audience of startled students and teachers. Surprisingly this isn't the incident that actually gets him found out either.

** While a rarely-sobered up Barney Gumble manages to cartwheel all the way up through the first verses of the "Major-General's Song" from GilbertAndSullivan's Savoy Operetta ''ThePiratesOfPenzance''.

* A ''very'' popular dirty song to allude to in cartoons, that one. Even SpongeBobSquarePants gets in on the act, in the episode where SpongeBob attempts to sing an apology to Squidward onstage at the local opera. He even has his lyrics prepared on a sheet of paper...

* In DianeDuane's ''Franchise/StarTrek'' novel ''The Wounded Sky'', "a bawdy ballad about the (improbable) offspring of the marriage between an Altasa and a Vulcan" is mentioned.

* Danilo Thann, a bard from ''ForgottenRealms'' novels by Elaine Cunningham, used to sing these as a part of his RichIdiotWithNoDayJob image and even wrote some himself. The books include a few fragments of the ''Ballad of the Zhentish Raiders'' who "[[BestialityIsDepraved kill off all the women / For they much prefer the sheep]]" and "[[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Elminster's Jest]]" ([[http://forum.candlekeep.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1888&whichpage=22#61128 see its full lyrics]]). He also re-enchants his singing sword to sing a song about a knight who wishes for a longer "[[UnusualEuphemism lance]]".

* Danilo Thann, a bard from ''ForgottenRealms'' novels by Elaine Cunningham, used to sing these as a part of his RichIdiotWithNoDayJob image and even wrote some himself. The books include a few fragments of the ''Ballad of the Zhentish Raiders'' who "[[BestialityIsDepraved kill off all the women / For they much prefer the sheep]]" and "[[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Elminster's Jest]]" ([[http://forum.candlekeep.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1888&whichpage=22#61128 see its full lyrics]]).

* The theme song of ''TeamAmerica: World Police'' ([[spoiler:"America, Fuck Yeah"]]) makes a great one.

*** This is, of course, a reference to Mozart's canon "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C78HBp-Youk Lick Me in the Ass]]". Yes, that's the translation of the title.

* In NeilGaiman's novella ''The Monarch of the Glen'' (printed in his ''Fragile Things'' anthology) the Norse god Odin is singing one of these (drunkenly, if that needs to be said) when Shadow meets with him. To the tune of "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean":
-->Odin: My Grandpa sells condoms to sailors,
-->He punctures the tips with a pin,
-->My Grandma does backstreet abortions;
-->My God how the money rolls in!

-->The Galacian girls do it for pearls,
-->And the Arrakeen for water!

** She wrote more of these just for fun. Such as ''[[http://forum.candlekeep.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=13887&whichpage=14#351427 The Elf Lover]]'' ("The Wild Rover" tune).

** The lyrics to "The Bear and the Maiden Fair" are more sly:
-->"She kicked and wailed, the maid so fair,\\
But he licked the honey from her hair!\\
Her hair! Her hair!\\
He licked the honey from her hair!\\
\\
Then she sighed and squealed, And kicked the air,\\
She sang: My bear so fair,\\
And off they went,\\
The bear! The bear! And the maiden fair!"

* The ''{{Blackadder}}'' episode ''Beer'' mentions a couple of songs that ''might'' be these: the unheard "Merlin the Happy Pig" and the unnamed [[OrphanedPunchline partly-heard]] song about a goblin.

** In the third series, Blackadder warns Prince George that when wooing a lady with poetry, "Harold the Horny Hunter" might not be such a good idea. ("Harold the horny hunter/Had an enormous horn...")
** Jazz trumpeter Bix Biederbeck made a film called ''The Boy with the Big Horn'' which for similar rreasons had to be renamed on release in the UK...
* When Hans, a Nazi, is trapped in a POW camp in ''Series/AlloAllo'' he "proves" he's British by beginning to sing "Hitler, has only got one ball" before he's interrupted.

-->The balls held for pleasure
--> are the ones we like best.

** In another of her books, ''Honor Blade'', a Rihannsu song called "The High Queen's Bastard Daughter" is mentioned twice, but no lyrics are given.