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* In {{EuroTrip}}, the protagonists accidentally stumble into a private bar for burly, belligerent Manchester United fans. After narrowly avoiding getting their asses kicked by singing an altered version of "My Baby Takes the Morning Train" (ItMakesSenseInContext), the liquor starts flowing and the thugs join them in a rendition.

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* In {{EuroTrip}}, the American protagonists accidentally stumble into a private bar for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyIrXH-ITw4 burly, belligerent Manchester United fans. fans.]] After narrowly avoiding getting their asses kicked by singing an altered version of "My Baby Takes the Morning Train" (ItMakesSenseInContext), the liquor starts flowing and the thugs join them in a rendition.
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* In {{EuroTrip}}, the protagonists accidentally stumble into a private bar for burly, belligerent Manchester United fans. After narrowly avoiding getting their asses kicked by singing an altered version of "My Baby Takes the Morning Train" (ItMakesSenseInContext), the liquor starts flowing and the thugs join them in a rendition.
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* "Oom-Pah-Pah" from ''[[OliverTwist Oliver!]]'' "There's a little ditty they're singing in the city, espec'lly when they've been on the gin or the beer..."

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* "Oom-Pah-Pah" from ''[[OliverTwist Oliver!]]'' Oliver!]]'': "There's a little ditty they're singing in the city, espec'lly when they've been on the gin or the beer..."
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* "Oom-Pah-Pah" from ''[[OliverTwist Oliver!]]''. "There's a little ditty they're singing in the city, espec'lly when they've been on the gin or the beer..."

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* "Oom-Pah-Pah" from ''[[OliverTwist Oliver!]]''. Oliver!]]'' "There's a little ditty they're singing in the city, espec'lly when they've been on the gin or the beer..."
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* "Oom-Pah-Pah" from ''[[OliverTwist Oliver!'']]. Note that in this example, the main singer (Nancy) isn't drunk; she's singing to entertain the customers in a bar, all of whom are drunk (and come in for the rousing choruses). "There's a little ditty they're singing in the city, espec'lly when they've been on the gin or the beer..."

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* "Oom-Pah-Pah" from ''[[OliverTwist Oliver!'']]. Note that in this example, the main singer (Nancy) isn't drunk; she's singing to entertain the customers in a bar, all of whom are drunk (and come in for the rousing choruses).Oliver!]]''. "There's a little ditty they're singing in the city, espec'lly when they've been on the gin or the beer..."
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* "Oom-Pah-Pah" from ''{{Oliver!}}''. Note that in this example, the main singer (Nancy) isn't drunk; she's singing to entertain the customers in a bar, all of whom are drunk (and come in for the rousing choruses). "There's a little ditty they're singing in the city, espec'lly when they've been on the gin or the beer..."

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* "Oom-Pah-Pah" from ''{{Oliver!}}''.''[[OliverTwist Oliver!'']]. Note that in this example, the main singer (Nancy) isn't drunk; she's singing to entertain the customers in a bar, all of whom are drunk (and come in for the rousing choruses). "There's a little ditty they're singing in the city, espec'lly when they've been on the gin or the beer..."
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* "Oom-Pah-Pah" from ''{{Oliver!}}''. Note that in this example, the main singer (Nancy) isn't drunk; she's singing to entertain the customers in a bar, all of whom are drunk (and come in for the rousing choruses). "There's a little ditty they're singing in the city, espec'lly when they've been on the gin or the beer..."

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* "Hot Lover" from the musical version of ''TheTwoGentlemenOfVerona''.
* "Let's Toast" from the musical version of ''ThePrinceAndThePauper''.

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* "The Same Old Music" from ''Vanities''.
* "If I Were a Bell" from ''GuysAndDolls''.

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See OdeToIntoxication for songs about getting drunk.



* {{Dumbo}}'s "We're Gonna Hit the Big Boss For a Raise."
* PiratesOfTheCaribbean -- "A Pirate's Life For Me"

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* {{Dumbo}}'s ''{{Dumbo}}'''s "We're Gonna Hit the Big Boss For a Raise."
* PiratesOfTheCaribbean ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' -- "A Pirate's Life For Me"




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* During the intro track for RunningWild's "Port Royal", one can hear some drunk singing "Under Jolly Roger" from the band's last album.
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* Constantine from {{Hellblazer}} tends to sing the bawdy kind when pissed out of his mind.
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** And in ''Othello'', Iago leads the singing in the Cyprus officers' mess. It's debatable whether he himself is drunk or just pretending, but both the songs are classic drunken efforts. ''King Stephen was a worthy peer, his breeches cost him half a crown ...''

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** And in ''Othello'', ''{{Othello}}'', Iago leads the singing in the Cyprus officers' mess. It's debatable whether he himself is drunk or just pretending, but both the songs are classic drunken efforts. ''King Stephen was a worthy peer, his breeches cost him half a crown ...''
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* DamienRice's "Cheers, Darlin'" is a perfect example of this trope. Rice often makes a show of drinking while performing this song live.

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* "Tubthumping" by Chumbawamba. [[MostTriumphantExample That is all.]]
** [[EarWorm I get knocked down, but I get up again, and you're never gonna keep me down...]]

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* "Tubthumping" by Chumbawamba. [[MostTriumphantExample That is all.]]
** [[EarWorm I get knocked down, but I get up again, and you're never gonna keep me down...]]

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* The crew of ''RedDwarf'' (minus Kryten), having been celebrating Rimmer's deathday, return to the ship singing "Show Me the Way to Go Home" while tracing three-dimensional esses in space. Later in the same episode, Rimmer sings "Someone to Watch Over Me" in a very plaintive manner. He then degenerates into high-pitched, tuneless humming.
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* In ''MafiaII'', Joe and Eddie at one point drunkenly sing along to Dean Martin's "Return to Me".

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* In ''MafiaII'', Joe and Eddie at one point drunkenly sing along to Dean Martin's "Return to Me".
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* In ''MafiaII'', Joe and Eddie at one point drunkenly sing along to Dean Martin's "Return to Me".
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* "Tubthumping" by Chumbawamba. [[MostTriumphantExample That is all.]]
**[[EarWorm I get knocked down, but I get up again, and you're never gonna keep me down...]]

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* TomWaits' ''The piano has been drinking'' is a comical take on the drunken song. The pianist denies his own inebriation but drink can clearly be heard on his voice and in his play.

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* TomWaits' ''The piano has been drinking'' Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me)'' is a comical tragicomic take on the drunken song. The pianist denies his own inebriation but drink can clearly be heard on his voice and in his play.inebriation, anthropomorphizing various objects to pin the blame on. "The carpet needs a haircut..."
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** "Five to One" might also count, if only because Morrison was plastered when he sang/shouted that, too.
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* "[[SomethingBlues Roadhouse Blues]]" by TheDoors. In true blues fashion, Jim Morrison was totally smashed when he recorded it.
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** In ''TwelfthNight'', Sir Toby Belch and Sir Anderew Ague-Cheek sing drunken songs in the middle of the night until interrupted by the Countess's manservant Malvolio.
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****The Dropkick Murphys also have the aptly titled "Kiss me, I'm Shitfaced"

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** The full title of "the hedgehog song" is ''The Hedgehog Cannot Be Buggered At All''. That should give you an idea ''[[ButYouScrewOneGoat why]]'' it is never sung while sober.

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** The full title of "the hedgehog song" is ''The Hedgehog Cannot Be Buggered At All''. That should give you an idea ''[[ButYouScrewOneGoat why]]'' it is never sung while sober.



** Aberforth Dumbledore, brother of [[TheDumbledore Albus Dumbledore]] has this reputation after being arrested for "practicing inappropriate charms on a goat."
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** The full title of "the hedgehog song" is ''The Hedgehog Cannot Be Buggered At All''. That should give you an idea ''[[ButYouScrewOneGoat why]]'' it is never sung while sober.


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** Aberforth Dumbledore, brother of [[TheDumbledore Albus Dumbledore]] has this reputation after being arrested for "practicing inappropriate charms on a goat."
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* One DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse novel has Fitz waking up on a bench, trying to reconstruct what he did last night:

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* One DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse ''DoctorWho'' EighthDoctorAdventures novel has Fitz waking up on a bench, trying to reconstruct what he did last night:

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that's in the book not the movie


* In ''GoneWithTheWind'', when Gerald O'Hara is drunk, he sings a song called "Peg in a Low-Backed Car".




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* In ''GoneWithTheWind'', when Gerald O'Hara is drunk, he sings a song called "Peg in a Low-Backed Car".
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** Both of which are probably also {{Bawdy Song}}s.
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* PiratesOfTheCaribbean -- "A Pirate's Life For Me"?

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* PiratesOfTheCaribbean -- "A Pirate's Life For Me"?Me"
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* What, ''nobody's'' mentioned PiratesOfTheCaribbean, "A Pirate's Life For Me"?

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* What, ''nobody's'' mentioned PiratesOfTheCaribbean, PiratesOfTheCaribbean -- "A Pirate's Life For Me"?

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