Rude Tune Names

Rude Tune Names

I just came across a tune called....

St. Ruths’ Bush


Anyone got any more innuendo filled tune names?

# Posted on January 9th 2010 by D.J.F.

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eel in the sink, leg of the duck, the old bush???

# Posted on January 9th 2010 by Petey_Whistle

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There's plenty in American Old Time music. But I ain't gonna post 'em. I don't wanna get... ahem... lynched.

# Posted on January 9th 2010 by Fishmonger

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It's not an innuendo, I understand, but An Phis Fluich is certainly rude, and all of the alternate titles are innuendos...

I've also heard the Morning Dew called, jokingly, "Hitler's Delight", which is fairly rude but again not an innuendo at all.

# Posted on January 9th 2010 by Jon Kiparsky

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The O'Carolan tune "Fanny Power"

# Posted on January 9th 2010 by Tony O'Rourke

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Cock up your Beaver. It doesn't get much worse than that.

# Posted on January 9th 2010 by gam

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Trim the Velvet?

To tip the velvet; to put one's tongue into a woman's mouth.

(Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1811), Captain Francis Grose)

Terry

# Posted on January 9th 2010 by Terry McGee

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Jenny's (or Jerry's) Beaver Hat

# Posted on January 9th 2010 by fiddlerdan

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Speaking of beavers...

A quote from the 60's sitcom 'Leave It To Beaver':

June Cleaver: "Ward, you were awfully hard on the Beaver last night."

# Posted on January 9th 2010 by fiddlerdan

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gam-

Doesn't 'Cock Up The Beaver' mean to tip one's hat?

# Posted on January 9th 2010 by fiddlerdan

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Behind the Haystack, The Battering Ram,

and perhaps

Never was Piping so Gay

# Posted on January 9th 2010 by Bleedin' Heart

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Toss the Feathers is a reference to bedroom activity. I like the alternate title: The Creaking Headboard. Sporting Nell seems to be a title about a professional woman. And Fasten the Leg On (or less poetically, In) Her is pretty straightforward. So to speak.

# Posted on January 9th 2010 by fidkid

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BTW Saint Ruth's Bush is an awesome tune. Saint Ruth being of course the French commander mortally wounded at, I think, the Battle of Aughrim.

# Posted on January 9th 2010 by fidkid

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The rude to give the full title but The Old Bush is sometimes known as The Granny's ***ny.

# Posted on January 9th 2010 by bogman

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Rolling In The Ryegrass
Naked And Bare
Kiss Her Under The Coverlets

and MY fave:
Four Bare Legs Together.

# Posted on January 9th 2010 by Piece

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"Kitty got a clinking going to the fair"

# Posted on January 9th 2010 by murfbox

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Terry, you sweet, innocent man! Fancy thinking that to "Tip the Velvet" meant to put your tongue in a woman's mouth.

I always rather liked the jazz standard "What's this thing called, love?"

# Posted on January 9th 2010 by ethical blend

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From Scotland, a jig called "The Duke Of York's Camp".
Allegedly.

# Posted on January 9th 2010 by Trevor Jennings

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The Gander in the Pratie Hole

No Americans know what it means, and they all assume it's something dirty, and I think I prefer it that way.

If you leave the 'The' off, it sounds like a verb, as in [use American Southern accent here] "[take a] gander in the pratie hole".

WHOSE hole are you going to take a gander at exactly?

# Posted on January 9th 2010 by SWFL Fiddler

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Fiddlerdan: cock means to cause to stick up, as in cock a snook, (nose), pistol (hammer of flintlock) hat (including beaver-skin topper) and the handle of a tap, hence stop-cock, hence the familiar name for the male appendage. Apparently someone wanted to ban the use of 'ball-cock' in the mistaken belief that it was a rude term. Says more about that person than your average plumber. Isn't language wonderful!

# Posted on January 9th 2010 by gam

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At the risk of being totally rude, here goes...

Let's see...how about:

Rude: The Fairy Boy, Kiss The Bride In Bed, Kiss and Come Again, Kiss Her and Clap Her, Roll Her on the Banks, Roll Her On The Mountain...

Provocative: A Maid Without A Gown, Supple Dancer...

PMS: The Scolding Wife...

Flirts/Come-ons: Touch Me If You Dare, Whistle And I'll Wait For You, Tell Her I Am, Wink Of Her Eye, I Know What You Like, I Will If I Can, Will You Come In?, Are You Willing? ...

Propositions: Will You Come Home With Me?, Come Under my Plaidie, The Proposal...

Abstinence: I Do Not Incline, I'll Neither Spin Nor Weave...

First Time/Virgins: Paddy Go Easy, Take It Easy...

Kiss and Tell: Girls I Have Courted, I'll Tell Me Ma, Girls Of Our Town,

Keep It Secret: For Ireland I'd Not Tell Her Name, I Could But I Won't, Maid That Dare Not Tell

Morning After: Do You Remember That Night?, O! Nancy Don't You Remember?, Who Are You?

Pimping: Dress Her Out In Fine Clothes...

Phallic: The Battering Ram, Cock O' The North, The Dingle Regatta, Dogs Among The Bushes, When The Cock Crows It Is Day, Helvic Head, Fasten The Leg In Her...

Control Freak: Where Are You Going Love?

Lost Virginity: My Little Bag That Was Stolen, Old Woman Lamenting Her Purse, Take Back The Virgin Page...

Erectile Dysfunction: Oh Dear What Can The Matter Be?, Wait Awhile, I'm Waiting For You, I'm Ready Now...

Viagra: The Active Old Man, Jolly Old Man, Old Man's Delight...

Tantric: Monks of the Screw

Pro-marriage: One Wife Is Enough For Me, Joys Of Wedlock...

Anti-Chastity: I Won't Be A Nun

Masturbation: Give Me Your Hand, Paddy Whack, Off She Goes, Flogging Reel, Rub The Bag, Get Up Old Woman And Shake Yourself...

Breasts: Ah! Sure Such A Pair...

Drug Test: Fill The Cup, Fill The Glass

V.D./STDs: Crabs In The Skillet...

Quickies: One Before We Go, Quick We Have But A Second...

Nymphomania: Do You Want Any More?...

Necrophilia: I Buried My Wife And Danced On Top Of Her

B & D: The Knotted Cord, Tie The Ribbons, Twisting Of The Rope...

Frigidity: Rosey, Let Me In...

Body Art/Tatoos: The Star Above The Garter...

Prudery: Bashful Maid, Bolt The Door, Put On Your Clothes...

Voyeurism: Eavesdropper...

Why Don't We Do It In The Road: Behind The Bush In The Garden, Behind The Haystack, Kiss The Maid Behind The Barrel...

Swinging: Pick Your Partner, Take Your Choice...

Orgies: Many's A Wild Night, Last Night's Fun...

Freaky: The Spinner's Delight, Johnny With The Queer Thing...

# Posted on January 9th 2010 by fiddlerdan

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The Stool of Repentance....(the day after a fierce curry)....

And isn't it 'The Pratie in the Ganders Hole'?

# Posted on January 9th 2010 by banjoburger

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Worrying about the possibility of erectile disfunction: "I Will if I Can"

# Posted on January 9th 2010 by Pat Mustard

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That famous Carolan tune She Begs For More.

# Posted on January 9th 2010 by Steve Shaw

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Sliabh na mban

# Posted on January 9th 2010 by Trevor Jennings

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Lads of Laoise ---> Lads on a Leash (where they bloody well should be).

# Posted on January 9th 2010 by DrSilverSpear

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I used to wonder what The Rose In The Heather was all about.

It is not usual for roses to grow among heather.

Now I think I know what it is.

# Posted on January 9th 2010 by nicholas

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An explanation I heard for that one, which seems to make some sort of sense, is that "rose" was a mis-spelling of "roe is" - a roe being a female deer. But the alternative is probably just as valid. It depends on your view point, nicholas

# Posted on January 9th 2010 by Trevor Jennings

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My Little Bag That Was Stolen

# Posted on January 9th 2010 by D.J.F.

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Of course, there's always the old favourite (and I'm amazed nobody's mentioned this yet), "Hallo Darlin', Do You Want To See My Huge Enormous Throbbing Penis?".

(Apparently it's a set dance)

Max

# Posted on January 9th 2010 by cyber-bullying is a criminal offence

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My Darling's a Sheep is a well known tune round here.

# Posted on January 9th 2010 by minijackpot

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And of course Tripping Upstairs or Upstairs and to Bed. Of course it could just be for a good night's sleep.

# Posted on January 9th 2010 by minijackpot

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Geoghegan's collection for the New Pipes (1743) has a tune with the gangsta-esque title Thump the Bitches. Yo! http://www.pipers.ie/IMCO/FULLINDEX.htm I see plenty of more fodder in that index - "Why heaves my fond Bosom," "A Young Virgin of 15 years."

Was told once that "The Sailor's Bonnet" refers to the anatomy, specifically the groinacological region...

# Posted on January 9th 2010 by KLR

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And here I thought the title of this thread was "Nude Tune Names".

# Posted on January 9th 2010 by fauxcelt

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fiddlerdan, After seeing that list, I think you have spent FAR too much time considering this topic.
And Maxf, your posting was a bit over the top, but I have to admit, I laughed out loud when I read it!

# Posted on January 9th 2010 by AlBrown

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*Are* there roe deer in Ireland?

# Posted on January 9th 2010 by nicholas

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Putting some of these into a set would make them even more rude:

Over the Moor to Maggie/Maggie's Fling/Drowsy Maggie.

Tickle Her Leg with the Barley Straw/Tear the Calico/Behind the Haystack.

# Posted on January 9th 2010 by CleverName

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Banish Misfortune which became Banish me f***skin which became The Circumcision Jig...oh well, there you go. Sounds pretty lame now.

# Posted on January 10th 2010 by john knoss

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Gam mentioned cock. The song "The Limerick Rake" has the line
"When ever I go to the market in Croom
With a cock in my cap and my pipes in full tune
I'm welcomed at once and brought up to the room
Where Bacchus is sporting with Venus ...."

I bet he is...

# Posted on January 10th 2010 by Frank_Finn

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"The Gander in the Pratie Hole

No Americans know what it means"

That's ridiculous, I'm American and I know what it means.

Anyway, nobody has mentioned "Drag Her Round the Road"

# Posted on January 10th 2010 by Earl Cameron

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Sorry for putting up a self-penned tune, but it's the best yet: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/8106

# Posted on January 10th 2010 by Joe CSS

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we were drinking and kissing the ladies

# Posted on January 10th 2010 by prestonian

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Well, not so rude (obviously I'm much more prestine that some of you ) there is always the "wedding set:"

Haste to the Wedding/My Wife's a Wee Wanton Thing/Stool of Repentance

Just don't tell the bride and groom the titles...

# Posted on January 10th 2010 by cboody

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Helvic Head became Pelvic Head which then evolved into Pelvic Thrust.

No one's yet mentioned Jenny Dang the Weaver (I don't know what danging is but I have some pretty interesting ideas).

We used to have a "sex set" that we played back in Colorado but I can't remember for the life of me what was in it. Pete (Reverend), do you know?

Maxf, if that tunes doesn't exist (assuming you're taking the p*ss), it should.

# Posted on January 10th 2010 by DrSilverSpear

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The Sailor's Return is also called Paresis, which is a bit rude because it refers to the debilitating end-stage of syphilis. See http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/PAR_PAY.htm#PARESIS

# Posted on January 10th 2010 by RichardB

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When I attended a dance camp many years ago, April Limber (RIP) and Bob McQuillen were on staff as one of the house bands. She used to announce the set containing "My Wife's a Wee Wanton Thing" as "My Wife's Wantin' My Wee Thing", which got a good laugh out of the audience.

# Posted on January 10th 2010 by fiddlerdan

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Yes, Silver Spear, it's that "Pelvic Thrust" which drives you insane (according to the Rocky Horror Picture Show).

# Posted on January 10th 2010 by fauxcelt

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I know a radio presenter who does a regular Trad show and wouldn't say the name of the jig 'Fasten the leggin' on air in case it had sexual connotations. He thought it was called ''Fasten the Leg in her' Many moons ago I knew an old flute player who use to play two tunes called 'The stain on the minister's shirt' and 'The hump in the quilt' ' As the saying goes...it's all in the mind.

# Posted on January 11th 2010 by Free Reed

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The Who'er in the Nettles
The Hump in the Blanket
Get Up Them Stairs
The Rat in the Baler

I just made these up!

# Posted on January 11th 2010 by iwerzon

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Let us not forget the English tunes:

Cuckoo's Nest and Ladies of Pleasure.

No need for translation here, I trust.

# Posted on January 11th 2010 by Fiddleshed

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"As the saying goes...it's all in the mind" (especially if your mind is in the wrong gutter)

# Posted on January 11th 2010 by fauxcelt

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The Northumbrian concertina player Alistair Anderson played some tunes in Aberdeen once with the names "Gallop And Sh*te", and "Geld Him, Lassies, Geld Him".

# Posted on January 11th 2010 by Kenny

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There is always :The Bird in the Bush", but I must tell you about a title that baffeled me for years. I was trying ot find out the meaning of the title the polka "Leather Away the Wattle, O". Finally some clever autthority in the field found out that it referred to masterbation.

Perhaps that also explains the fact that the same tune is also called "The Rose Tree".

BM

# Posted on January 11th 2010 by bmckim

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Scottish ones, mostly:

http://www.campin.me.uk/Music/BawdyTunes.abc

# Posted on January 15th 2010 by Jack Campin

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Thank you, Jack - I shall have to learn some of these so as to be able to quote the titles when asked!

# Posted on January 16th 2010 by RichardB