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Examples of [[Have a Gay Old Time]] in [[Music]] include:
* In the Sea Shanty ''Bully in the Alley''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS5xR7jBxDw], [http://thejovialcrew.com/?page_id=975 "bully" means "drunk"]
* The ''Secret Origin'' version of the song "Hate Everyone" by [[Say Anything]].
{{quote|'I hate: my best friend from third grade who tricked me into saying I was gay in front of the whole class because I- I just thought it meant happy.'}}
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** They dig the hole deeper after "[[Troll]] the ancient yuletide carol".
** Speaking of gay Christmases, [[ABC Family]] cut the song "Give Your Heart a Try" from the [[Rankin/Bass Productions|Rankin/Bass]] animated version of '''[[Twas the Night Before Christmas]]'' because of the use of the word "gay" in the lyrics.
** "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" implores the listener to "make the Yuletide gay". That the song was introduced by future gay icon [[Judy Garland]] (in ''[[Meet Me in St. Louis]]'') merely [[Hilarious in Hindsight|adds to the dynamic.]]
** Going still further back into Christmas past, the [[wikipedia:Boar's Head Carol|Boar's Head Carol]] has the title delicacy "bedeck'd with a gay garland".
** "It's The Most Wonderful Time of The Year" extols "gay happy meetings when friends come to call." Many cover versions change "gay" to "great".
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{{quote|''You're a crooked jerky jockey, and you drive a crooked horse''}}
** [[Blatant Lies|Clearly]], he's talking about dried beef.
* There's an old folk song: "Ruben Ruben I've been thinking, What a queer world it would be If the men were all transported Far beyond the northern sea. Rachel Rachel I've been thinking what a gay world it would be If the girls were all transported Far beyond the northern sea." Well, yes, if they sent all the men or all the women away, [[
* "Flowers On The Wall" (1966) by the Statler Brothers featured [[Sanity Slippage Song|bleak undercurrent]] as well as lyrics that demanded revision in subsequent cover versions.
{{quote|''Last night I dressed in tails, pretended I was on the town''
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* In "The Pub With No Beer" by Slim Dusty, "The cook's acting queer".
* Due to perceived [[Unfortunate Implications]], Debussy's ''Children's Corner No. 6'' is often referred to as "The Cakewalk" instead of its proper title, "The Golliwoggs' Cakewalk". Either that, or the second word is misspelled "golliwogs'" without the double final G. This is an example of this trope because Florence Kate Upton's Golliwogg, which Debussy was specifically referencing, was a heroic figure, the [[Harry Potter]] of his day; it wasn't until [[Enid Blyton]] got hold of the character type that it became the racist stereotype it is today (and acquired the present spelling).
* From the [[World War
{{quote|[[London Town|Up to mighty London came]]
[[Oireland|Came an Irish lad one day,]]
[[City of Gold|All the streets were paved with gold,]]
[[Everyone Is Gay|So everyone was gay!]] }}
* Jumpin' Gene Simmons' 1964 novelty hit "Haunted House" includes the line, "I had a hunk o' meat in my hand".
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* [[The Kinks]]' "A Well-Respected Man" mentions that the title character "likes his fags the best". They're referring to cigarettes, of course.
** The title character from "David Watts", meanwhile, is "so gay and fancy-free". But since the next verse says that "all the girls...try their best but they can't succeed" with David, it's probably a deliberate [[Double Entendre]].
* People are still doing [https://web.archive.org/web/20130814225010/http://my-retrospace.blogspot.com/2008/08/why-i-care-about-some-velvet-morning.html analyses of Lee Hazlewood's "Some Velvet Morning"], heavy on the implications of "straight" and "gate".
* "Kentucky Gambler" by [[Merle Haggard]] (written by [[Dolly Parton]]): "Into the gay casino in Nevada's town of Reno."
* [[MF DOOM]]'s "Batty Boyz" plays with this trope by using clips from the 50's and 60's in its introduction.
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{{quote|She's big, big. She's bad, bad. My woodie!}}
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