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== [[Fanfic]] ==
* There's a ''[[Doctor Who]]'' [[Fanfic]] in which the Doctor's asked what the rudest song he knows
* Athena Prime's [[Knights of the Old Republic]] epic fanfic mentions a bawdy song called "The Starship Venus." Allronix, in her KOTOR fic, [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2344822/1/Destinys_Pawn_Leviathan provides some of the lyrics].
* In Rising Star (an adaption of [[Sonic the Hedgehog 2]]), [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2726841/10/Rising_Star Sonic suggests Tails should sing something during their trip through Casino Night Zone.] As it's revealed, Tails spent too much time hanging out behind the local bar...
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== [[Literature]] ==
* In A.N. Wilson's ''The Vicar of Sorrows'', an evangelical lady suggests to the vicar that modern, upbeat hymns would be better for the Easter procession than the traditional hymn he always uses. He responds that if they ditch the traditional hymn, then they can sing "Eskimo Nell" for all he cares. This leads to the lady, who has never heard of this song, asking various other parishioners about it and whether it would be a good song to sing in the Easter parade, spreading scandal about the vicar's morals and mental health. Eventually she finds a copy of the lyrics in a book of erotic poetry from the library; given that she is a self-appointed [[Moral Guardians|moral guardian]], the look on her face as she read it can only be imagined!
* Mentioned a number of times in the [[Discworld]] novels. Two of Nanny Ogg's favorite tunes are "The Hedgehog Can Never Be Buggered at All" and "A Wizard's Staff Has a Knob on the End". In ''[[Discworld/Going Postal|Going Postal]]'', a drunken banker is described as singing "the sort of song that is hilarious to rugby players and anyone under the age of eleven". There was also the song "All The Little Angels (How Do They Rise Up)", a marching song from the novel ''[[Discworld/Night Watch|Night Watch]]'', and described as the best kind of song for old
** Fans have of course written their own lyrics to Nanny Ogg's songs, some of which were printed in the aptly named fanzine ''The Wizard's Knob''. You really ''don't'' want to read them.
** This creativity on the part of the fans led to a priceless dedication in the UK edition of ''Witches Abroad'': "To all those people - and why not? - who, after the publication of ''Wyrd Sisters'', deluged the author with their version of the words of 'The Hedgehog Song'. Deary deary me..."
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* ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?|Whose Line Is It Anyway]]?'' parodies this with the Irish Drinking Song game.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0wRStGT1Bg Sometimes] it [[Gone Horribly Right|fails to be a parody]].
* Period drama ''[[Upstairs, Downstairs]]'' has one of these, and it's a [[Theme Tune Cameo]], at that! In her music hall act, Sarah performs the stately march of the opening theme as a rollicking
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** Beautifully [[Subverted Rhyme Every Occasion|Subverted Rhyme]] - the expected word would be "Love," to rhyme to "grass below you, sky ''above''".
* ''The Captain's Wife's Lament'' from [[Paul and Storm]]. [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Sea-men everywhere.]]
* [[Ivor Biggun]] does a great number of these including such gems as "Cue for a Song" which purports to be a traditional
* This was the entire point of Tommy Lee's side project Methods of Mayhem.
* Khia's ''My Neck, My Back (Lick It)''.
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