Scatological Tune Titles?

Sorry, had to share…

I just came across two original tunes written and paired by James Kelly: “Touching Cloth” and “Sitting on the Throne.” Hmm.

I also looked askance at the title of a tune set when I saw it on a Gaelic Storm CD: “Staining the Grout.”

Funny or icky? Creative, or sadly lacking for tune titles? I wonder.

I also have a dark feeling that this has been discussed before on this site. :laughing:

Cara

In the liner notes for the CD on which he recorded these tunes, James Kelly wrote, ““Sitting on the Throne” was composed during a very quiet and reflective moment.”

Indeed.

And yes, I do think this was discussed before; I remember Peter Laban informing us that the reel commonly known as “Tommy Peoples” (the first tune on the first track on Frankie Kennedy and Mairead ni Mhaonaigh’s “Ceol Aduaidh” and also the first tune on the first track of Kevin Crawford’s “In Good Company”) was originally titled “The Farting Badger.”

There’s always the original/alternate title to “The choice wife”: “The wet pussy.” I’m sure, like Mrs. Slocomb’s remarks, it’s really about a cat. :wink:

I’ve thought of some tune sets with themes (doesn’t matter if they’re jigs mixed with reels, etc).
Whiskey Before Breakfast/The Drunken Landlady/ Tripping Up the Stairs
Pull the Knife and Stick it Again/Old Hag, You Have Killed Me/The Hag with the Money.
The rule is you have to use tune names that already exist.
Tony

I’m gonna rehearse a “girlfriend” set.

The girl who broke my heart/Old hag you’ve killed me/I buried my wife and danced on her grave.

Don’t think it’s all that scatological, but “The Monks of the Screw” has always left me wondering…

How about “Yippee-yi-ay, Cow Patty”? :boggle:

Or Joe Walsh from Ordinary Man: “Picking up the dog doo and hoping that it’s hard.”

And, of course, we all know “Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road”! :laughing:

Sitting? It’s surprising how many Irish musos can’t spell.

What a difference one letter makes. Twenty years ago in Australia a trio of friends of mine got a one-off gig at a pub that featured big bands and announced coming attractions on a huge cinema-style sign on a high pole.

  • So what do call yourselves? says the publican.
  • Oh, I dunno… “Shite”, says Paul (a Dubliner)
  • “Shite”? What’s that mean?
  • Ah, it’s Gaelic for “the three of us.”

The name was duly hoisted up in big red letters for the world to see and driving by we all got a childish giggle out of it.

I think I’ll write a tune and call it Scatological Tune Title. :slight_smile: At least it won’t have to be a good tune with a name like that.

There’s an old time tune called The Old Cat Shit in the Shavings. There also some dog doo doo words to the tune Ryestraw akd Joke on the Puppy.

Steve

Hope in Her Soul
The Cunning Runts

djm

Hope… in… her… Soul…

…still working on it…

Soul? Sole?

nothing. Am I dense? ( don’t answer that)


… WAIT A MINUTE. Are we talking good hygiene here? Nothing wrong with that!

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