The Erotic Muse,9780252067891

The Erotic Muse

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9780252067891
ISBN10: 0252067894
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-02-01
Publisher(s): Univ of Illinois Pr
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Summary

Now revised and expanded, The Erotic Music exposes the earthy underside of American culture, exploring our society's complex relation to the taboo of obscenity while demonstrating the bawdy song's importance to a full understanding of American culture.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Second Edition xiii
Old, New, Borrowed, Blue 1(136)
The Sea Crab
1(4)
Cod Fish Song
5(1)
Four Old Whores
6(5)
Five Nights Drunk
11(12)
The Darby Ram
23(6)
The Tinker
29(8)
The Monk of Great Renown
37(5)
Horse Shit
42(1)
Samuel Hall
43(5)
Sam MacColl's Song
48(1)
In Kansas
49(4)
I Am Growing Old and Gray
53(2)
My Husband's a Mason
55(6)
The Foggy, Foggy Dew
61(3)
A-Rovin'
64(4)
The Fire Ship
68(4)
Bell Bottom Trousers
72(3)
When I Was Young
75(4)
The Gatesville Cannonball
79(2)
Bollochy Bill the Sailor
81(5)
The Wayward Boy
86(3)
Ball of Yarn
89(6)
The Ball of Kirriemuir
95(6)
O'Reilly's Daughter
101(4)
I Went Down to New Orleans
105(2)
My God, How the Money Rolls In
107(7)
Life Presents a Dismal Picture
114(2)
The Keyhole in the Door
116(3)
Seven Old Ladies
119(3)
The Bastard King of England
122(3)
Blinded by Shit
125(3)
She Was Poor but She Was Honest I
128(4)
She Was Poor but She Was Honest II
132(2)
The Hairs on Her Dicky Di Do
134(3)
As American As Mom's Apple Pie 137(132)
Frankie and Johnny
137(12)
Stackolee
149(5)
Casey Jones
154(4)
No Balls at All
158(4)
Charlotte the Harlot I
162(7)
Charlotte the Harlot II
169(1)
Charlotte the Harlot III
169(2)
Charlotte the Harlot IV
171(2)
Bang Away, Lulu I
173(7)
Bang Away, Lulu II
180(2)
Bang Away, Lulu III
182(1)
The Ring-Dang-Doo
182(4)
The Chisholm Trail
186(6)
Gonna Tie My Pecker to My Leg
192(2)
While Hanging Around Town
194(1)
The Big Black Bull
195(3)
The Lehigh Valley
198(2)
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
200(2)
The Winnipeg Whore
202(2)
Kathusalem
204(6)
Abdul the Bulbul
210(2)
Walking Down Canal Street
212(2)
Red Wing
214(2)
I-Yi-Yi-Yi
216(8)
The Little Red Train
224(2)
The Woodpecker's Hole
226(2)
The Pioneers
228(3)
The Gay Caballero
231(4)
Humoresque
235(4)
Footprints on the Dashboard
239(1)
Caviar Comes from Virgin Sturgeon
240(3)
The Sexual Life of the Camel
243(2)
I Used to Work in Chicago
245(6)
I Want to Play Piano in a Whorehouse
251(1)
Schnooglin'
252(1)
There Was an Old Lady
253(3)
Teasing Songs
256(8)
Suzanne Was a Lady
256(3)
The Ship's in the Harbor
259(1)
There Once Was a Farmer
260(1)
Two Irishmen, Two Irishmen
261(1)
Sweet Violets
262(2)
Ditties
264(5)
The Second-Hand Muse 269(26)
Born in a Whorehouse
269(1)
My Grandfather's Cock
270(1)
Ta-Ra-Ra Boom De Ay
271(3)
Casey Got Hit with a Bucket of Shit
274(1)
Old Aunt Sally
274(1)
In the Good Old Summer Time
274(1)
Sweet Adeline
275(1)
St. Louis Woman
275(1)
Mother
276(1)
The Motherfucker's Ball
276(1)
In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree
277(1)
By the Light of a Flickering Match
278(1)
Put on Your Old Gray Bustle
278(1)
Let Me Ball You Sweetheart
279(1)
John Saw a Tulip
280(1)
Jada
281(1)
In That Little Pink Nightie
282(1)
Carolina in the Morning
282(1)
My Blue Bedroom
283(1)
Doodle-De-Doo
284(1)
Public Hair
285(1)
Bye Bye Cherry
286(2)
I've Got a Start on a Twelve-Inch Hard-on
288(1)
Minnie the Mermaid
289(1)
The Object of My Affection
289(1)
These Foolish Things
289(1)
Hot Vagina
290(1)
The Last Time I Saw Paris
290(1)
You Are My Sunshine
291(1)
Sunday, Monday and Always
291(1)
On Top of Old Smoky
292(1)
Secret Love
292(1)
Hey, Roll Me Over
293(1)
Foam Rubber Pads
293(2)
Undergraduates Coarse 295(82)
We Go to College
295(6)
Roll Your Leg Over
301(7)
Christopher Columbo
308(7)
The Good Ship Venus
315(3)
Yo Ho, Yo Ho
318(2)
Billy Go Leary Or I Clapped My Hand on Her Thigh A Very Celebrated Flash Song
320(3)
Drive It On
323(2)
Roll Me Over
325(2)
Son of a Gambolier
327(5)
The Cardinals Be Damned
332(4)
Do Your Balls Hang Low?
336(2)
Balls to Mister Banglestein
338(1)
Last Night I Stayed Up Late to Masturbate
339(2)
The Organ Grinder
341(3)
Hot Nuts
344(2)
When the End of the Month Rolls Around
346(2)
High Above a Theta's Garter
348(2)
To Thee, Hershey Hall
350(1)
We Are the Dirty Bitches
351(2)
Fascinating Lady
353(1)
Take Your Man Around the Corner
354(1)
In Bohunkus, Tennessee
354(3)
My Girl's From USC
357(2)
Mary Ann Barnes
359(2)
Nelly Darling
361(1)
I Love My Girl
361(2)
Sam, Sam, the Lavatory Man
363(1)
Knock, Knock
363(2)
The Rugby Song
365(3)
Cats on the Rooftops
368(4)
Next Thanksgiving
372(1)
The Ten Days of Finals
373(1)
Uncle Joe and Aunty Mabel
374(3)
Bless 'Em All 377(38)
Snapoo
379(5)
I Don't Want to Join the Army
384(2)
Fuck 'Em All
386(6)
The Fucking Machine
392(2)
Sound Off
394(4)
Honey Babe
398(2)
Too Rally
400(3)
Dinky Die
403(1)
The Flying Colonel
404(2)
The Sewing Machine
406(1)
Lee's Hoochie
407(3)
The Yellow Rose of Taegu
410(2)
Moving On
412(3)
Bibliography 415(12)
Index 427

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