Bawdy Barrack-room Ballads
Author: Hugh De Witt
Publisher:
Published: 1970
Total Pages: 168
ISBN-13:
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The Erotic Muse
Author: Ed Cray
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 488
ISBN-13: 9780252067891
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIf you've ever wanted to know the "correct" words to "Roll Me Over," or wondered where the melody of "Sweet Betsy from Pike" came from, this book can answer your questions. Extensively revised and including forty more songs than its predecessor, this new edition of The Erotic Muse is a unique scholarly collection of bawdy or forbidden American folksongs. Ed Cray presents the full texts of some 125 songs, with melodies for most of them and detailed annotations for all. His lively commentary places the songs in historical, social, and, where appropriate, psychological context.
Blow the Candle Out (c)
Author:
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Published:
Total Pages: 412
ISBN-13: 9781610750769
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUnprintable Ozark Folksongs and Folklore, Volume II, Folk Rhymes and Other Lore
"The Whorehouse Bells Were Ringing" and Other Songs Cowboys Sing
Author: Guy Logsdon
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9780252064883
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"One of the finest works to come out in recent years on cowboy songs, in addition to being the first good collection of the cowboy's bawdy material. . . . A must for anyone who is a student of cowboy music--or anyone who just likes the sound of dirty subject matter rhyming." -- Hal Cannon, Journal of Country Music "A brave and honest step toward increasing our understanding of what cowboys really sing." -- Bob Bovee, Old Time Herald "A thorough piece of scholarship and collectanea and a valuable, welcome addition to cowboy song literature." -- Keith Cunningham, Mid-America Folklore "Logsdon has written the book with a scholar's attention to detail. But what shows through the scholarship is the collector's enthusiasm for the material. . . . A superb job in a difficult area." -- Angus Kress Gillespie, Journal of American History "A major contribution to the folklore and popular culture, history, and social psychology of American cowboy culture." -- Kenneth S. Goldstein, former president, American Folklore Society
The Sable Quean
Author: Brian Jacques
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2011-04-26
Total Pages: 370
ISBN-13: 0441019986
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNew York Times bestselling author Brian Jacques gives us another tale of Redwall, filled with “The Knights of the Round Table with paws” (The Sunday Times) along with their friends and enemies. Buckler the hare, Blademaster of the Long Patrol, must save the youngsters of Redwall Abbey—kidnapped by the vile Vilaya the Sable Quean—and stop the villain’s conquest of Mossflower Wood.
Erotic Folksongs and Ballads
Author: Gershon Legman
Publisher:
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 96
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Mirth of Nations
Author: Christie Davies
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-07-28
Total Pages: 347
ISBN-13: 1351479377
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Mirth of Nations is a social and historical study of jokes told in the principal English-speaking countries. It is based on use of archives and other primary sources, including old and rare joke books. Davies makes detailed comparisons between the humor of specific pairs of nations and ethnic and regional groups. In this way, he achieves an appreciation of the unique characteristics of the humor of each nation or group.A tightly argued book, The Mirth of Nations uses the comparative method to undermine existing theories of humor, which are rooted in notions of hostility, conflict, and superiority, and derive ultimately from Hobbes and Freud. Instead Davies argues that humor merely plays with aggression and with rule-breaking, and that the form this play takes is determined by social structures and intellectual traditions. It is not related to actual conflicts between groups. In particular, Davies convincingly argues that Jewish humor and jokes are neither uniquely nor overwhelmingly self-mocking as many writers since Freud have suggested. Rather Jewish jokes, like Scottish humor and jokes are the product of a strong cultural tradition of analytical thinking and intelligent self-awareness.The volume shows that the forty-year popularity of the Polish joke cycle in America was not a product of any special negative feeling towards Poles. Jokes are not serious and are not a form of determined aggression against others or against one's own group. The Mirth of Nations is readable as well as revisionist. It is written with great clarity and puts forward difficult and complex arguments without jargon in an accessible manner. Its rich use of examples of all kinds of humor entertains the reader, who will enjoy a great variety of jokes while being enlightened by the author's careful explanations of why particular sets of jokes exist and are immensely popular. The book will appeal to general readers as well as those in cultural stu
Letters From Lotusland
Author: ian Whitcomb
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2010-02
Total Pages: 522
ISBN-13: 057803610X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIan Whitcomb, One Hit Wonder British Invader of the 1960s and teen heart-throb, never went home. Instead he tried to settle down in Los Angeles County where, over the years, he produced a Grammy-winning CD, wrote songs for movies, auditioned for butler roles in TV commercials, had and lost dogs, married successfully, and continued to play his ukulele as the ship went down. Now the entire soap opera (1996--2008), roped together in hard copy with appropriate photos, can be relished as a roller coaster of self-pity, vaunting and failed ambition, jealousy, bathos and pathos, culminating in a Big Dream. In other words, this is a comedy book. Mainline Show Biz may have passed Whitcomb by but here in these precious pages he creates his own world of heroes and villains with himself as King in order to get sweet revenge through the twisted lingo of his India rubber sword.
Jokes and Targets
Author: Christie Davies
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2011-05-23
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13: 0253223024
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJokes and Targets takes up an appealing and entertaining topic—the social and historical origins of jokes about familiar targets such as rustics, Jewish spouses, used car salesmen, and dumb blondes. Christie Davies explains why political jokes flourished in the Soviet Union, why Europeans tell jokes about American lawyers but not about their own lawyers, and why sex jokes often refer to France rather than to other countries. One of the world's leading experts on the study of humor, Davies provides a wide-ranging and detailed study of the jokes that make up an important part of everyday conversation.
Your Astrological Moon Sign
Author: David Wells
Publisher: Hay House, Inc
Published: 2012-01-02
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 1848507968
DOWNLOAD EBOOKYou may think of yourself as a Gemini, but would you be surprised to discover that emotionally you are a Scorpio?Most of us are familiar with our Sun sign but many people are unaware of the insights that our Moon sign can give us into our emotional self and our relationships with family, friends... and even would-be partners! This book combines your personal Sun and Moon signs, offering you a personality profile, with 144 different combinations. Written in David's typical light-hearted and humorous style, it is a fun read – but still contains some very hard-hitting observations. It will help you better understand your home life, your career and your love life, enabling you to make changes that suit your emotional nature better. And if there's someone new in your life, wouldn't it be useful to know their Moon sign as well as their Sun sign? Are they a werewolf, angel, vampire or saint...?
