I think this is a terrific thread and I also consider that bawdy songs is a very under-studied bit of folklore, considering how much it is part of the oral tradition. I was never in the armed forces (too young to have done military service) but we did have a good repertoire in the school CCF (Combined Cadet Force). They included
- Three German Officers crossed the Rhine
- Roll me over in the clover
- There once was a farmer who sat on a rick
- Around her leg she wore a yellow garter
- The Good ship Venus
- The Ball of Inverness
- On Father oh father I have to confess

and several more. I passed on most of these to Ed Cray who put together the wonderful book 'The Erotic Muse'. I was also pleased to see that there was a bawdy songs concert recently in Washington and that it was such as sell-out that they have repeated it!

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