Back in the early eighties, there was a parody of the Beach Boys "Barbara Ann" called Bomb Iran. (One of my favorite Post Gazette cartoons, published on March 17, 1980, showed two drunks in shamrock hats in a police station. The arresting officer is saying "Sean O Casey and WB Yates here for writing *$#%@! Iran in green paint on a squad car.) I believe there was a country and western song called Cheaper Crude or No More Food. "The Sheik" starring Rudolf Valentino, was a popular film in the twenties, and romantic males were called Sheiks. Check out popular songs from the twenties.