A couple of years back, when my girlfiend was researching for her dissertation, "Bawdy Ballads in the Twentieth Century", we discovered the Mudcat and received some splendid help - especially from Joe Offer. We knew the old quote,"Why should the Devil have all the best tunes?" We were interested in it, because we knew that many profane songs allegedly had their tunes taken over by hymn writers. From my own inglorious rugby playing days, I was also well aware that many of the tunes I had previously sung in churh had travelled in the opposite direction. "Ours Is Not A Happy Household" is a particular favourite of mine. I think the tune is Haydn's and it is also used for the German national anthem as well as the churh hymn "Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken". What I have long wondered, is whether anyone has an example of a song which has done the whole journey. Is there a song which started out being rude, got taken over by the church and was later reclaimed by rugby players or some other miscreants?