NSFW Barbershop

There is a long tradition of naughty, silly, juvenile songs around the world - from madrigals to sea shanties and folk songs. This book is my contribution to that glorious heritage.

"You are only young once, but you can stay immature forever," as the saying goes. Inside most grown humans lives a 12-year old. This book is dedicated to everyone's inner 12-year old, to make that inner child giggle a little. It is intended to be in line with Benjamin Zander's recurring exhortation to "play more" at his brilliant keynote address at the 2023 Harmony University's opening session - as well as his famous Rule 6: "Do not take yourself too seriously."

I have been teaching the first tag in this book ("All Out Of Fucks") to folks for a few years (making sure it is after midnight, and these tags can come out to play), and even the older singers erupt into uncontrollable fits of giggling singing the word "fucks."

There is a, possibly apocryphal, story about getting inner-city kids to read. Apparently this guy decided to distribute dirty stories, and watched in wonder how every single boy in his district learned to read just to be able to read this forbidden stuff. It is my hope that this book serves as a hook for your 12-year old niece, nephew, neighbor. They will want to sing barbershop just to be able to sing this Ew-rated material.

I present 15 tags in this book, starting with "All Out of Fucks", the tag that started me on this path. There are also 6 songs - 5 traditional plus public domain and 1 of my own creation ("The Bean Medley"), which I am especially proud of. I own the copyright for each one, and I place them into the public domain through Creative Commons licensing.

DISCLAIMER : While I am an active barbershop singer, with several barbershop organization memberships - this work is not the responsibility of or attributed to any of them. It is purely a private work.