There's an old but now largely forgotten tradition of 'bastos' blues songs. Such 'bawdy' blues songs usually contain 'double entendre' lyrics, where words like "banana in your fruit basket", "lemon", and "rattlesnake" meant other things.
Some are thinly veiled while others were outright graphic!
During my HS to college years, raging libido induced me to compose basic blues tunes in the bastos tradition. Here's one that Jook Jam (w/ 3/4 of Plug jamming along) got to do live last Saturday. The last time I performed this song was at a blues gig at the old Club Dredd in Cubao!
Sayang, putol, pero heto lyrics nung buong song. As you can see, it's the 'graphic' variety.
Bagsak ng Bataan
Kung may hapdi ay may sarap
Sarap-hapdi, hapdi - sarap, hanggang sa magdamag
Oh baby ko, yeah, yeah, yeah (all right)
Hanggat di mo binabagsak ang bataan - sandata ko'y di ilalapag
Oh baby [oh baby, baby], alam kong first time mo (no, no, no):
Kung ako'y yong bibitinin - taho ko'y magkaka-sago-sago
Oh baby [oh baby, baby]; patitikman ko sa yo (wooh, wooh):
Pitong pulgadang ligaya - sagad sa iyong baga
Ibubuka, isasara
Buka - sara, sara - buka, anak ng baka
Oh giliw ko ang sakit na sa ulo (oh yeah)
Ba't di mo ko paraanin, nang ang sarap ay matikman mo
Ipapasok, ilalabas
Labas - pasok, pasok - labas hanggang sa umalpas
Rock me baby, rock n roll sa magdamag (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Dadalhin kita sa rurok
Sa langit tayo’y puputok
We sang another bastos song, Pepeng Pianono, but I don't know if that was caught on video. You can just imagine what a song about Pepe's jelly roll would be about.
