August 7, 2020

I was looking up something else and came across this Penal Code provision:

Obscene songs

294. Whoever, to the annoyance of others —

[…]

(b) sings, recites or utters any obscene song, ballad or words in or near any public place
shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 3 months, or with fine, or with both.

Do you suppose Nanny Ogg’s ‘Hedgehog Song’ might be an obscene ballad? L-Space Web has a recording of ten minute version (less of a Hedgehog Song than a Hedgehog Cantata): we can go play it under someone’s window.

p.s. Or, indeed, young Gideon reminds me: “A Wizard’s Staff Has A Knob On The End”

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