Here are some songs every Hasher should know! Much more can be found on different Hash websites.
Blessing Of The Trail & Hares
Prayer offered by the Religious Advisor before the hash, with local embellishments.
Bless this trail,
Bless these hares,
Coppus no catch us,
Farmer no shoot us,
Doggus no bite us,
Heatus no stroke us,
Plenty of cold beer to drink,
Coitus non interruptus.
ON ON
International Hash Hymn
Melody: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Sing with gestures, as actions speak much louder than words. Standard hash benediction closing down-downs.
Swing low, sweet char-i-o-ot,
Cumin’ four two carry me home…
Swing low, sweet char-i-o-ot,
Cumin’ four two carry me home.
I looked over Jordan, and what did I see-ee,
Cumin’ four two carry me home…
A band of An-gels, cumin’ after me-ee,
Cumin’ four two carry me home.
If you get there be-four I do-oo,
Cumin’ four two carry me home.
Tell all my friends I’m cumin’ two-o,
Cumin’ four two carry me home.
Song master says, ‘Silently’, then pack does chorus silently with gestures only, following the lead of the song master.
Song masters who screw up the gestures significantly are traditionally awarded a down down after the song.
Song master says, ‘Fast Finish’ or ‘Quick One’, then pack sings loud and fast with gestures
Swing low, sweet char-i-o-ot,
Cumin’ four two carry me home…
Swing low, sweet char-i-o-ot,
Cumin’ four two carry me hoooooome.
Watch our performance of the song at: https://www.facebook.com/711087147/videos/3141370252766655/
Hash Hymn Gesture Dictionary
- All – Make wide sweeping gesture with hands outward.
- Angels – Flap hands to side as though flying.
- Band – Hold hands in front of you, cuffing the fingers and making a gesture as though playing the slide of a trombone.
- Be-four – hold up four fingers.
- Carry – Put hands together in front and briskly swing them back and forth as though cradling a baby.
- Cumin’ – Cuff hand and make a masturbation gesture. (Some hashers mask the motion with slight of hand by first moving the other hand behind their head and patting it a split second before the masturbating gesture, sometimes coughing at the same time).
- Chariot – Shake both hands outward as though holding the reins and make horse whinnying noises.
- Doo – Put hands on hips and squat as though taking a crap.
- Down – Put index and thumb together near crotch as if holding a small penis then move the hand downward slightly and wiggle it briskly.
- Four – Hold up four fingers.
- Friends – Cuff fingers of left hand held outward in front, with thumb and index finger forming a circle. Rapidly insert and withdraw the index finger of the right hand into the circle in a universal fornication gesture.
- Home – Hold arms above your head, fingers extended and touching together forming a ‘roof’ over your head.
- I – Point to your eye with your index finger
- I’m – Point to your chest with your index finger
- Heavenly Bound – With hand holding foot, swing it into the air.
- Jordan – (River Jordan, traditional) Move hands outward, then right to left, wiggling fingers in a wave motion. (Michael Jordan, U.S.) Make a basketball jump shot motion.
- Looked – Shading eyes with hand and moving head back and forth as if searching.
- Me or My – Point to your chest with your index finger.
- Over – Sweep hand from ‘Looked’ position outward.
- See – Point index finger from ‘I’ position outward.
- Sole – Point to bottom of shoe.
- Still – (as in distiller) Make drinking gesture with hand, moving head backward.
- Sweet – Kiss 1st and 2nd finger and thumb together, throwing the kiss outward.
- Swing Low – Intertwine fingers forming a cradle and with arms down, swing them back and forth.
- Tell – Put back of hand to mouth, rapidly moving thumb with fingers as in speaking gesture.
- There – Point back over your shoulder with your index finger.
- Two – Hold up two fingers.
- Up – Cuff fingers in front as holding a long penis then move the hand upward.
- What – Hands out to side, palms up as in a question.
- You – Point outward with index finger.
Why Are We Waiting? [When the hash waits]
Melody: O Come Let Us Adore Him
Why are we waiting?
Why are we waaaaiiiiiting?
Why are we waiting, oh why, why, why?
Why are we waiting?
When we could by masturbating [fornicating, rollerblading, my grandma’s ovulating, etc.],
Why are we waiting?
Oh, why are we waiting,
So fucking long?
(repeat as needed)
Here’s To [insert name here] (Basic Down-Down Song)
Melody: Itself
Can also be sung in the female or plural version
Here’s to [insert name here],
He’s true blue,
He’s a Hasher,
Through and through,
He’s a pisspot,
So they say,
Tried to go to heaven,
But he went the other way,
Drink it down, down, down . . .
Why Was He Born So Beautiful?
Can also be sung in the female or plural version
Why was he born so beautiful?
Why was he born at all?
He’s no fucking use to anyone,
He’s no fucking use at all?
They say he’s a joy to his mother,
But he’s a pain in the asshole to me.
Drink it down, down, down . . .
Mrs. Murphy
Hold it in your hand Mrs Murphy
It only weighs a quarter of a pound
It’s got hair on its neck like a turkey
And it spits when you jerk it up and down, down, down.
Where Were You Last Week? or Ode to Returnees
Melody: Where Oh Where Were You Last Night
Where, Oh Where were you last night?
Why did you make us hash all alone?
You Fat Lazy Bastards, You weren’t even here.
So we fucked all the virgins and drank all the Beer.
Down, Down, Drink it all Down
Drink it all Down, Drink down all the Beer.
You Fat Lazy Bastards, You weren’t even here.
So we drank all the virgins and fucked all the Beer.
Down, Down, Drink it all Down
Drink it all Down, Drink down all the Beer.
Drink it down, down, down, down . . .
Song for Virgins
Melody: The Ball of Kerrymuir
Four and twenty virgins came down from Inverness
And when the hash was over there were four and twenty less, singing:
Balls to your partner, back against the wall
If you never get laid on the Classic Hash you’ll never get laid at all.
Drink it down, down, down . . .
You’re Dumb, You’re Dumb
You’re dumb, you’re dumb
You’re really fucking dumb
If it wasn’t for your mother
You’d be a spot of cum!
My Sister Belinda
Meldoy: Ay, yai, yai, yai Canta y no llores
Verse:
I like my gin, it helps me get in
But bring me the good old vino,
I like my vino
It gives me a standing supremo.
Chorus:
Aye, aye, aye, aye
Si, si Senora
My sister Belinda,
She pissed out the window,
All over my brand new sombrero.
They Ought to be Publicly Pissed On
Melody: My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
You ought to be public pissed on
You ought to be publicly shot – Bang! Bang!
You ought to be nailed to the shithouse,
And left there to fester and rot.
Drink it down, down, down, . . . .
Hashy Birthday
Melody: Happy Birthday
Hashy birthday, fuck you,
Hashy birthday, fuck you,
Hashy birthday, hashy birthday,
Hashy birthday, fuck you.