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The Fart That Killed 10,000 People, and Other Weird Moments From History

Khalid Elhassan July 18, 2020 34 min

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31. One of Mozart’s Lesser-Known Compositions: “Lick Me in the Ass“

One of Mozart’s lesser-known compositions, ‘Lick Me in the Ass’. Today I Found Out

Among other manifestations of his anal obsession, Mozart was especially keen on getting his butt licked. In 1782, he composed Leck mich im Arsch (“Lick Me in the Ass”), a party piece for his friends. The lyrics include “lick me in the ass, nice and clean“, and the composition continues on in that vein. Mozart’s publisher was scandalized by the lyrics, but he liked the music.

So the tinkered with (or basically rewrote) the lyrics, and changed the song’s theme and refrain from ass licking to “Let us be glad!” Mozart also composed Bona Nox, whose lyrics include: “Phoey, phoey; … shit in your bed and make it burst; good night, sleep tight; and stick your ass to your mouth“.

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Khalid Elhassan

A lifelong history buff, I developed a particular passion for WW2 history as a child, when I spent hours listening to my grandfather, enraptured, as he recounted his wartime experiences in the British East African Campaign and with the British 8th Army in North Africa.

I graduated with a history BA from George Mason University, then went on to get a JD from the University of Virginia School of Law. After lawyering for a decade, I moved to sunny Rio de Janeiro and a less demanding career, opening a tourism agency in Copacabana.

A big chunk of my free time is spent blogging (you can follow me on Quora https://www.quora.com/profile/Khalid-Elhassan ) or freelance writing, mostly about my favorite subject, history.