The Best Bawdry gathers together a lively, often outrageous collection of bawdy songs and verses—rude, ribald, and rich in folklore—from the English-speaking world. Compiled by Don Laycock, this volume revives songs that once echoed in taverns, supper rooms, and among mates late at night, capturing humor, sexuality, and social commentary beneath the patina of ribald wordplay. For lovers of folk culture, humor in song, or the untamed edges of vernacular tradition, this is a raw, candid, and entertaining anthology that both preserves a fading voice and reminds readers that bawdry has always had its place in story and song.