Jožin z bažin is a song written by Czech musician and comedian

Ivan Mládek Ivan Mládek (born 7 February 1942) is a Czech recording artist, composer, and comedian who gained success in the mid-1970s. Born in Prague, He started his career in the mid-1950s, and moved to Paris in 1968, before returning to his homeland in ...

and recorded by his group,

Banjo Band Banjo Band, also known as Banjo Band Ivana Mládka, is a Czech country band formed in 1966 and led by singer and comedian Ivan Mládek. They are best known both at home and internationally for the song " Jožin z bažin". Band members Current ...

, in 1977. It is considered the band's best-known song, both at home and internationally. In January 2008, it became popular in

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, winning several radio hit lists, and the band recorded a Polish version on their album ''Jozin z bazin w Polsce'', released the same year. It was also popular in

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, and

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Story

The song is a parody on medieval tales, where a brave knight rescues a remote kingdom terrorized by a horrible monster, marries the princess, and receives half the kingdom as a reward. A man driving through the Czech region of

Moravia Moravia ( , also , ; cs, Morava ; german: link=yes, Mähren ; pl, Morawy ; szl, Morawa; la, Moravia) is a historical region in the east of the Czech Republic and one of three historical Czech lands, with Bohemia and Czech Silesia. The me ...

in a

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finds a village terrorized by a monster named Jožin (Joey from the swamps), who eats mainly tourists from

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

. The chairman of the local

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promises half of the farm, together with his daughter's hand in marriage, if the man defeats the monster. The man asks for a cropduster plane, the only known weapon against the monster. He catches Jožin and then decides to just sell him to a zoo.

Metallica cover

American heavy metal band

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covered the song during a concert in Prague in 2018, receiving an enthusiastic response from their audience.

References

External links

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Sheet music on musescore.com
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