Ich Bin Ein Rattarsedschwein

One of those operas where the action is largely set in bierkellers and the songs, performed in gruff manly tenors in Überwaldean or neighbouring tongues, celebrate the virtues of:-

• Brotherly love expressed between men in natural manly settings such as the local bierkeller;
• The virtues of beer as a natural lubricant for expressions of true manly friendship and cameraderie;
• The joys of quaffing. (This is why one of Überwald's gifts to Discworld culture is the invention of a hinged lid for a beer container, that may be secured during bouts of sustained quaffing by pressing a thumb down on the top. In fact, Überwaldean beer containers are made of stone, rendering them less likely to shatter if clashed during eine hertzlige Quaff) Shirl Ogg once bought her mother a stein that played the main lyrical refrain from this opera. Nanny Ogg values this as a gift beyond anything from the Gods and has given it pride of place in the family archives.

This sort of light opera also relies on use of the vernacular in music, ie of formerly despised folk and peasant rhythms once thought too plebian for for the professional stage.