Jožin z bažin

Jožin z bažin is a song written by Czech musician and comedian Ivan Mládek and recorded by his group, Banjo Band, in 1977.

In January 2008, it became popular in Poland, winning several radio hit lists,[1] and the band recorded a Polish version on their album Jozin z bazin w Polsce, released the same year.

[3] 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 in a Škoda 100 finds a village terrorized by a monster named Jožin (Joey from the swamps), who eats mainly tourists from Prague.

American heavy metal band Metallica covered the song during a concert in Prague in 2018, receiving an enthusiastic response from their audience.