The Bodily Function Blues
Comic lyrics Mailer wrote as a Harvard sophomore, to be sung to the tune of W. C. Handy's 'St. Louis Blues'; he performed variations at family gatherings into his eighties. Printed in The Mailer Review with a note by J. Michael Lennon.
Comic lyrics Mailer wrote as a Harvard sophomore, to be sung to W. C. Handy’s “St. Louis Blues” — which he performed “with gusto and exaggerated earthiness in his baritone voice” at family gatherings well into his eighties. Printed in The Mailer Review with a note by J. Michael Lennon.