Tuesday, January 9, 2024

I'm Going To Give It To Mary With Love - Loudon Wainwright III

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I'd Rather Lead a Band, 2020
Written by Cliff Edwards, 1933

Assisted by Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks, Wainwright takes on this song, which, like all the others on the album, is from the early American songbook.  This one's a winking, risqué-for-the-time song of sexual innuendo ("I'm going to let her take it right in the hand / 'Cause I know that she'll stroke it so grand")  Later, of course, he tosses out the joke: "I'm talking about a necklace!" Wainwright, with his long history of describing himself as a cross between a goofy dad, a hopeless husband, and a ladies' man who can't help himself, is the perfect voice for this novelty song.
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