This is Exercise #15 of the twenty-five Exercises in Song for Christmas 2008.
"Blurb " originally appeared on p56 of Raymond Queneau's Exercices de Style in the 1998 Calderbook translation.
To be sung to the tune of "Show Me The Way To Go Home". More information here.
Exercises in Song 2008: #15
In this, the writer's new song,
We hear of an ordinary man
Who, stricken by ill fortune, simply wants to get home
By whatever way he can.
Tipped to become a hit,
With its style, panache and wit,
You will find yourself just humming the tune,
So don't go home without it!
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