I included BLUEBEARD in my collection of Newman Levy songs since it sounds like something Newman would have written (from DT - Note: I don't know who wrote this, but it sounds like Newman Levy. Anybody know? RG). But I just found out Bluebeard was written by Guy Wetmore Carryl. It is from his book Grimm Tales Made Gay, and the full title of the poem is "How the Helpmate of Blue-Beard Made Free with a Door".

I never could find any mention of Bluebeard in any of Newman Levy's writing. This solves the mystery. It looks like there are some great poems and puns by Guy Carryl. I think he merits some review.

"You are only absurd when you get in the curd,
But you're rude when you get in the whey."
from 'The Embarrassing Episode of Little Miss Muffet,'쳌 by Guy Wetmore Carryl

Cheers, S. in Seattle