In 1962 Prof. H. Stuart Hughes ran for the U. S. Senate from Massachusetts as an Independent on a peace platform. Photographer Ted Polumbaum wrote a parody of Hoagy Carmichael and Sidney Arodin's "Lazy River" for the Hughes campaign. Ted recently died, and I'll sing at his memorial service March 11 (2001), and would like to sing the song he wrote. Ted's daughter Judy came up with a few of the words that she remembers:

Up the cool Potomac in November time
That cool, cool, cool Potomac River seat will soon be mine
... Blue (grey?) skies up above; there'll be no more love
Unless the people wise up - a man of peace they choose -
Up the cool Potomac with Hughes.
HE'S IN-DEE-PEN-DENT...
VOTE FOR BRAINS, FOR PEACE, FOR STUART HUGHES

I'd be very grateful for any help you can offer, or any suggestions.

Tony Saletan