Indeed, given the murky gender politics that Labour's candidate-selection process is liable to throw up, Mr Dewar may find that his choice of site for the new parliament is more laden with historical allusion than he imagined.
"The song is a musical allusion to one of the most quintessential New Orleans and Mardi Gras songs, 'They All Ask'd For You, ' by the Meters, " says Harris, who fronts the New York-based Visible From Space.