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Thread #11873 Message #1219789
Posted By: Billy the Bus
06-Jul-04 - 05:15 AM
Thread Name: Aunty Mary Had a Canary - where?
Subject: RE: Aunty Mary Had a Canary - where?
G'day Ewan (if you are still with us),
Going backi to your original post from a half-decade back...
"Aunty Mary" was sung by kids in New Zealand in the 1950s, with verses much like those above - especially those from Bob Bolton. Some verses were NEVER sung in front of our parents, Akenaton!!! Despite having learned the Vowdlerised version from Mum and Dad.
Gary213 - Thanks for reviving the thread, I haven't thought of the song in a half-century. I haven't caught it before.
Burl - your contri from a half-year back mentioned a song about the moon and Charlie Chaplin, that was in your family song-fest...
That's taken me back to the 50s too (with a different tune to Aunty Mary and her Canary) - but with similar sentiments. The chorus went something like....
Oh, the sun shone down on Mrs Porter,
And on her daughter, who was a snorter,
Yes, the sun shone down on Mrs Porter [and on her daughter]
And it threw their shadows on the sh*t-house door
Or somesuch...
Can't remember any more at the moment. Must follow it up and start a new Fred....
Cheers - Sam