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Thread #11873   Message #2391317
Posted By: GUEST,myrtle
17-Jul-08 - 08:30 AM
Thread Name: Aunty Mary Had a Canary - where?
Subject: RE: Aunty Mary Had a Canary - where?
My grandmother used to sing

"we've got three chickens in our backyard, we feed them on indian corn.
One lays eggs and one lays bricks and one lays nothing at all.

Chase me charlie
chase me charlie
lost the leg of me drawers
Chase me charlie
chase me charlie
will you lend me yours

Her father was Scottish (from Sutherland) but she grew up in Norfolk.