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Thread #11873 Message #2868397
Posted By: GUEST,Ian Manning, South Australia.
20-Mar-10 - 09:32 PM
Thread Name: Aunty Mary Had a Canary - where?
Subject: RE: Aunty Mary Had a Canary - where?
For what it's worth,I can remember my late Grandfather(born 1876) singing the below to the tune of the song "Coming through the rye":
Aunt Mary bought a canary from the butcher's boy.
She kept it in the dairy, where it was a joy.
Strange to say it never whistled, never seemed to try.
Seem to see cock-sparrow's bristles coming through the dye.