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Thread #11873   Message #1219969
Posted By: The Borchester Echo
06-Jul-04 - 10:50 AM
Thread Name: Aunty Mary Had a Canary - where?
Subject: RE: Aunty Mary Had a Canary - where?
Stewie posted several years ago from Australia:

Aunt Mary had a canary
She also had a duck
She took it behind the kitchen door
And taught it how to
Fry the eggs and bacon
Leave it alone and play with your own
And paddle your own canoe

This reminds me of Essex singer, dancer and box player extraorinaire Simon Ritchie's repertoire of cock-a-doodle-doo songs ("Me cock's me own so leave it alone, sing cock-a-doodle-doo").

A children's skipping song from North-East England:

One two three o'leary
I saw my Auntie Mary
Sitting on the lavatory
Eating chocolate dainties.