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Thread #58775   Message #2390918
Posted By: GUEST,PB
16-Jul-08 - 04:33 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Auntie Mary Had a Canary
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Auntie Mary Had A Canary
This lyric has featured a couple of times on Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show on BBC Radio Four. After having too much to drink, Arthur can occasionally be heard singing this song:

Auntie Mary had a canary
up the leg of her drawers
It wouldn't come down for half a crown...

That's normally about as far as Arthur gets