G'day Tim, Jim & Craig,

The version of "Aunty Mary" that came down in my family, probably via Grandfather Bolton, who was English (from Haslingden) must be a relic of the Boer War era, as it went:

Aunty Mary had a canary,
Up the leg of her drawers,
For 'oors an' 'oors it cursed the Boers
And won the Victoria Cross.

Other friends (mostly English) have different versions.

Regards,

Bob Bolton