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Queen Anne Front (Live) - Pete Seeger
When great grandfather was a gay young man
And great grandmother was his bride

They found a lot a jolly little spot
Over on the old North Side

It sloped down toward the river

From River Avenue

Great grandma said that it would give her

Such a lovely view

So they took a look in Godey's Ladies book
To see what they could find

And they found a house a jolly little house
With a Queen Anne front and a Mary Anne behind

Now great grandfather was a handy man

Who never wasted any time

He found a crew that knew just what to do
With white pine common brick and lime

He said "I'll build a big veranda
Where Amanda can perch

And I'll sit there myself on Sunday mornings

When everybody else has gone to church"

The neighbors said "He's crazy in the head
He's surely lost his mind

But he built that house that jolly little house
With a Queen Anne front and a Mary Anne behind"

Now great grandpa at last was laid to rest

With great grandmother at his side

Old Aunt Amanda said "My land
An empty house I can't abide"

"I'll start a ladies' seminary

It will be very select

Of course it will be very necessary

That all my girls be circumspect"

As you may guess it was a big success
Those girls were so refined

In that self-same house that jolly little house

With a Queen Anne front and a Mary Anne behind

Now aunt Amanda's work at last was done
And she passed on to her reward

Appeared a sign that bore the line

Announcing simply 'Room and Board'

The house was soon filled
With roomers of every degree

Red flannel underwear and bloomers

Hung out for everyone to see

The old porch stoop had started in to droop
The house looked so resigned

That self-same house that jolly little house
With a Queen Anne front and a Mary Anne behind

Now that old house was looking worse and worse
And so was River Avenue

Wooden shacks across the tracks

Spoiled great grandma's lovely view

A group of very pretty ladies moved in there one day

They were such pretty Sues and Sadie's

But a wagon came and took them all away

Said one old dame "Now isn't it a shame
My girls were so refined

But they closed that house that jolly little house

With a Queen Anne front and a Mary Anne behind"