《Queen Anne Front(Live)》歌词

歌曲： Queen Anne Front(Live)

所属专辑：Live At Mandel Hall， University of Chicago， Vol. 2 (13 September 1957)

歌手： Pete Seeger

时长： 04:10

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Queen Anne Front (Live) - Pete Seeger[00:00:02]

When great grandfather was a gay young man[00:00:43]

And great grandmother was his bride[00:00:46]

They found a lot, a jolly little spot[00:00:49]

Over on the old North Side[00:00:52]

It sloped down toward the river[00:00:55]

From River Avenue[00:00:57]

Great grandma said that it would give her[00:01:01]

Such a lovely view[00:01:03]

So they took a look in Godey's Ladies book[00:01:07]

To see what they could find[00:01:09]

And they found a house, a jolly little house[00:01:12]

With a Queen Anne front and a Mary Anne behind[00:01:14]

Now great grandfather was a handy man[00:01:21]

Who never wasted any time[00:01:23]

He found a crew that knew just what to do[00:01:27]

With white pine, common brick and lime[00:01:29]

He said, "I'll build a big veranda[00:01:35]

Where Amanda can perch[00:01:37]

And I'll sit there myself on Sunday mornings[00:01:40]

When everybody else has gone to church"[00:01:43]

The neighbors said, "He's crazy in the head[00:01:45]

He's surely lost his mind[00:01:48]

But he built that house, that jolly little house[00:01:50]

With a Queen Anne front and a Mary Anne behind"[00:01:53]

Now great grandpa at last was laid to rest[00:01:58]

With great grandmother at his side[00:02:01]

Old Aunt Amanda said, "My land[00:02:05]

An empty house I can't abide"[00:02:07]

"I'll start a ladies' seminary[00:02:09]

It will be very select[00:02:12]

Of course, it will be very necessary[00:02:15]

That all my girls be circumspect"[00:02:17]

As you may guess it was a big success[00:02:20]

Those girls were so refined[00:02:23]

In that self-same house, that jolly little house[00:02:25]

With a Queen Anne front and a Mary Anne behind[00:02:28]

Now aunt Amanda's work at last was done[00:02:35]

And she passed on to her reward[00:02:37]

Appeared a sign that bore the line[00:02:41]

Announcing simply, 'Room and Board'[00:02:43]

The house was soon filled[00:02:46]

With roomers of every degree[00:02:48]

Red flannel underwear and bloomers[00:02:52]

Hung out for everyone to see[00:02:54]

The old porch stoop had started in to droop[00:02:57]

The house looked so resigned[00:03:00]

That self-same house, that jolly little house[00:03:03]

With a Queen Anne front and a Mary Anne behind[00:03:06]

Now that old house was looking worse and worse[00:03:24]

And so was River Avenue[00:03:31]

Wooden shacks across the tracks[00:03:34]

Spoiled great grandma's lovely view[00:03:36]

A group of very pretty ladies moved in there one day[00:03:40]

They were such pretty Sues and Sadie's[00:03:45]

But a wagon came and took them all away[00:03:48]

Said one old dame, "Now isn't it a shame[00:03:51]

My girls were so refined[00:03:54]

But they closed that house, that jolly little house[00:03:56]

With a Queen Anne front and a Mary Anne behind"[00:03:59]