《Queen Anne Front》歌词

[00:00:01] Queen Anne Front - Pete Seeger

[00:00:04] When Great Grandfather was a gay young man

[00:00:08] And Great Grandmother was his bride

[00:00:11] They found a lot

[00:00:13] A jolly little spot

[00:00:14] Over on the old North Side

[00:00:17] It sloped down toward the river

[00:00:20] From River Avenue

[00:00:24] Great Grandma said that it would give her

[00:00:27] Such a lovely view

[00:00:30] So they took a look in Godey's Ladies Book

[00:00:33] To see what they could find

[00:00:36] And they found a house

[00:00:38] A jolly little house

[00:00:39] With a Queen Anne front

[00:00:41] And a Mary Anne behind

[00:00:45] Now Great Grandfather was a handy man

[00:00:48] Who never wasted any time

[00:00:51] He found a crew that knew just what to do

[00:00:55] With white pine common brick and lime

[00:00:58] He said "I'll build a big veranda

[00:01:00] Where Amanda can perch

[00:01:04] "And I'll sit there myself on Sunday mornings

[00:01:07] "When everybody else has gone to church "

[00:01:10] The neighbors said "He's crazy in the head

[00:01:14] "He's surely lost his mind "

[00:01:16] But he built that house

[00:01:18] That jolly little house

[00:01:19] With a Queen Anne front

[00:01:21] And a Mary Anne behind

[00:01:27] Now Great Grandpa at last was laid to rest

[00:01:31] With Great Grandmother at his side

[00:01:34] Old Aunt Amanda said "My land an

[00:01:38] "Empty house I can't abide

[00:01:40] "I'll start a ladies' seminary

[00:01:43] It will be very select

[00:01:47] "Of course it will be very necessary

[00:01:50] "That all my girls be circumspect "

[00:01:53] As you may guess it was a big success

[00:01:56] Those girls were so refined

[00:01:59] In that self-same house

[00:02:00] That jolly little house

[00:02:02] With a Queen Anne front

[00:02:04] And a Mary Anne behind

[00:02:08] Now Aunt Amanda's work at last was done

[00:02:11] And she passed on to her reward

[00:02:14] Appeared a sign that bore the line

[00:02:18] Announcing simply "Room and Board "

[00:02:21] The house was soon filled with roomers

[00:02:24] Of every degree

[00:02:27] Red flannel underwear and bloomers

[00:02:30] Hung out for everyone to see

[00:02:33] The old porch stoop had started in to droop

[00:02:36] The house looked so resigned

[00:02:39] That self-same house

[00:02:41] That jolly little house

[00:02:42] With a Queen Anne front

[00:02:44] And a Mary Anne behind

[00:02:48] Now that old house was looking worse and worse

[00:02:51] And so was River Avenue

[00:02:54] Wooden shacks across the tracks

[00:02:58] Spoiled Great Grandma's lovely view

[00:03:01] A group of very pretty ladies moved in there one day

[00:03:07] The were such charmy Sues and Sadies

[00:03:10] But a wagon came and took them all away

[00:03:14] Said one old dame "Now isn't it a shame

[00:03:16] "My girls were so refined "

[00:03:19] But they closed that house

[00:03:21] That jolly little house

[00:03:22] With a Queen Anne front

[00:03:24] And a Mary Anne behind