《Queen Anne Front(Live)》歌词

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

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

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

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

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

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

[00:00:57] From River Avenue

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

[00:01:03] Such a lovely view

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[00:01:37] Where Amanda can perch

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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