Queen Anne Front
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


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Lyrics by Pete Seeger

  Abiyoyo [#]   Adam The Inventor   All My Children Of The Sun   All My Trials   Alleluya   America, The Beautiful   Arrange And Re-Arrange   Ballad Of The Fort Hood Three   Banks Of Marble   Banks of the Ohio   Barbara Allen [Live]   Battle Of New Orleans   Be Kind to Your Parents   Belle Starr   Billy Barlow   Blow The Man Down   Both Sides Now   Bring Them Home   Bring Them Home (If You Love Your Uncle Sam)   Business   Camptown Races   Camptown Races [Gwine to Run All Night]   Cement Octopus   De Colores   Die Gedanken Sind Frei   Down By The River   Down by the Riverside [African American Spiritual]   Draft Dodger Rag   English Is Cuh-ray-zee   False From True   Foggy Dew   From Way Up Here   Go Tell Aunt Rhodie   God Bless The Grass   Goodnight, Irene [Irene, Goodnight]   Guantanamera (Live)   Henry My Son   Hobo's Lullaby   Hobo's Lullaby   House Of The Rising Sun   How Can I Keep From Singing   I Ride An Old Paint   I've Been Working On The Railroad   I’ve Been Working On The Railroad   If I Had A Hammer (Album Version)   If This World Survives   It Really Isn't Garbage   Jackaro   Jacob's Ladder   Jarama Valley   John Brown's Body   John Henry   John Riley   John Riley [Pretty Fair Maid] [the Broken Token] [...   King Henry   Last Train To Nuremberg   Letter To Eve   Little Boxes   Little Fat Baby   Living In The Country   Mastinchele Wachipi Olewan   Michael Row The Boat Ashore   Michael Row The Boat Ashore (Live)   Michael, Row the Boat Ashore   Molly Malone   My Dentist Has Tattooed Legs   My Father's Mansion's Many Rooms   My Name Is Liza Kalvelage   My Rainbow Race   No Irish Need Apply   Now We Sit Us Down   Ode To A Composer Bach At Treblinka   Oh Susanna [#]   Oh What A Beautiful City   Oh, I Had A Golden Thread   Oh, What a Beautiful City!   Old Devil Time   Old Joe Clark [#]   One Grain Of Sand   Or Else   Our Generation   Peg And Awl   Preicious Friend   Quite Early Morning   Quite Early Morning [*]   River   River Song   Roll On, Columbia   Shenandoah   Skip to My Lou   Snow Snow   Solartopia   Song Of The World's Last Whale   Summertime   Take It From DrKing   Talking Ben Tre   Talking Union   Teacher Uncle Ho   The Ballad of Ira Hayes   The Bells of Rhymney   The Bells of Rhymney [#]   The Dying Miner   The Fox   The House of the Rising Sun   The River That Flows Both Ways   The Torn Flag   The Water Is Wide   The Wreck of the Old 97   The Wreck of the Old 97   There'll Come A Day   Throw Away That Shad Net   Throw Away That Shad Net (How Are We Gonna Save To...   Tomorrow's Children   Turn, Turn, Turn   Tzena Tzena Tzena   Tzena, Tzena, Tzena   Uncle Ho   Union Maid   Waist Deep In The Big Muddy   Walking Down Death Row   Walking Down Death Row [*]   Water Is Wide (O Waly Waly)   We Shall Not Be Moved   We Shall Overcome   We Will Love Or We Will Perish   When Johnny Comes Marching Home   Where Have All The Flowers Gone   Where Have All The Flowers Gone?   Which Side Are You On?   Wimoweh (Mbube)   Wimoweh (Mbube) [Live]   Wonderful Friends   Words Words Words

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