When great grandfather was a gay young manAnd great grandmother was his brideThey found a lot, a jolly little spotOver on the old North SideIt sloped down toward the riverFrom River AvenueGreat grandma said that it would give herSuch a lovely viewSo they took a look in Godey's Ladies bookTo see what they could findAnd they found a house, a jolly little houseWith a Queen Anne front and a Mary Anne behindNow great grandfather was a handy manWho never wasted any timeHe found a crew that knew just what to doWith white pine, common brick and limeHe said, I'll build a big verandaWhere Amanda can perchAnd I'll sit there myself on Sunday morningsWhen everybody else has gone to churchThe neighbors said, He's crazy in the headHe's surely lost his mindBut he built that house, that jolly little houseWith a Queen Anne front and a Mary Anne behindNow great grandpa at last was laid to restWith great grandmother at his sideOld Aunt Amanda said, My landAn empty house I can't abideI'll start a ladies' seminaryIt will be very selectOf course, it will be very necessaryThat all my girls be circumspectAs you may guess it was a big successThose girls were so refinedIn that self-same house, that jolly little houseWith a Queen Anne front and a Mary Anne behindNow aunt Amanda's work at last was doneAnd she passed on to her rewardAppeared a sign that bore the lineAnnouncing simply, 'Room and Board'The house was soon filledWith roomers of every degreeRed flannel underwear and bloomersHung out for everyone to seeThe old porch stoop had started in to droopThe house looked so resignedThat self-same house, that jolly little houseWith a Queen Anne front and a Mary Anne behindNow that old house was looking worse and worseAnd so was River AvenueWooden shacks across the tracksSpoiled great grandma's lovely viewA group of very pretty ladies moved in there one dayThey were such pretty Sues and Sadie'sBut a wagon came and took them all awaySaid one old dame, Now isn't it a shameMy girls were so refinedBut they closed that house, that jolly little houseWith a Queen Anne front and a Mary Anne behind
Lyrics by Pete Seeger
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