Annotation:Auntie Mary
X:1 T:Auntie Mary had a Canary T:AKA - Cock of the North [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Fiddler Magazine, vol. 22, No. 1, Spring 2015 (p. 47) K:G |:g2d e2d|g2d e2d|B2B BAG|A3 A3| g2d e2d|g2d e2d|B2B ABA| G3G3:| |:B3 B2A|GBd e2d|B3 BAG|A3 A3| B3 B2A|GBd e2d|B2B ABA|G3 G3:| P:Transposed to 'D' K:D |:d2A B2A|d2A B2A|F2F FED|E3 E3| d2A B2A|d2A B2A|F2F EFE|D3 D3:| |:F3F2E|DFA B2A|F3 FED|E3E3| F3 F2E|DFA B2A|F2F EFE|D3 D3:|
AUNTY/AUNTIE MARY. Irish, Jig. The Irish version of the English "Joan's Plackett (is Torn)" and the Scotch "Cock of the North (1)." The tune is known as a fiddle/accordion tune in eastern Canada today and has risqué words that begin:
My Aunt Mary got a canary
Up the leg of her drawers...'
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