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Aunt Margery
Staff Notation • Secular, Partsongs
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Aunt Margery by James Asher Parks — Lyrics
When I was a nice little girl of three,
I went for a walk with Aunt Margery,
And I fell in the mud where all could see,
But a very nice gentleman picked up me;
He picked me up, and he laughed in glee,
Looking so hard at Aunt Margery;—
And now I remember, it seems to me,
He’d rather have picked up Aunt Margery.
I stole thro’ the garden gate one day,
For I’d seen Aunt Margery go that way,
So I crept thro’ the lattice there was he,
By her side in the shade of an apple tree;
He smiled and he kissed me, twice did he,
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About Aunt Margery
James Asher Parks composed this charming SATB partsong. Sung in English, Aunt Margery falls into the genre of secular choral music. The text humorously recounts childhood memories of the singer's Aunt Margery, contrasting the singer's own minor mishaps with the attention an admiring gentleman pays to her aunt. The lyrics suggest a playful narrative where the gentleman's affections are clearly directed towards Aunt Margery, even in moments involving the young singer. It's a light-hearted, narrative piece perfect for a lighter moment in a concert programme.
