Текст песни: We Must All Be Very Kind to Auntie Jessie + перевод

I remember clearly when I was a tiny little child

My Auntie came to stay with us

Maybe as a family, we were a trifle wild

Our spirits ran away with us

Every single day

When we were at play

Mother used to creep into the nursery and say

We must all be very kind to Auntie Jessie

For she’s never been a mother or a wife

You must throw your toys at her

Or make a vulgar noise at her

She hasn’t led a very happy life

You must never lock her playfully in the bathroom

Or play tunes on her enameled Spanish comb

Though unpleasant to behold

She’s a heart of purest gold

And charity, you know, begins at home

Relatives who come to stay are generally inclined

To fray the children’s nerves a bit

Something in a maiden aunt just stupefies the mind

From virtue’s path one swerves a bit

Though our childish joys

May have made a noise

Mother used to murmur, Though I know boys will be boys

We must all be very kind to Auntie Jessie

And do everything we can to keep her bright

If, when you’re in the Underground

You hear her make a funny sound

It’s very rude to laugh at her outright

You must never fill her night-dress case with beetles

Or beat up her Horlick’s Malted Milk to foam

Though her kiss is worse than death

It’s unkind to hold your breath

For charity, you know, begins at home

We must all be very kind to Auntie Jessie

And encourage her to see the sunny side

It isn’t kind to rush at her

And hurl the blacking brush at her

It’s things like this that trample on her pride

Don’t molest her with a pail of icy water

If when wandering at night she chanced to roam

Though the attic stairs are steep

Death comes peacefully in sleep

And charity, we hope, begins at home

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