#------------PLEASE NOTE------------# #This file is the author’s own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study scholarship or research.# #------------#                         "Mrs. Stately’s Garden"                        (Bob Gaudio - Jake Holmes) Intro: (flutes) (band enters) / / / / / / / /  / / / /  / / / / Chorus 1:                    Such pleasant company In Mrs. Stately’s garden Saltines and jasmine tea In Mrs. Stately’s garden Verse 1:                     Did you hear the Miller girl was found by Cooper’s Pond (Oh what a shame she was  so young) There has even been talk of a child (Well the Millers have always been wild) Poor thing Chorus 2:                    A new cake recipe In Mrs. Stately’s garden A minor tragedy In Mrs. Stately’s garden Verse 2:                     The boy that she’d been seeing went to Watertown (She must have thought he’d let her down) Do you think he knows what she has done (My boy Roger would never have run)   Poor thing Chorus 3:                    The ladies fill the chairs In Mrs. Stately’s garden A scandal fills the air In Mrs. Stately’s garden Verse 3:                     I don’t think we should see Marge Miller anymore (I know I’m right and that’s for sure) You can’t mingle with people like that (Get up Alice you’re crushing my hat) Poor thing Chorus 4:                    Lots of activity In Mrs. Stately’s garden But there’s no sympathy In Mrs. Stately’s garden Chorus 5:                    Next week they’ll come for tea In Mrs. Stately’s garden Next week it may be me In Mrs. Stately’s garden Coda:                        / / / / / / / /  / / / /  / / / / -- another ace 60’s tab from Andrew Rogers