Mary Donaldson, Baroness Donaldson of Lymington Mary Donaldson, Baroness Donaldson of Lymington Dorothy Mary Donaldson, The Lady Donaldson of Lymington, (née Warwick, 29 August 1921 – 4 October 2003), previously known as Dame Mary Donaldson, was the first female Lord Mayor of London (1983–84). Born at Wickham, Hampshire, the daughter of an ironmonger and a school teacher, Donaldson trained as a nurse during the war and qualified in 1946. From 1967–69, she chaired the Women's National Cancer Control Campaign, and then the Vice President of the British Cancer Council. In 1966, she was elected a Member of the City of London Court of Common Council, and
Oh Dear! What Can the Matter Be? exaggerates one common trait (one so thin she falls through a knot-hole). Suggested alternate lyrics include: <poem> Oh, dear, what can the matter be, Six old maids were stuck in the lavat'ry, They were there from Sunday till Saturday, Nobody knew they were there The first one in was fat lady Humphreys - squeezed herself down and she said "it's quite comfy" but when she was through she could not get her bum free – and nobody knew she was there. Refrain The next one there was old lady Grayson – she couldn't get in so she peed in the