The Twelve Weeks of Cleaning

Along with Greensleeves and Green Grow The Rushes, Oh, one of the traditionally unavoidable filkees is The Twelve Days Of Christmas. When I was living with my parents, we did the other traditional, unavoidable thing and repainted the whole house. This song is pretty much exactly how it happened.

[mid-1990s sometime]

In the first week of cleaning my mother gave to me
A house painted purple and green

In the second week of cleaning my mother gave to me
New bathroom taps
And a house painted purple and green

In the third week of cleaning my mother gave to me
Fairly cleanish carpet
New bathroom taps
And a house painted purple and green

In the fourth week of cleaning my mother gave to me
Floors full of boxes
Fairly cleanish carpet
New bathroom taps
And a house painted purple and green

In the fifth week of cleaning my mother gave to me
A new cat door
Floors full of boxes
Fairly cleanish carpet
New bathroom taps
And a house painted purple and green

In the sixth week of cleaning my mother gave to me
A loo-paper holder
A new cat door
Floors full of boxes
Fairly cleanish carpet
New bathroom taps
And a house painted purple and green

In the seventh week of cleaning my mother gave to me
Trailer-fulls of rubbish
A loo-paper holder
A new cat door
Floors full of boxes
Fairly cleanish carpet
New bathroom taps
And a house painted purple and green

In the eighth week of cleaning my mother gave to me
Empty Mr Sheen tins
Trailer-fulls of rubbish
A loo-paper holder
A new cat door
Floors full of boxes
Fairly cleanish carpet
New bathroom taps
And a house painted purple and green

In the ninth week of cleaning my mother gave to me
Relocated paintings
Empty Mr Sheen tins
Trailer-fulls of rubbish
A loo-paper holder
A new cat door
Floors full of boxes
Fairly cleanish carpet
New bathroom taps
And a house painted purple and green

In the tenth week of cleaning my mother gave to me
Junk for garage sales
Relocated paintings
Empty Mr Sheen tins
Trailer-fulls of rubbish
A loo-paper holder
A new cat door
Floors full of boxes
Fairly cleanish carpet
New bathroom taps
And a house painted purple and green

In the eleventh week of cleaning my mother gave to me
Laid-on hot water
Junk for garage sales
Relocated paintings
Empty Mr Sheen tins
Trailer-fulls of rubbish
A loo-paper holder
A new cat door
Floors full of boxes
Fairly cleanish carpet
New bathroom taps
And a house painted purple and green

In the twelfth week of cleaning my mother gave to me
Chiropractic bills
Laid-on hot water
Junk for garage sales
Relocated paintings
Empty Mr Sheen tins
Trailer-fulls of rubbish
A loo-paper holder
A new cat door
Floors full of boxes
Fairly cleanish carpet
New bathroom taps
And a house painted purple and green