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