Housewife’s Alphabet

A is for alter where we go astray
B for the bills that begin the next day
C for the cuffs and the collars of shirts
D is for dishes and dusting and dirt

E is my energy draining away on
F is for floors to be swept every day
G for girlhood, gawky and gaunt and
H fed up housewife thats singing this song

Wearily its nearly a good womans day
Cookin and cleaning and tiding away
If ever you finish remember that when
You wake up tomorrow it all starts again

I is for ironing the kids in their tees
J is for jerseys and jumpers and jeans
K for the kitchen for years upon end
I've lived with left overs and laundy for friends

M is my mending there's mile upon mile
N for the noppies in a big stinking pile
O for the odd jobs the odd one or two
Like pushing the prim or unplugging the loom

Wearily it's nearly a good womans day
Cooking and cleaning and tiding away
If ever you finish remember that when
You wake up tommorrow it all starts again

Q is for quarreling of chicks in my nest
R is for referee and 1 minute rest
S for the shopping in snow sleet or rain and
T for that toilet it's stocked up again

U is for underwear grimey and soiled
V for those things you peel chop and boil
W for woman and washing machine
We both need attention you know what I mean

Wearily it's nearly a good womans day
Cooking and cleaning and tiding away
If ever you finish remember that when
You wake up tommorrow it all starts again

We've got no union, it's 8 days a week
They're crammed into 7 I'm out on my feet
So much to do where should I begin
But I've got all my lifetime to finish it in

W for wings if I had them I'd fly
X marks the spot where I sit down and cry
Y is that for yours truely I've gone on too long
And so has the system and so has this song

Wearily it's nearly a good womans day
Cooking and cleaning and tiding away
If ever you finish remember that when
You wake up tommorrow it all starts again

If this song was housework
You'd sing it and then
You'd go back where you started and sing it again
And again and again and again and again