Housewife's Alphabet

A is for altar where we go astray

Be for the bills that begin the next day

See for the cuffs and the collars of shirts

D is for dishes and dusting and dirt

E is my energy draining away

And F is for floors to be swept every day

G for girlhood that's gawky and gone

And a H fed up housewife that's singing this song

Wearily, it's merely a good woman's day

Cooking and cleaning and tidying away

If ever you finish, remember that when

You wake up tomorrow, it all starts again

I is for ironing for kids in their teens

J is for jerseys and jumpers and jeans

K for the kitchen for years upon end

I've lived with left overs and laundry for friends

M is my mending, there's mile upon mile

N for the nappies in a big stinking pile

O for the odd jobs, the odd one or two

Like pushing the pram or unplugging the loo

Wearily, it's merely a good woman's day

Cooking and cleaning and tidying away

If ever you finish, remember that when

You wake up tomorrow, it all starts again

Q is for quarreling of chicks in my nest

Are is for referee and a one minute rest

S for the shopping in snow, sleet or rain

And T for that toilet, it's stopped up again

U is for underwear, grimy and soiled

V for those things that you peel, chop and boil

W for woman and washing machine

We both need attention, you know what I mean

Wearily, it's merely a good woman's day

Cooking and cleaning and tidying away

If ever you finish, remember that when

You wake up tomorrow, it all starts again

We've got no union, it's eight days a week

They're crammed into seven, I'm out on my feet

So much to do, where should I begin?

But I 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

Why Z for yours truly, I've gone on too long

And so has the system and so has this song

Wearily, it's merely a good woman's day

Cooking and cleaning and tidying away

If ever you finish, remember that when

You wake up tomorrow, it all starts again

If this song was household you'd sing it and then

You'd go back where you started and sing it again

Again and again and again and again