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3月27日

Our House/song

So here's the song and the activity I promised. Guess the missing words by reading the clues between brackets (). The words in Italics are explained in the glossary at the end of the lysrics....The solutions? Well, Google "Our House Madness lyrics" and you'll find lots of websites giving you the missing words.

Enjoy it!

Our House by Madness

Father wears his ____________best (day of the week)
Mother's __________she needs a rest (adjective) 
The kids are playing up ____________ (part of the house)
Sister's sighing in her sleep
 ___________'s got a date to keep (member of the family)
He can't hang around
 
Our house, in the middle of our street
Our house, in the middle of our
 
Our house it has a crowd
There's ____________something happening (adverb of frequency)
And it's usually quite loud
Our _________ she's so house-proud (member of the family, colloquial)
Nothing ever slows her down
And a mess is not allowed
 
Our house, in the middle of our street
Our house, in the middle of our
Our house, in the middle of our street (Something tells you)
(That you've got to get away from it)
Our house, in the middle of our
 
Father gets up ________ for work (adverb of time)
Mother has to iron his ________ (clothes)
Then she sends the kids to _________ (place)
Sees them off with a small kiss
She's the one they're going to miss
In lots of ways
[Instrumental Interlude]
 
Our house, in the middle of our street
Our house, in the middle of our
 
I remember way back then when
Everything was true and when
We would have such a very good time
Such a fine time
Such a ________time (adjective)
 
And I remember how we'd play
Simply waste the day away
Then we'd say nothing would come between us
Two dreamers
[Back to First verse]
 
...Our house, was our castle and our keep
Our house, in the middle of our street
Our house, that was where we used to sleep
Our house, in the middle of our street
 
Glossary:
Sunday Best = best clothes
Playing up = behaving badly
sighing = making a sad sound
has got a date = has a meeting (with a girl)
hang around = stay here for long
house-proud = a person who like to keep her house clean and tidy
you've got to = you have to