Stop whistling and sing the lyrics, Bluebottle.

Once you think about it, you realise that a lot of popular songs are about houses and homes. Out of an embarrassment of riches, we've chosen just ten. Complete the lyrics. The songwriters and years are included to help you jog your memory.

1. And I hear the hungry coyote as he slinks up through the grass
   
   Round the little old _____ shanty on my claim. (Oliver Edwin Murray, 1880)
2. It's only a _____
   
   In old _____ Town....
   
   The roof is so slanty it touches the ground.... (Ted Lewis)
3. I was in the house when the house _____ _____
   
   I met the man with the thorny crown
   
   I helped Him carry his cross through town.... (Warren Zevon)
4. There is a house in New Orleans,
   
   They call The _____ _____.... (Animals, 1964)
5. Our house, in the middle of our street
   
   Our house, in the middle of our (something tells you that you've _____ __ _____ _____ ____ __).... (Madness, 1982)
6. There's a pink one and a green one
   
   And a blue one and a yellow one
   
   And they're all made out of _____-_____
   
   And they all look just the same. (Malvina Reynolds, 1962)
7. A chair is still a chair,
   
   Even when there's no one _______ _____,
   
   But a chair is not a house.... (Bacharach/David, 1964)
8. Bless these windows shining bright,
   
   Letting in _____ ________ ______.... (Helen Taylor, 1927)
9. Ain't got time to oil the hinges
   
   Nor to mend the windowpane
   
   Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer
   
   He's a-gettin' ready to meet ___ _____. (Stuart Hamblen, 1954)
10. In my father's house are many _______,
    
    Though tonight some make their bed _____ ___ ______.... (Etheridge et al, 1989)

Does it seem you've heard that song before? Click the picture for answers.

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Dmitri Gheorgheni

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