Make This House a Home
By Bennett Konesni
2021
I've done this with guitar, which is pretty peppy. Hype up music to get myself to clean. And as a slower choral version, easier for a big group to sing.
That was the hype song version. Here is the choral version:
Chorus
I'm gonna make this house a home
Make this house a home
Pick it up and clean it with a fine tooth comb
Make this house a home
Verse 1
I got piles of laundry stacked to the beams and piles of dishes that I gotta clean
And piles on the porch that I wanna torch, it is something like you've never seen
Old newspapers and bills and stuff, oh god when will I ever get enough
I gotta give er the corn like a slob reborn, I gotta make this house a home
Verse 2
There's some old rotten stink up and under the sink and the smell's enough to make me gag
Oh well it's been a long time since I busted slime with my mop and a good wet rag
Oh is that a dead mouse up in my house? Oh god I'm lucky I ain't still got a spouse
Gotta give it elbow grease or I'll lose my lease, time to make this house a home
Verse 3
I been at it for eight whole minutes, but you know that I hate to brag
And I got ten pounds of coffee grounds to toss into the bag
I'm gonna motor right along and sing my song, oh god am I almost done
I gotta give it the dinner even though I'm a beginner time to make this house a home
About This Song
One particularly desperate March day the phrase "I'm gonna make this house a home" came to mind as I started my spring cleaning. As I was wiping clean the shelves this melody arrived and soon the harmonies. I had it as a guitar-accompanied song but in fall of 2025 it occured to me that this could be a fun song for the Belfast Bagaduce Community Chorus to sing during spring cleaning season in 2026. So I sang some approximate parts into my tune vaccum (phone) and sent them to my buddy Liz Nolf, who runs a community chorus on Dangar Island outside Sydney, Australia. She whipped up the sheet music, I gave it a few tweaks and now we're singing it! Soon enough, my house will be clean.
Key of D or F if guitar accompanied
Three-part harmony arrangement with high, lead, and low parts, pitch to chorus