FILK: Bye-bye Elf

[Caius Marcius]

No: HPFGUIDX 86600

Bye-bye Elf

To the tune of Bye-Bye Love by the Everly Brothers

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Dedicated to Maria

THE SCENE: The Malfoy Estate, the summer of 1993. LUCIUS breaks the 
news to NARCISSA that they will be henceforth deprived of house-elf 
services. 

LUCIUS & NARCISSA
Bye bye, elf.
Bye bye, cleanliness
Hello, what a mess
I think that I see grime

Bye bye, elf.
Bye bye, posh address.
Domestic distress
Will drive us both awry-ry
Bye bye, our elf, goodby-ye.

LUCIUS
There goes our Dobby
Far from our street
That Potter gave him
Socks for his feet.
He was our servant
'Til he got threads
Goodbye to breakfasts
He served in bed.

LUCIUS & NARCISSA
Bye bye, elf.
Bye bye, cleanliness
Hello, what a mess
I think that I see grime

Bye bye, elf.
Bye bye, flashiness
Hello, moldiness.
We can't keep this house dry-y

NARCISSA
Our home once sparkled.
With flair and grace.
Soon it will look like
12 Grimmauld Place
Why must our home turn
To a latrine?
Because no Malfoy
Knows how to clean

LUCIUS & NARCISSA
Bye bye, elf.
Bye bye, loftiness
Hello, tawdriness.
Good help's hard to come by-y.

Bye bye, elf.
Bye bye, loveliness.
Hello, shoddiness.
Let's give this mop a try-y
Bye bye, our elf, goodby-ye.
Bye bye, our elf, goodby-ye.
Bye bye, our elf, goodby-ye.

(LUCIUS & NARCISSA spend several hours trying to charm a mop into 
cleaning the floor on its own, before realizing they are using a 
spell from a discarded "Fantasia" script)

   - CMC

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