Chinese Laundry Blues - 1932 - George Formby

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 21 Feb 2002

Now Mister Wu was a laundry man
in a shop with an old green door,
He irons all day your linen away,
he really makes me sore;
He's lost his heart to a Chinese girl,
and his laundry's all gone wrong,
All day he'll flirt,
and scorch your shirt,
that's why I'm singing this song.

Oh, Mister Wu, what shall I do?
I've got those kind of
Limehouse Chinese Laundry Blues.
This funny feeling
keeps round me stealing,
Why don't you
throw your sweetheart over, do.
My vest's so short
that it won't fit my little brother,
and my new Sunday shirt
has got a perforated rudder.
Mister Wu, I'm telling you;
I've got those kind of
Limehouse Chinese Laundry Blues.

Oh, Mister Wu, what shall I do?
I've got those kind of
Limehouse Chinese Laundry Blues.
This funny feeling
keeps round me stealing,
Why don't you
throw your sweetheart over, do.
Now Mister Wu,
He's got a naughty eye that flickers,
You ought to see it wobble
when he's ironing ladies' blouses
Mister Wu, I'm telling you;
I've got those kind of
Limehouse Chinese Laundry Blues.

Now ev'ry night
when the sun goes down
and the stars they begin to peep,
You'll find there's a kind of a mystery
round the old green door will creep;
There's Mister Wu and his Chinese girl,
with a pipe and a bottle of wine,
whilst the laundry's getting soaking wet
Hanging out on the backyard line.

Oh, Mister Wu, what shall I do?
I've got those kind of
Limehouse Chinese Laundry Blues.
This funny feeling
keeps round me stealing,
Why don't you
throw your sweetheart over, do.
Now Mister Wu,
He owned a business rather tricky,
He starched my shirt and collars
and he never touched my waistcoat.
Mister Wu, I'm telling you;
I've got those kind of
Limehouse Chinese Laundry Blues.

Oh, Mister Wu, what shall I do?
I've got those kind of
Limehouse Chinese Laundry Blues.
This funny feeling
keeps round me stealing,
Why don't you
throw your sweetheart over, do.
Now Mister Wu
at washing shirts is very handy,
But he'd go broke if all the men
wore shirts like Mister Ghandi.
Mister Wu, I'm telling you;
I've got those kind of
Limehouse Chinese Laundry Blues.

Soft karaoke
Words
banjo
synth str 1 bass
synth str 1 mid range
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Lyric Line
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Chinese Laundry Blues 1932 George Formby
by Jack Cottrell
copyright 1932 by B. Feldman and Co., London, England.
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Thursday 21 February 2002 at 21.09
in association with Doug Grierson
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