Mr. Wu Has Gone And Joined The Army 1942 JPitt-Payne

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 22 Oct 2013
2013

There's a deep depression down in Limehouse
in the street where old Lu's Laundry used to be;
The place where all our shirts were washed
by a Jerry's bomb got coshed,
so he went and joined the Army
Yes, Siree!
I got a letter from him yesterday
and to customers he just wants me to say:

That Mister Wu has gone
and joined the Army,
Mister Wu has started fighting now.
I'm very pleased to say
that since he went away
you'll find the women busy
with their tubs on washing day.
For since he sailed across
the mighty ocean
old Limehouse is
a diff'rent place somehow;
Instead of ironing shirts and collars,
night dresses and naps,
dear old men's pyjama coats
and dear old ladies wraps,
now Mister Wu is very busy
stiff'ning lots of Japs,
Yes, Mister Wu
has started fighting now.

That Mister Wu has gone
and joined the Army,
Mister Wu has started fighting now.
I'm very pleased to say
that since he went away
you'll find the women busy
with their tubs on washing day.
For since he sailed across
the mighty ocean
old Limehouse is
a diff'rent place somehow;
With our Forces out in China
he's joined in the hunt,
he's helping all his Chinese pals
to bear an awful brunt;
they say he's putting lots of starch
in Winston's second front;
Yes, Mister Wu
has started fighting now.

Mister Wu has left his Chinese wifie
she's working in the local A.R.P.
She's got an ambulance to drive
yes, she's very much alive
she can do the job as well
as you or me;
I met her once down by the riverside,
when I asked her where he was
she just replied:

That Mister Wu has gone
and joined the Army,
Mister Wu has started fighting now.
I'm very pleased to say
that since he went away
you'll find the women busy
with their tubs on washing day.
For since he sailed across
the mighty ocean
old Limehouse is
a diff'rent place somehow;
Instead of ironing shirts and collars,
night dresses and naps,
dear old men's pyjama coats
and dear old ladies wraps,
now Mister Wu is very busy
stiff'ning lots of Japs,
Yes, Mister Wu
has started fighting now.

That Mister Wu has gone
and joined the Army,
Mister Wu has started fighting now.
I'm very pleased to say
that since he went away
you'll find the women busy
with their tubs on washing day.
For since he sailed across
the mighty ocean
old Limehouse is
a diff'rent place somehow;
With our Forces out in China
he's joined in the hunt,
he's helping all his Chinese pals
to bear an awful brunt;
they say he's putting lots of starch
in Winston's second front;
Yes, Mister Wu
has started fighting now.

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Mr. Wu Has Gone And Joined The Army 1942 JPitt-Payne
by Jack Cottrell
© 1942 by B.Feldman & Co.
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There were several songs about Mr. Wu starting with the
Chinese Laundry Blues. Usually sung by George Formby.
I have never come across this one before and it is not listed
anywhere that I have been able to see so I have made a guess
at the date.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 22 October 2013 at 15.38
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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