CHINESE LAUNDRY BLUES (Jack Cottrell / George Formby)
George Formby Also recorded by : Nat Gonella & His Georgians; Jim MacLeod.
Now Mr. Woo was a laundry man In a shop with an old green door He’d iron all day, your linen away He really makes me sore He lost his heart to a Chinese girl And his laundry’s all gone wrong All day he’ll flirt and starch your shirt And that’s why I’m singing this song
Oh! Mr. Woo, what shall I do I’m feeling kind of Limehouse Chinese laundry blue This funny feeling keeps round me ceiling Oh won’t you throw your sweetheart over, do. My best silk shawl, now it won’t fit my little brother And my new Sunday shirt has got a perforated rudder Mr. Woo, what shall I do I’m feeling kind of Limehouse Chinese laundry blue
Now Mr. Woo, he’s got a naughty eye that flickers You ought to see it wobble when he’s ironing ladies blouses Mr. Woo, what shall I do I’m feeling kind of Limehouse Chinese laundry blue.
Now Mr. Woo, he’s got a laundry kind of tricky, He starched my shirts and collars But he never touched me waistcoat Mr. Woo, what shall I do I’m feeling kind of Limehouse Chinese laundry blue
(Instrumental Interlude)
Mr. Woo, what shall I do I’m feeling kind of Limehouse Chinese laundry blue