George Formby When I`m Cleaning Windows Lyrics

When I`m Cleaning Windows Lyrics

When I'm Cleaning Windows

 George Formby

 - written by George Formby, Harry Gifford and Frederick E. Cliffe

 - as recorded September 27, 1936 by George Formby (1904-1961)

 

 Now I go cleanin' windows to earn an honest bob

 For a nosy parker it's an interestin' job

 

 Now it's a job that just suits me

 A window cleaner you would be

 If you can see what I can see

 When I'm cleanin' windows

 

 Honeymoonin' couples too

 You should see them bill 'n coo

 You'd be surprised at things they do

 When I'm cleanin' windows

 

 In my profession I'll work hard

 But I'll never stop

 I'll climb this blinkin' ladder

 Till I get right to the top

 

 The blushin' bride, she looks divine

 The bridegroom he is doin' fine

 I'd rather have his job than mine

 When I'm cleanin' windows

 

 The chambermaids' sweet names I call

 It's a wonder I don't fall

 My mind's not on my work at all

 When I'm cleanin' windows

 

 I know a fella, such a swell

 He has a thirst, that's plain to tell

 I've seen him drink his bath as well

 When I'm cleanin' windows

 

 Oh, in my profession I'll work hard

 But I'll never stop

 I'll climb this blinkin' ladder

 Till I get right to the top

 

 Pyjamas lyin' side by side

 Ladies nighties I have spied

 I've often seen what goes inside

 When I'm cleanin' windows

 

 ------ banjo ------

 

 Now there's a famous talkie queen

 She looks a flapper on the screen

 She's more like eightie than eighteen

 When I'm cleanin' windows

 

 She pulls her hair all down behind

 Then pulls down her... never mind

 And after that pulls down the blind

 When I'm cleanin' windows

 

 In my profession I'll work hard

 But I'll never stop

 I'll climb this blinkin' ladder

 Till I get right to the top

 

 An old maid walks around the floor

 She's so fed up, one day I'm sure

 She'll drag me in and lock the door

 When I'm cleanin' windows

 

 When I'm cleanin' windows

 

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 Glossary

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 bob: an informal word for a shilling, a British coin

 worth one twentieth of a pound

 

 nosy parker: a prying person

 

 bill 'n coo: "bill" means to kiss and whisper amorously;

 "coo" means to murmur lovingly

 

 swell: remarkable person

 

 talkie: an early film with a soundtrack; a "talking picture"

 

 flapper: (in the 1920s) a young woman, especially one

 flaunting her unconventional behaviour

 

 old maid: a woman regarded as unlikely ever to marry;

 a spinster