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When I’m Cleaning Windows

by George Formby
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Now I go cleaning windows

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To earn an honest bob

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For a nos-ey parker

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It's an interesting job

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Now it's a job that just suits me

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A window cleaner you would be

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If you could see what I can see

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When I'm cleaning windows

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Honey mooning couples too

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You should see them bill and coo

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You'd be surprised at things they do

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When I'm cleaning windows

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In my profession I'll work hard

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But I'll never stop

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I'll climb this blinking ladder

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'Til I get right to the top

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The blushing bride she looks devine

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The bride groom he is doing fine

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I'd rather have his job than mine

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When I'm cleaning windows

The chamber maid sweet names I call
It's a wonder I dont fall
My mind's not on the work at all
When I'm cleaning 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 cleaning windows
In my profession I'll work hard
But I'll never stop
I'll climb this blinking ladder
'Til I get right to the top
Pyjamas lying side by side
Ladies' nighties I have spied
I've often seen what goes inside
When I'm cleaning windows

Now there's a famous talkie queen
She looks a flapper on the screen
She's more like eighty than eighteen
When I'm cleaning windows
She pulls her hair all down behind
Then pulls down her....never mind !!
And after that pulls down the blind
When I'm cleaning windows
In my profession I'll work hard
But I'll never stop

I'll climb this blinking ladder
'Til 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 cleaning windows