When I'm Cleaning Windows

Album: Golden Greats (1936)
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  • 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

    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

    At 8 o'clock a girl she wakes
    At 5 past 8 the bus she takes
    At 10 past 8 me ladder breaks
    When I'm cleanin' windows Writer/s: Frederick E Cliffe, George Formby, Hubert J. Clifford
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • Random Dude from From PhIs it true that this song was banned from the airwaves in 1940? What was the reason then
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