The Window Cleaner No. 2

Album: Golden Greats (1937)
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  • You've heard about my capers when windows I've to clean
    Now I'd like to tell you of a few more things I've seen

    I've seen Miss Thompson in her flat take off her shoes, her coat and hat
    I've seen her take off more than that, when I'm cleaning windows
    At a ladies school I call, and one girl flirts with me and all
    But I'm insured in case I fall, when I'm cleaning windows

    All day up this ladder I'm as busy as can be
    It's not my fault I see a lot of things I shouldn't see

    To overcrowded flats I've been, sixteen in one bed I've seen
    With a lodger tucked up in between, when I'm cleaning windows
    Old soldiers never die they say, now I don't want to pass away
    I kick the bucket every day when I'm cleaning windows
    Through working at such dizzy heights, I dream about my job at night
    I polish my wife's thingummy tights, and think I'm cleaning windows

    All day up this ladder I'm as busy as can be
    It's not my fault I see a lot of things I shouldn't see

    The newlyweds at number six, somehow the curtains they can't fix
    They play some lovely parlor tricks, when I'm cleaning windows
    Now lots of girls I've had to jilt, for they admire the way I'm built
    It's a good job I don't wear a kilt, when I'm cleaning windows
    At the coronation I'll commence to work where crowds are very dense
    And let me stand for eighteen pence, instead of cleaning windows

    And all day up this ladder I'm as busy as can be
    It's not my fault I see a lot of things I shouldn't see

    At eight o'clock a girl she wakes, at five past eight a bath she takes
    At ten past eight (hm) my ladder breaks, when I'm cleaning windows Writer/s: Frederick E Cliffe, George Formby, Hubert J. Clifford
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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