Chinese Laundry Blues

A number popularized by George Formby. Sorry blues fans, it’s a comedy
song, but then, maybe you can blues it down.

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Now//mis-ter Wu was a/laun-dry man in a/
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shop with an old green/door, he/
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irons all day your/li-nen a-way,– he/
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rea-ly makes me/sore;– he’s/lost his heart to a/
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Chin-ese girl, and his/
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laun-dry’s all gone wrong all/
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day he’ll flirt and/scorch your shirt, that’s/
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why I’m sing-ing this/song: Oh, Mis-ter/
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Wu,—/-what shall I/do?—/-I’ve got those/
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kind of Lime-house/Chin-ese laun-dry/blues.—/-
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This fun-ny/fee-ling–/-keeps round me/steal-ing/
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–why/don’t you throw your/sweet-heart ov-er,/
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do!—/-my vest’s so/short—/-that it won’t/
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fit my lit-tle/bro-ther, and/my new Sun-day/
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shirt has got a/per-for-a-ted/rud-der! Mis-ter/
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Wu—/-I’m tell-ing/you,—/-I’ve got those/
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kind of Lime-house/Chin-ese laun-dry/blues.–/–