There's a "video" of this song at YouTube, but all you see is a record player. Anyway, it was helpful for sorting out these lyrics.

Lyrics are copied from here and corrected by me based on the above-mentioned "video."


CHINESE LAUNDRY BLUES
Written by Jack Cottrell & George Formby
Performed by George Formby in "Boots! Boots!" (1934)
As recorded by George Formby, 1-Jul-1932.

1. Now, Mr. Wu was a laundry man in a shop with an old green door.
He'd iron all day your linen away. He really makes me sore.
He's lost his heart to a Chinese girl and his laundry's all gone wrong.
All day he'll flirt and scorch your shirt. That's why I'm singing this song.
Oh, Mr. Wu, what shall I do?
I'm feeling kind of Limehouse Chinese Laundry Blues.

2. This funny feeling keeps round me stealing.
Oh, won't you throw your sweetheart over, do?
My vest's so short that it won't fit my little brother,
And my new Sunday shirt has got a perforated rudder.
Mr. Wu, what shall I do?
I'm feeling kind of Limehouse Chinese Laundry Blues.

3. Now Mr. Wu, he's got a naughty eye that flickers.
You ought to see it wobble when he's ironing ladies' blouses.
Mr. Wu, what shall I do?
I'm feeling kind of Limehouse Chinese Laundry Blues.

4. Now Mr. Wu, he's got a laundry kind of tricky.
He starched my shirts and collars but he never touched my waistcoat.
Mr. Wu, what shall I do?
I'm feeling kind of Limehouse Chinese Laundry Blues.

[Instrumental interlude]

5. Mr. Wu, what shall I do?
I'm feeling kind of Limehouse Chinese Laundry Blues.

[There's another video here, apparently taken from a TV show, of George Formby in his later years, singing this song, but the song is cut short, and he sings only the first 2 verses shown above.]