Following on the success of CHINESE LAUNDRY BLUES (1932), Formby recorded 5 more songs about Mr. Wu. One of them, MR WU'S A WINDOW CLEANER NOW (1939), has already been posted in another thread, so I won't repeat that one. The rest will follow:


THE WEDDING OF MR WU
As recorded by George Formby, 12-Nov-1933.

There's gonna be a celebration down Limehouse way,
For Mister Wu and his Chinese girl are gettin' married today.
All the folks who use his laundry will be there to see them married, wet or fine,
And the little church will sure be decorated with the washin' off the backyard line,

At the weddin', at the weddin', at the weddin' of Mister Wu.
Oh what a sight!
Won't it be bright?
There'll be colours there of almost ev'ry hue.

The Chinese Laundry Blues will surely be the weddin' march.
There'll be collars, ties and shirts and fronts and stockin's full o' starch,
At the weddin', at the weddin' at the weddin' of Mister Wu.

There's bound to be a lot of diff'rent nationalities.
There'll be some chaps with chopsticks tryin' to eat a plate of peas,
At the weddin', at the weddin' at the weddin' of Mister Wu.

At the weddin', at the weddin', at the weddin' of Mister Wu,
Oh what a sight!
Won't it be bright?
There'll be colours there of almost ev'ry hue.

They broke a piece of china then the marriage vow was read.
She took him home and broke a lovely tea set on his head,
At the weddin', at the weddin' at the weddin' of Mister Wu.