Biography:
George Formby, OBE (26 May 1904 – 6 March 1961), was a British actor, singer-songwriter and comedian. He sang light, comical songs, usually playing the ukulele or banjolele. He was a major star of stage and screen in the 1930s and '40s, when Formby became the UK's highest-paid entertainer. His songs such as "When I'm Cleaning Windows" were particularly popular during the Second World War (1939–45).
When he and his wife travelled throughout the war, creating improvised lyrics to songs to fit the situation, they delighted their audiences.
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Other songs:
- I'm Leaning On A Lampost
- Leaning On A Lampost
- Maginot Line
- When I'm Cleaning Windows
- When Im Cleaning Windows
- Leaning On A Lamp Post
- Bless Em All
- Id Do It With A Smile
- Id Like A Dream Like That
- Mother Whatll I Do Now
- Our Sergeant Major
- Swimmin With The Wimmin
- The Other Side Of The World
- Why Dont Women Like Me
- With My Little Ukulele In My Hand
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[ INTRO ]
C G7
Mother you give good advice, always you mean well.
C E7 Am D G7
Now I need it more than ever I'm inside this cell.
[ VERSE 1 ]
C A7 Dm G7 C A7 Dm G7
I'm behind a prison wall, the bed's so hard and much too small
C C7 F G#7 G7 C
There's no pyjamas here at all, Oh Mother what'll I do now?
[ VERSE 2 ]
C A7 Dm G7 C A7 Dm G7
They told me they would treat me swell tucked inside my little cell
C C7 F Fm G7 C
But up to now it's been like h...! Mother what'll I do now?
[ CHORUS ]
C7 F
We're parted from each other and that's too bad.
D7 G7
You're my favourite Mother, Oh the best I ever had.
[ VERSE 3 ]
C A7 Dm G7 C A7 Dm G7
Tonight I've got a date you see but they won't let me have a key
C C7 F Fm G7 C
And the Warder's won't wait up for me, Oh! Mother what'll I do now?
[ VERSE 4 ]
C A7 Dm G7 C A7 Dm G7
It's hard to pass the time away, I'm in a dangerous mood I say.
C C7 F Fm G7 C
I've smoked two cigarettes today, Oh! Mother what'll I do now?
[ VERSE 5 ]
C A7 Dm G7 C A7 Dm G7
First I stand and then I sit, then I sit and stand a bit
C C7 F Fm G7 C
But I can't stand much more of it, Oh! Mother what'll I do now?
[ CHORUS ]
C7 F
We're parted from each other and that's too bad.
D7 G7
You're my favourite Mother, Oh the best I ever had.
[ VERSE 6 ]
C A7 Dm G7 C A7 Dm G7
I got such an awful shock, I asked the time for there's no clock
C C7 F Fm G7 C
And the Warder said six months "Old Cock Oh! Mother what'll I do now?
[ VERSE 7 ]
C A7 Dm G7 C A7 Dm G7
I ordered lunch from soup to sweet but they forgot the fish and meat
C C7 F Fm G7 C
And since the soup there's nowt to eat, Oh Mother what'll I do now?
[ VERSE 8 ]
C A7 Dm G7 C A7 Dm G7
I've had such a tummy ache. All night long I've been awake.
C C7 F Fm G7 C
Some castor oil they made me take, Oh! Mother what'll I do now?
[ CHORUS ]
C7 F
We're parted from each other and that's too bad.
D7 G7
You're my favourite Mother, Oh the best I ever had.
[ VERSE 9 ]
C A7 Dm G7 C A7 Dm G7
Ive played Peter fly away Paul, Ive played tiddly winks and all
C C7 F Fm G7 C
Ive written rude words on the wall, Oh! Mother what'll I do now?
C G7
Mother you give good advice, always you mean well.
C E7 Am D G7
Now I need it more than ever I'm inside this cell.
[ VERSE 1 ]
C A7 Dm G7 C A7 Dm G7
I'm behind a prison wall, the bed's so hard and much too small
C C7 F G#7 G7 C
There's no pyjamas here at all, Oh Mother what'll I do now?
[ VERSE 2 ]
C A7 Dm G7 C A7 Dm G7
They told me they would treat me swell tucked inside my little cell
C C7 F Fm G7 C
But up to now it's been like h...! Mother what'll I do now?
[ CHORUS ]
C7 F
We're parted from each other and that's too bad.
D7 G7
You're my favourite Mother, Oh the best I ever had.
[ VERSE 3 ]
C A7 Dm G7 C A7 Dm G7
Tonight I've got a date you see but they won't let me have a key
C C7 F Fm G7 C
And the Warder's won't wait up for me, Oh! Mother what'll I do now?
[ VERSE 4 ]
C A7 Dm G7 C A7 Dm G7
It's hard to pass the time away, I'm in a dangerous mood I say.
C C7 F Fm G7 C
I've smoked two cigarettes today, Oh! Mother what'll I do now?
[ VERSE 5 ]
C A7 Dm G7 C A7 Dm G7
First I stand and then I sit, then I sit and stand a bit
C C7 F Fm G7 C
But I can't stand much more of it, Oh! Mother what'll I do now?
[ CHORUS ]
C7 F
We're parted from each other and that's too bad.
D7 G7
You're my favourite Mother, Oh the best I ever had.
[ VERSE 6 ]
C A7 Dm G7 C A7 Dm G7
I got such an awful shock, I asked the time for there's no clock
C C7 F Fm G7 C
And the Warder said six months "Old Cock Oh! Mother what'll I do now?
[ VERSE 7 ]
C A7 Dm G7 C A7 Dm G7
I ordered lunch from soup to sweet but they forgot the fish and meat
C C7 F Fm G7 C
And since the soup there's nowt to eat, Oh Mother what'll I do now?
[ VERSE 8 ]
C A7 Dm G7 C A7 Dm G7
I've had such a tummy ache. All night long I've been awake.
C C7 F Fm G7 C
Some castor oil they made me take, Oh! Mother what'll I do now?
[ CHORUS ]
C7 F
We're parted from each other and that's too bad.
D7 G7
You're my favourite Mother, Oh the best I ever had.
[ VERSE 9 ]
C A7 Dm G7 C A7 Dm G7
Ive played Peter fly away Paul, Ive played tiddly winks and all
C C7 F Fm G7 C
Ive written rude words on the wall, Oh! Mother what'll I do now?
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