I said well if you're drowning I don't want to lose
– Banned by the BBC: "The Window Cleaner", second recorded version
A girl while bathing clung to me—my wits I had to use—
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brittisk sångare, musiker, skådespelare och komiker
English actor, singer-songwriter and comedian (1904–1961)
كوميديان من المملكه المتحده
aisteoir Sasanach
"You know, some of the songs are a bit near. But they'll take them from me in evening dress; they wouldn't take them if I wore baggy pants and rednose".
anglický herec, zpěvák, skladatel písní a komik
– "With My Little Stick of Blackpool Rock":
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It's a good job I don't wear a kilt,
"To overcrowded flats I've been,
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attore, cantautore e suonatore di banjo inglese
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Every day, wherever I stray, the kids around me flock;
My little stick of Blackpool rock"
تهیه‌کننده، کمدین، بازیگر، و موسیقی‌دان بریتانیایی
When I'm cleaning windows!"
Sixteen in one bed I've seen,
musicien, comédien et acteur britannique (1904-1961)
actor, cantante y comediante inglés
George Formby
– Formby on his stage persona.
Formby's house, Lytham St Anne's
"Standing with his back to a tree or a wall of sandbags, with men squatting on the ground in front of him, he sang song after song, screwing up his face into comical expressions of fright whenever shells exploded in the near distance, and making little cracks when the firing drowned the point lines in his songs".
"I'm just a clown without the make-up, the circus clown who magnifies the reactions of ordinary people to the things that happen around them".
'Cos when I pulled it out I pulled my shirt up as well.
For they admire the way I'm built,
banned by the BBC?
"With my little stick of Blackpool rock
pemeran laki-laki asal Britania Raya
Blue plaque at Formby's house Beryldene, Inner Promenade, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire
britischer Schauspieler
With the lodger tucked up in between,
engelsk sanger, musiker, skuespiller og entertainer
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Brits acteur, zanger en komiek (1904–1961)
United Kingdom baaŋa ŋun nyɛ doo
In my pocket it got stuck I could tell,
– Basil Dean, the head of ENSA, on some of Formby's work with the organisation.
When I'm cleaning windows! Now lots of girls I've had to jilt,
Along the promenade I stroll;
She cried I'm drowning and to save me you won't refuse;
– Formby on his suggestive lyrics.
piosenkarz i aktor brytyjski
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George Formby jr.
George Formby, Jr.
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