The Window Cleaner

The Window Cleaner

"The Window Cleaner" (also known as "When I'm Cleaning Windows") is a comedy song performed by Lancastrian comic, actor and ukulele player George Formby. It first appeared in the film "Keep Your Seats Please" and was an instant success, the song was banned from being broadcast by the BBC because "The Windows are far too filthy"Fact|date=May 2007, referencing the innuendos and double entendres that ran throughout the song, although it was eventually played after it was revealed that the Royal Family enjoyed itFact|date=May 2008.


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