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No. 24: SONG (Sergeant & Chorus)
"When a felon's not engaged in his employment"
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| Sergeant. |
| When a felon's not engaged in his employment – |
| Police. |
| His employment, |
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| Or maturing his felonious little plans – |
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| Little plans, |
| Sergeant. |
| His capacity for innocent enjoyment – |
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| 'Cent enjoyment |
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| Is just as great as any honest man's – |
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| Honest man's. |
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| Sergeant. |
| Our feelings we with difficulty smother – |
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| 'Culty smother, |
| Sergeant. |
| When constabulary duty's to be done – |
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| To be done. |
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| Ah, take one consideration with another – |
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| With another, |
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| A policeman's lot is not a happy one. |
| Police. |
| Ah! |
| Sergeant & Police. |
When constabulary duty's to be done, to be done,
A policeman's lot is not a happy one, happy one. |
| Sergeant. |
| When the enterprising burglar's not a-burgling – |
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| Not a-burgling. |
| Sergeant. |
| When the cut-throat isn't occupied in crime – |
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| 'Pied in crime, |
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| He loves to hear the little brook a-gurgling – |
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| Brook a-gurgling, |
| Sergeant. |
| And listen to the merry village chime – |
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| Village chime. |
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| Sergeant. |
| When the coster's finished jumping on his mother – |
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| On his mother, |
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| He loves to lie a-basking in the sun – |
| Police. |
| In the sun. |
| Sergeant. |
| Ah, take one consideration with another – |
| Police. |
| With another, |
| Sergeant. |
| A policeman's lot is not a happy one. |
| Police. |
| Ah! |
| Sergeant & Police. |
When constabulary duty's to be done, to be done,
A policeman's lot is not a happy one, happy one. |
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2 April, 2005
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