Lionel Bart - Oliver! lyrics

[MR. BUMBLE] For what you are about to receive May the lord make you truly thankful. [BOYS] Amen [OLIVER] [spoken] Please, Sir, I want some more. [MR. BUMBLE] [spoken] What?! [OLIVER] [spoken] Please, Sir, I want some more. [MR. BUMBLE] [spoken] More!? [WIDOW CORNEY] Catch him! [MR. BUMBLE] Snatch him! [WIDOW CORNEY] Hold him! [MR. BUMBLE] Scold him! [WIDOW CORNEY] Pounce him! Trounce him! Pick him up and bounce him! [MR. BUMBLE] Wait! Before we put the lad to task May I be so crious as to ask His name? [BOYS (whispering)] O-li-ver. [WIDOW CORNEY AND MR. BUMBLE] Oliver! Oliver! [MR. BUMBLE] Never beofre has a boy wanted more! [MR. BUMBLE AND WIDOW CORNEY] Oliver! Oliver! [WIDOW CORNEY] Won't ask for more whne he knows what's in store. [MR. BUMBLE] There a dar, thin, winding stairway Witout an bannister Whil we'll throuwhim down, and feed him on co*krouches served in a canister [ALL] Oliver! Oliver! MR. BUMBLE What will he do when he's turned black and blue? He will curse the day Somebody named him [ALL] O-li-ver! [MR. BUMBLE] Oliver! Oliver! Never before has a boy wanted more! Oliver! Oliver! [WIDOW CORNEY] Won't ask for more When he knows what's in store. [MR. BUMBLE] There's a sooty chimney Long overdue for a sweeping out Which we'll push him up, And one day next year with the rats he'll be creeping out. [ALL] Oliver! Oliver! [MR. BUMBLE] What will her do? In this terrible stew? He will rue the day somebody name him... [ALL AND WIDOW CORNEY] O-li-ver! [GOVERNORS] Oliver! Oliver! Never before has a boy asked for more Oliver! Oliver! [CHAIRMAN] Pray some decorum restore, I implore... Let us face this case, it's Unpreedented, qute utterly. [GOVERNORS] He's disgraced this place. [LARGE GOVERNOR] Encouraging others to swallow in gluttony. [ALL] Oliver!...Oliver! Lock him in jail And then put him on sale, For the highest bid Glad to be rid Of O-li-ver! [WIDOW CORNEY (spoken)] Lock him up! Collect his belongings then bring him back to me When you've done. To bed, all of you!