Gilbert & Sullivan When A Felon's Not Engaged In His Employment
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When a felon's not engaged in his employment -
[CHORUS OF POLICE]
His employment,
[SERGEANT]
Or maturing his felonious little plans -
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Little plans,
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His capacity for innocent enjoyment -
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'Cent enjoyment
[SERGEANT]
Is just as great as any honest man's -
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Honest man's!
[SERGEANT]
Our feelings we with difficulty smother -
[CHORUS OF POLICE]
'Culty smother,
[SERGEANT]
When constabulary duty's to be done -
[CHORUS OF POLICE]
To be done.
[SERGEANT]
Ah, take one consideration with another -
[CHORUS OF POLICE]
With another,
[SERGEANT]
A policeman's lot is not a happy one.
[CHORUS OF POLICE]
Ah!
[SERGEANT& CHORUS OF 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 -
[CHORUS OF POLICE]
Not a'burgling
[SERGEANT]
When the cut-throat isn't occupied in crime -
[CHORUS OF POLICE]
'Pied in crime,
[SERGEANT]
He loves to hear the little brook a'gurgling -
[CHORUS OF POLICE]
Brook a'gurgling,
[SERGEANT]
And listen to the merry village chime -
[CHORUS OF POLICE]
Village chime
[SERGEANT]
When the coster's finished jumping on his mother -
[CHORUS OF POLICE]
On his mother
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He loves to lie a'basking in the sun -
[CHORUS OF POLICE]
In the sun
[SERGEANT]
Ah, take one consideration with another -
[CHORUS OF POLICE]
With another,
[SERGEANT]
A policeman's lot is not a happy one
[CHORUS OF POLICE]
Ah!
[SERGEANT& CHORUS OF POLICE]
When constabulary duty's to be done, to be done,
A policeman's lot is not a happy one, happy one
A happy one!
