Oliver Script

------------------------------------------------------------------------------Oliver! Music: Lionel Bart Lyrics: Lionel Bart Book: Lionel Bart Premiere: Thursday, June 30, 1960 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------Prologue Food, Glorious Food Oliver! Widow Corney's Parlour I Shall Scream Boy For Sale That's Your Funeral Where Is Love? Oliver's Escape Consider Yourself You've Got To Pick-A-Pocket Or Two Rum Tum Tum It's A Fine Life I'd Do Anything Be Back Soon The Robbery Oom-Pah-Pah My Name! As Long As He Needs Me Where is Love (reprise) Who Will Buy It's A Fine Life (reprise) Reviewing the Situation Entrance into Act Two: Scene Four Oliver! (reprise) As Long As He Needs Me (reprise) London Bridge Reviewing The Situation (reprise) Finale

Prologue [Orchestra] Food, Glorious Food

BOYS Is it worth the waiting for? If we live 'til eighty four All we ever get is gru...el! Ev'ry day we say our prayer -Will they change the bill of fare? Still we get the same old gru...el! There is not a cust, not a crumb can we find, Can we beg, can we borrow, or cadge, But there's nothing to stop us from getting a thrill When we all close our eyes and imag...ine Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard! While we're in the mood -Cold jelly and custard! Pease pudding and saveloys! "What's next?" is the question. Rich gentlemen have it, boys -In-di-gestion! Food, glorious food! We're anxious to try it. Three banquets a day -Our favourite diet! Just picture a great big steak -Fried, roasted or stewed. Oh, food, Wonderful food, Marvellous food, Glorious food. Food, glorious food! What is there more handsome? Gulped, swallowed or chewed -Still worth a kin's ransom. What is it we dream about? What brings on a sigh? Piled peaches and cream , about Six feet high! Food, glorious food! Eat right through the menu. Just loosen your belt

Two inches and then you Work up a new appetite. In this interlude -Then food, Once again, food Fabulous food, Glorious food. Food, glorious food! Don't care what it looks like -Burned! Underdone! Crude! Don't care what the cook's like. Just thinking of growing fat -Our senses go reeling One moment of knowing that Full-up feeling! Food, glorious food! What wouldn't we give for That extra bit more -That's all that we live for Why should we be fated to Do nothing but brood On food, Magical food, Wonderful food, Marvellous food, Fabulous food, OLIVER Beautiful food, BOYS Glorious food.

Oliver 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 curious 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 when he knows what's in store. MR. BUMBLE There's a dark, thin, winding stairway Without any bannister Which we'll throw him down, and feed him on Cockrouches 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 he do? In this terrible stew? He will rue the day somebody named 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 Unprecedented, quite utterly. GOVERNORS He's disgraced this place.

LARGE GOVERNOR And encouraging others to swallow in gluttony. ALL Oliver!...Oliver! Lock him in gaol 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!

Widow Corney's Parlour [Orchestra] I Shall Scream

WIDOW CORNEY (spoken) You're a cruel man. And a hardhearted man besides. MR. BUMBLE (spoken) Hardhearted, Mrs. Corney? Hard? Are you hardhearted, Mrs. Corney? WIDOW CORNEY (spoken) Dear me! What a curious question coming from a single man. What can you want to know for, Mr. Bumble? Mr. Bumble, I shall scream! MR. BUMBLE

No you wouldn't, heigh ho. If I wanted something special, Then you couldn't say "no". Did I nearly catch you smiling? Yes I did. And it's beguiling. If you hand is close, I'll press it. Yes, you like it -- come confess it! Yes, you do... WIDOW CORNEY No, I don't. MR. BUBLE Yes, you do! WIDOW CORNEY I shall scream! I shall scream! 'Til they hasten to my rescue, I shall scream. MR. BUMBLE Since there's nobody that's near us Who cold see us. or could hear us? If you ask you can I kiss you Say what will my pretty miss do? WIDOW CORNEY I shall scream, scream, scream! MR. BUMBLE If I pinch you one pinch -From you shy protective shell Can I un-inch you one inch? Will my blinthesome, buxum beauty Let her suitor do his duty? Tho' his lap ain't very large, dear Sit upon it -- There's no charge, dear. Will you sit? WIDOW CORNEY No, I shan't

MR. BUMBLE Will you sit? WIDOW BUMBLE I shall scream! I For the safety of Tho' your knee is See my cheeks are You would have me If I sat here for

shall scream! my virtue I shall sream rather cosy, getting rosy. in your power. an hour...

MR. BUMBLE I shall scream, scream, scream! WIDOW CORNEY You're a naughty bad man. If you think I can't be proper, Prim and haughty -- I can And you'll pardon if I mention You must state your true intention. MR. BUMBLE Is there not another room here? WIDOW CORNEY No! MR. BUMBLE If there would be a bride and groom here --- would there be? WIDOW CORNEY Well there might. MR. BUMBLE We shall see. WIDOW CORNEY

I shall scream! I shall scream! At the thought of what you're thinking, I shall scream! MR. BUMBLE You will wonder where the scream went When we come to an agreement As my lovey-dovey is chubby Could she love a chubby hubby? WIDOW CORNEY I shall scream, Mr. Bumble! I shall scream, Bumble-Wumble! I shall scream, scream, scream!

Boy for Sale

WIDOW CORNEY (spoken) Get a good price for him, Mr. Bumble. MR. BUMBLE One boy, Boy for sale. He's going cheap. Only seven guineas. That -- or thereabouts. Small boy... Rather pale... Through lack of sleep. Feed him gruel dinners. Stop him getting stout. If I should say he wasn't very greedy... I could not, I'd be telling you a tale. One boy, Boy for sale. Come take a peep. Have you ever seen as Nice

A boy For sale. That's Your Funeral

MR. BUMBLE (spoken) Liberal terms, Mr. Sowerberry...Liberal terms? Three pounds! SOWERBERRY (spoken) Well, as a matter of fact, I was needing a boy.... MR. BUMBLE He's a born undertaker's mute. I can see him in his black silk suit. Following behind the funeral procession... With his features fixed in a suitable expression. There'll be horses with tall balck plumes To escort us to the family tombs, With mourners In all corners Who've been taught to week in tune. Then the coffin lined with satin. That's your funeral. MRS. SOWERBERRY That's your funeral. SOWERBERRY Large enough to wear your hat in. That's your funearl. MRS. SOWERBERRY That's your funeral. SOWERBERRY We're just here to glamourize you for that Endless sleep.

MRS. SOWERBERRY AND SOWERBERRY You might just as well look fetching When you're six feet deep. MRS. SOWERBERRY At the wake we'll drink a toddy To the body beautiful. MR. SOWERBERRY That's your funeral. MRS. SOWERBERRY Not our funeral. BOTH That's your funeral. SOWERBERRY If you're fond of overeating That's your funeral. MRS. SOWERBERRY That's your funeral. SOWERBERRY Starve yourself by undereating That's your funeral. THE FUNERAL PROCESSION That's your funeral? MRS. SOWERBERRY Visualize the earth descentind on you clod by clod. You can't come back when you're buried Underneath the ...sod.

MRS. SOWERBERRY AND SOWERBERRY We will not reduce our prices. Keep your vices usual. SOWERBERRY That's your funeral. MRS. SOWERBERY Not our funeral. MRS. SOWERBERRY Not our funeral. ALL That's your funeral. MR. BUMBLE I don't think this song is funny. SOWERBERRY That's your funeral. MR. BUMBLE Here's the boy, now where's the money? SOWERBERRY That's your funeral. MR. BUMBLE That's your funeral. SOWERBERRY We don't harbour thoughts macabre, There's no need to frown. MRS. SOWERBERRY AND SOWEBERRY

In the end we'll either burn you up or nail you down. We love coughs and wheezes And diseases called incurable. That's your funeral. No one else's funearl. SOWERBERRY That's your... MRS. SOWEBERRY That's your... BOTH Funeral!

Where is Love?

MRS. SOWEBERRY (spoken) Right then, Oliver Twist, your bed's underneath the counter. You don't mind sleeping among coffins I suppose? It don't much matter whether you do or you don't cause you can't sleep nowhere else! OLIVER Where is love? Does it fall from skies above? Is it underneat the willow tree That I've been dream of? Where is she? Who I close my eyes to see? Will I ever know the sweet "hello" That's only meant for me? Who can say where she may hide? Must I travel far and wide? 'Til I am bedside the someone who I can mean somethin to ... Where...? Where is love?

Who can say where...she may hide? Must I travel...far and wide? 'Til I am beside...the someone who I can mean...something to... Where? Where is love? Oliver's Escape [Orchestra] Consider Yourself

DODGER (spoken) So, Oliver Twist, you're coming with me. OLIVER (spoken) Are you sure Mr. Fagin won't mind? DODGER (spoken) Mind?! Consider yourself at home. Consider yourlef one of the familhy. We've taken to you so strong. It's clear we're going to get along. Consider yourself well in Consider yourslef par to the furniture. There isn't a lot to spare. Who cares?..What ever we've goin we share! If it should chance to be WE should see Some harder days Empty larder days Why grouse? Alsyas a-chance we'll meet Somebody To foot the bill Then the drinks are on the house! Consider yourself our mate. We do't want to have no fuss, For after some consideration, we can state...

Consider yourself One of us! Consider yourself... OLIVER At home? DODGER Consider yourself... OLIVER One of the family CAPTAIN We've taken to you OLIVER So strong HAND WALKER It's clear...we're... ALL Going to get along DODGER Consider yourself... CHARLIE BATES Well in! DODGER Consider yourself... SNAKE

Part of the furniture OLIVER There isn't a lot to spare ALL Who cares? Whatever we got we share DODGER Nobody tries to be lah-di-dah or uppity-There a cup-o'-tea for all. ALL Only it's wise to be handy wiv a rolling pin Whne the landlord omes to call! DODGER Consider yourself Our mate. We don't want to have no fuss ALL For after some consideration we can sate OLIVER Considter yourself DODGER Yes! ALL One of us! COMPANY Consider yourself at home... We've taken to you so strong.

Consider yourself well in... There isn't a lot to spare If it should chance to be We should see Some harder days Empty larder days -Why grouse? Always a chane we'll meet Somebody To food the bill -Then the drinks are on the house! Consider yourself our mate. We don't want to have no fuss For after some consideration, we can state... Consider yourself... One of us! DODGER Consider yourself ALL At home. DODGER We've taken to you ALL So strong DODGER Consider yourself ALL Well in. There isn't a lot to spare. Nobody tries to be lah-di-dah or uppity. There's a cup-o'-tea for all Only it's wise to be handy wiv a rolling pin

Wen the landlord comes to call Consider yourself our mate We don't want to have no fuss For after some consideration we can state Consider yourself One of us... For after some consideration we can state Consider yourself... One of us! If it should chance to be We should see some harder days, Empyt larder days, Why grouse? Always a chance we'll meet Somebody to foot the bill. Then the drinks are on the house. Consider yourself at home. Consider yourself one of the family. We've taken to you so strong. It's clear we're going to get along. Consider yourself well in. Consider yourself part of the furniture. There isn't a lot to spare. Who cares? Whatever we've got we share. If it should chance to be We should see some harder days, Empty larder days, Why grouse? Always a chance we'll meet Somebody to foot the bill. Then the drinks are on the house. Consider yourself our mate. We don't want to have no fuss For after some considertaion we can state Consider yourself... One of us!!

Pick a Pocket or Two

FAGIN (spoken) You see, Oliver... (sung) In this life, one thing counts In the bank, large amounts I'm afraid these don't grow on trees, You've got to pick-a-pocket or two You've got to pick-a-pocket or two, boys, You've got to pick-a-pocket or two. BOYS Large amounts don't grow on trees. You've got to pick-a-pocket or two. FAGIN (spoken) Let's show Oliver how it's done, shall we, my dears? (sung) Why should we break our backs Stupidly paying tax? Better get some untaxed income Better to pick-a-pocket or two. You've got to pick-a-pocket or two, boys You've got to pick-a-pocket or two. BOYS Why should we all break our backs? Better pick-a-pocket or two. FAGIN (spoken) Who says crime doesn't pay? (sung) Robin Hood, what a crook! Gave away, what he took. Charity's fine, subscribe to mine. Get out and pick-a-pocket or two You've got to pick-a-pocket or two, boys You've got to pick-a-pocket or two.

BOYS Robin Hood was far too good He had to pick-a-pocket or two. FAGIN Take a tip from Bill Sikes He can whip what he likes. I recall, he started small He had to pick-a-pocket or two. You've got to pick-a-pocket or two, boys You've got to pick-a-pocket or two. BOYS We can be like old Bill Sikes If we pick-a-pocket or two. FAGIN (spoken) Stop thief! Dear old gent passing by Something nice takes his eye Everything's clear, attack the rear Get in and pick-a-pocket or two. You've got to pick-a-pocket or two, boys You've got to pick-a-pocket or two. BOYS Have no fear, attack the rear Get in and pick-a-pocket or two. FAGIN When I see someone rich, Both my thumbs start to itch Only to find some peace of mind We have to pick-a-pocket or two. You've got to pick-a-pocket or two, boys You've got to pick-a-pocket or two.

BOYS Just to find some peace of mind FAGIN AND BOYS We have to pick-a-pocket or two!

Rum Tum Tum FAGIN (spoken) Just do everything you see Dodger and Charlie do. Make 'em your models, my dear -- especially Dodger -He's going to be right little... Bill Sikes! Tell me my dear, you see my hankerchief? See if you can take it from me without my noticing -- like you saw the others do. Rum-tum-tum, Rum-tum-tum Pom-pom-pom Pom-pom-pom Skiddle-eye-tye Tee-rye-tye-tye Tee-ruppa-tuppa-ruppa-tum-tum You've got to pick a pocket or two! You've got to pick a pocket or two! It's a Fine Life

NANCY (spoken) Plummy and slam! FAGIN (spoken) Nancy! Wake up boys! The ladies is 'ere. DODGER (spoken) Ladies?! Cor! 'Ark at him!

NANCY (spoken) 'Ere, we'll have less of that if you don't mind! 'Ere, so where's the gin, then, Fagin? FAGIN (spoken) All in moderation, my dear, all in moderation. Too much gin can be a dangerous thing for a pure, young girl. NANCY (spoken) Ooh, and what's wrong with a bit of danger then, eh, Mr. Fagin? After all it's about the only excitement we get. And who would deny us that small pleasure? (sung) Small pleasures, small pleasures Who would deny us these? Gin toddies -- large measuress -No skimpin' if you please! I rough it, I love it Life is a game of chance. I never tire of it -Leading this merry dance. If you don't mind having to go without things It's a fine life. ALL It's a fine life. NANCY Tho' it ain't all jolly old pleasure outings... It's a fine life ALL It's a fine life. NANCY When you got someone to love You forget your cares and strife Let the prudes look down on us

Let the wide world frown on us It's a fine, ALL Fine life! NANCY (spoken) Ain't that right, Bet? Go on, you tell 'em girl. BET Who cares if straightlaces Sneer at us in the street? Fine airs and fine graces NANCY Don't have to sin to eat. BOTH We wander through London NANCY Who knows what we many find? BOTH There's pockets left undone On many a behind. NANCY If you don't mind taking it as it turns out, It's a fine life! ALL It's a fine life! NANCY Keep the candle burning until it burns out It's a fine life.

ALL It's a fine life. NANCY Though you sometimes do come by The occasional black eye You can always cover one 'Til he blacks the other one But you don't dare cry. BET No flounces, no feathers No frills and furbelows All winds and all weathers Ain't good for fancy clo'es NANCY (spoken) That's true. (sung) These trappings, BET These ta'ers BOTH These we can just afford. NANCY What future? BET What ma'ers? BOTH We've got our bed and board. NANCY

If you don't mind having to deal with Fagin It's a fine life! ALL It's a fine life! NANCY Though diseased rats threaten to bring the plague in It's a fine life! ALL It's a fine life! NANCY But the grass is green and dense On the right side of the 'fence'. BOTH And we take good care of it That we get our share of it And we don't mean pence. No! If you don't mind having to like or lump it... It's a fine life ALL It's a fine life! NANCY Tho' there's no tea-supping and eating crumpet It's a fine life! ALL It's a fine life! NANCY Not for me, the happy home

Happy husband, happy wife Tho' it sometimes touches me... ...For the likes of such as me... Mine's a fine... ALL Fine... life! I'd do Anything

NANCY (formally) (spoken) So, 'ow's it go then Dodger? It's all "bowin'" and "'ats off"... DODGER (formally) (spoken) And "Don't let your petticoats go dangling in the mud, my darling." NANCY (formally) (spoken) Oh, "And I'll go last." DODGER (formally) (spoken) No, I'll go last. NANCY (formally) (spoken) If you insist. DODGER (normal) (sung) I'll do anything For you dear anything For you mean everything to me. I know that I'll go anywhere For your smile, anywhere -For your smile, ev'rywhere -I'd see. NANCY

Would you climb a hill? DODGER Anything! NANCY Wear a daffodil? DODGER Anything! NANCY Leave me all your will? DODGER Anything! NANCY Even fight my Bill? DODGER What? Fisticuffs? I'd risk everything For one kiss -- everything Yes, I'd do anything... NANCY Anything?! DODGER Anything for you!! NANCY (spoken) 'Ere now, Oliver, you just copy Dodger and I'll help you out with the words, alright? So it's

"I'll do anything" OLIVER (sung) I'll do anything NANCY (spoken) For you dear OLIVER (sung) For you dear, anything NANCY (spoken) For you mean OLIVER (sung) For you mean everything to me NANCY (spoken) Ah, that's lovely. OLIVER I know that I'd go anywhere For your smile, anywhere -For your smile, everywhere I'd see BET Would you lace my shoe? OLIVER Anything! BET Paint your face bright blue? OLIVER

Anything! BET Catch a kangaroo? OLIVER Anything! BET Go to Timbuktu? OLIVER And back again! I'd risk ev'rything For one kiss -- everything -Yes, I'd do anything BET Anything?! OLIVER Anything for you!! DODGER (spoken) Dance, Nancy. NANCY (spoken) Oh, alright, Dodge. C'mon boys! 1-2-3... FAGIN Would you rob a shop? ALL Anything! FAGIN

Would you risk the "drop"? ALL Anything! FAGIN Tho' your eyes go, 'pop' ALL Anything! FAGIN When you come down 'plop' ALL Hang ev'rything! We'd risk life and limb To keep you in the swim Yes, we'd do anything... FAGIN Anything?! ALL Anything for you. Be Back Soon

DODGER Line up! BOYS Line up! DODGER

Single file! BOYS Single file! Slope arms Left...left Right...right...Ol! Ol! FAGIN You can go, But be back soon You can go, But while you're working. This place, I'm pacing round... Until you're home, ...Safe and sound Fare thee well, But be back soon Who can tell Where danger's lurking? Do not forget this tune Be back soon. BOYS How could we forget How could we let Our dear old Fagin worry? We love him so. We'll come back home In, oh, such a great big Hurry DODGER It's him that pays the piper. BOYS It's us that pipes his tune So long, fare thee well Pip! Pip! Cheerio! We'll be back soon.

FAGIN You can go But be back soon You can go, But bring back plenty Of pocket hankerchiefs And you should be clever thieves. Whip it quick, and be back soon There's a sixpence here for twenty Ain't that a lovely tune? Be back soon. DODGER Our pockets'll hold A watch of gold That chimes upon the hour BOYS A wallet fat An old man's hat DODGER The crown jewels from the tower We know The Bow Street Runners, ALL But they don't know this tune. So long, fare thee well. Pip! Pip! Cheerio! We'll be back soon. FAGIN Cheerio, but be back soon. I dunno, somehow I'll miss you I love you, that why I Say, "Cheerio"... Not goodbye.

Don't be gone long Be back soon. Give me one long, Last look... Bless you. Remember our old tune... Be back soon! BOYS We must disappear, We'll be back here, Today... ...Perhaps tomorrow. We'll miss you too FAGIN It's sad but true That parting is such sweet sorrow. ALL And when we're in the distance You'll hear this Whipered tune... So long, fare thee well Pip! Pip! Cheerio! We'll be back soon And when we're in the distance You'll hear this Whipered tune... So long, fare thee well Pip! Pip! Cheerio! We'll be back soon FAGIN Cheerio, but be back soon. I dunno, somehow I'll miss you I love you, that why I Say, "Cheerio"... Not goodbye. Don't be gone long Be back soon. Give me one long,

Last look... Bless you. Remember our old tune... Be back soon! BOYS We must disappear, We'll be back here, Today... ...Perhaps tomorrow. We'll miss you too It's sad but true That parting is such sweet sorrow. And when we're in the distance You'll hear this Whipered tune... So long, fare thee well Pip! Pip! Cheerio! We'll be back soon And when we're in the distance You'll hear this Whipered tune... So long, fare thee well Pip! Pip! Cheerio! We'll be back soon And when we're in the distance You'll hear this Whipered tune... So long, fare thee well Pip! Pip! Cheerio! We'll be back soon OLIVER So long, fare thee well Pip! Pip! Cheerio! We'll be back soon BOYS So long, fare thee well Pip! Pip! Cheerio! We'll be back soon

The Robbery [Orchestra]

MR. BROWNLOW (spoken) Stop that boy! My pocket's been picked! Stop, thief! That's the boy! Oom-pah-pah

CHAIRMAN (spoken) Ladies and gentlemen, brethren and sinners all! I call upon our Goddess of the Virtues to give us her well known rendition of the old school song -- Oom-Pah-Pah! NANCY (spoken) All right, shut up, you lot! A bit of culture now! 'Ere we go... (sung) There's a little ditty They're singing in the city Espeshly when they've been On the gin Or the beer If you've got the patience, Your own imaginations Will tell you just exactly what you want to hear... ALL Oom-pah-pah! Oom-pah-pah! That's how it goes, Oom-pah-pah! Oom-pah-pah! Ev'ryone knows. NANCY They all suppose what they want to suppose When they hear...oom-pah-pah!!

Mister Percy Snodgrass Would often have the odd glass -But never when he thought anybody could see. Secretly he'd buy it, And drink it on the quiet, And dream he was an Earl Wiv a girl on each knee! CUSTOMERS AND NANCY Oom-pah-pah! Oom-pah-pah! That's how it goes. Oom-pah-pah! Oom-pah-pah! Ev'ryone knows... NANCY What is the cause of his red shiny nose? Could it be...oom-pah-pah!? Pretty little Sally Goes walking down the alley, Displays her pretty ankles to all of the men. They could see her garters, But not for free-and-gratis-An inch or two, and then she knows When to say when! ALL Oom-pah-pah! Oom-pah-pah! That's how it goes. Oom-pah-pah! Oom-pah-pah! Ev'ryone knows... NANCY Whether it's hidden, or whether it shows -It's the same...oom-pah-pah! She was from the country, But now she's up a gum-tree -She let a feller feed 'er, then lead 'er along What's the good o' cryin'? She's made a bed to lie in She's glad to bring the coin in, And join in this song!

ALL Oom-pah-pah! Oom-pah-pah! That's how it goes! Oom-pah-pah!Oom-pah-pah! Ev'ryone knows. NANCY She is no longer the same blushing rose Ever since ... oom-pah-pah! (spoken) Altogether now! NANCY (sung) There's a little ditty They're singing in the city Espeshly when they've been On the gin Or the beer If you've got the patience, Your own imaginations Will tell you just exactly what you want to hear... COMPANY Oom-pah-pah! Oom-pah-pah! That's how it goes, Oom-pah-pah! Oom-pah-pah! Ev'ryone knows. They all suppose what they want to suppose When they hear...oom-pah-pah!! ALL Oom-pah-pah! Oom-pah-pah! That's how it goes, Oom-pah-pah! Oom-pah-pah! Ev'ryone knows. NANCY They all suppose what they want to suppose When they hear...oom-pah-pah!! ALL

Oom-pah-pah!

My Name

SIKES Strong men tremble when they hear it! They've got cause enough to fear it! It's much blacker than they smear it! Nobody mentions... My name! Rich men hold their five-pound notes out -Saves me emptying their couats out. They know I could tear their throats out Just to live up to... My name! Wiv me Jemmy in me hand, Lemme see the man who dares Stop me. Taking what I may He can start to say his prayers! Biceps like an iron girder, Fit for doing of a murder, If I just so much as heard a Bloke even whisper... (spoken) My name! Bill Sikes... (sung) Some Toff, slumming wiv his valet, Bumped into me in the alley Now is eyes'll never tally He'd never heard of ... My name! One bloke Used to boast the claim He could take my name in vain... Poor bloke... Shame 'e was so green

Never was 'e seen again! Once bad -- What's the good of turning? In hell, I'll be there-a-burning Meanwhile, thing of what I'm earning All on account of... My name! What is it? What is it? What is it? NANCY (spoken) Bill Sikes.

As Long As He Needs Me

NANCY As long as he needs me... Oh, yes, he does need me... In spite of what you see... ...I'm sure that he needs me. Who else would love him still When they've been used so ill? He knows I always will... As long as he needs me. I miss him so much when he is gone, But when he's near me I don't let on... ...The way I feel inside. The love, I have to hide... The hell! I've gone my pride As long as he needs me. He doesn't say the things he should. He acts the way he thinks he should. But all the same, I'll play This game His way. As long as he needs me...

I know where I must be. I'll cling on steadfastly... As long as he needs me. As long as life is long... I'll love him right or wrong, And somehow, I'll be strong... As long as he needs me. If you are lonely Then you will know... When someone needs you, You love them so. I won't betray his trust... Though people say I must. I've got to stay true, just As long as he needs me.

Where is Love (reprise)

MRS. BEDWIN Where is love? Does it fall from skies above? Is is underneath the willow tree That you've been dreaming of? Where is she... Who Will Buy

ROSE SELLER Who Two Who Two

will buy my sweet red roses? blooms for a penny. will buy my sweet red roses? blooms for a penny.

MILKMAID Will you buy any milk today, mistress? Any milk today, mistress?

ROSE SELLER Who will buy my sweet red roses? MILKMAID Any milk today, mistress? ROSE SELLER Two blooms for a penny. STRAWBERRY SELLER Ripe strawberries, ripe! Ripe strawberries, ripe! STRAWBERRY SELLER Ripe strawberries, ripe! MILKMAID Any milk today, mistress? ROSE SELLER Who will buy my sweet red roses? KNIFE GRINDER Knives, knives to grind! Any knives to grind? Knives, knives to grind! Any knives to grind? Who will buy? STRAWBERRY SELLER Who will buy? MILKMAID Who will buy?

ROSE SELLER Who will buy? OLIVER Who will buy This wonderful morning? Such a sky You never did see! ROSE SELLER Who will buy my sweet red roses? OLIVER Who will tie It up with a ribbon And put it in a box for me? STRAWBERRY SELLER Ripe strawberries, ripe! OLIVER So I could see it at my leisure Whenever things go wrong And I would keep it as a treasure To last my whole life long. MILKMAID Any milk today? OLIVER Who will buy This wonderful feeling? I'm so high I swear I could fly. KNIFE GRINDER Knives! Knives to grind!

STRAWBERRY SELLER Ripe strawberries, ripe! OLIVER Me, oh my! I don't want to lose it So what am I to do To keep the sky so blue? There must be someone who will buy... LONG SONG SELLER Who will buy? KNIFE GRINDER Who will buy? MILKMAID Who will buy? ROSE SELLER Who will buy? COMPANY AND OLIVER Who will buy This wonderful morning? Such a sky You never did see! Who will tie It up with a ribbon And put it in a box for me? There'll never be a day so sunny, It could not happen twice. Where is the man with all the money? It's cheap at half the price! Who will buy Who will buy This wonderful feeling?

I'm so high I swear I could Me, oh my! I don't want to So what am I to To keep the sky

fly. lose it do so blue?

OLIVER There must be someone who will buy... MILKMAID Must be someone STRAWBERRY SELLER Must be someone KNIFE GRINDER Must be someone ALL Who will ... buy?

It's a Fine Life (reprise)

SIKES (spoken) Tell 'em all about us would you? NANCY (spoken) No, I won't stand by and see it done, Bill! FAGIN (spoken) Why Nancy, you're wonderful tonight. Such talent! What an actress, eh, Bill? NANCY

(spoken) Am I? Well, take care I don't over do it! 'Cos if I do, I'm goin' to put my mark on some of you, and I don't care if I hang for it! SIKES (spoken) You? Do you know who you are, and what you are? NANCY (spoken) Oh, yeah, yeah, I know all about that. You don't have to tell me! SIKES (spoken) A fine one you are for the boy to make a friend of! NANCY (spoken) Lord help me, I am, and I wish I'd of been struck down dead before I lent a hand in brining him back here. 'Cause after tonight, 'e's a liar and a thief and all that's bad. Ain't that enough for you, without beating him to death? FAGIN (spoken)Come, come Nancy, civil words. Civil words, eh, Bill? NANCY (spoken) Civil words! You deserve them from me, don't you! 'Cause I was out on the streets for you when I was a child half his age, and I've been in the same trade, and the same service for fifteen years and don't you forget it! SIKES (spoken) What if you have? It's your living, ain't it? NANCY (sung) Some living! Some living! SIKES

What you deserve you get! NANCY No getting! All giving! FAGIN Must we have murders yet? SIKES There'll be murders! There'll be terror ...Such as you've never seen! NANCY Lord help me. FAGIN No violence... SIKES Watch it, Nancy! Make no error! FAGIN Please no violence...Please no scenes SIKES There ain't no in-between. NANCY Lord help me. FAGIN No violence... SIKES ...In life!

NANCY If you don't mind making a mate of satan It's a fine life! SIKES Fine life! FAGIN My life!...Satan!? SIKES No, we don't mind keeping the angels waiting. It's a fine life. DODGER Fine life! NANCY Fine life! FAGIN Come... ...Beter do as you're told. SIKES Watch out! FAGIN Bill has got a heart of gold! SIKES Get out... FAGIN Better not to mess with it...

SIKES On the job! FAGIN Better make the best of it... SIKES Shut your gob! FAGIN It's a fine... SIKES Fine... DODGER Fine... NANCY Fine... ALL ...Life!!

Entrance into Act Two: Scene Four [Orchestra] Reviewing the Situation

FAGIN A man's got a heart, hasn't he? Joking apart -- hasn't he? And tho' I'd be the first one to say that I wasn't a saint... I'm finding it hard to be really as black as they paint...

I'm reviewing the situation Can a fellow be a villain all his life? All the trials and tribulations! Better settle down and get myself a wife. And a wife would cook and sew for me, And come for me, and go for me, The fingers, she will wag at me. The money whe will take me. A misery, she'll make from me... ...I think I'd better thing it out again! A wife you can keep, anyway I'd rather sleep, anyway. Left without anyone in the world, And I'm starting from now So "how to win friends and to influence people" --So how? I'm reviewing the situation, I must quickly look up ev'ryone I know. Titled people -- with a station -Who can help me make a real impressive show! I will own a suite at Claridges, And run a fleet of carriages, And wave at all the duchesses With friendliness, as much as is Befitting of my new estate... "Good morrow to you, magistrate!" Oh gawd! ...I think I'd better think it out again. So where shall I go -- somebody? Who do I know? Nobody! All my dearest companions Have always been villains and thieves... So at my time of life I should start turning over new leaves...? I'm reviewing the situation. If you want to eat -- you've got to earn a bob! Is it such a humiliation For a robber to perform an honest job? So a job I'm getting, possibly, I wonder who my boss'll be?

I wonder if he'll take to me...? What bonuses he'l make to me...? I'll start at eight and finish late, At normal rate, and all..but wait! ...I think I'd better think it out again. What happens when I'm seventy? Must come a time...seventy. When you're old, and it's cold And who cares if you live or you die, Your one consolation's the money You may have put by... I'm reviewing the situation. I'm a bad 'un and a bad 'un I shall stay! You'll be seeing no transformation, But it's wrong to be a rogue in ev'ry way. I don't want nobody hurt for me, Or made to do the dirt for me. This rotten life is not for me. It's getting far too hot for me. Don't want no one to rob for me. But who will find a job for me, There is no in between for me But who will change the scene for me? ...I think I'd better think it out again! Hey!

Oliver (reprise)

WIDOW CORNEY (spoken) We must retireve that boy, Mr. Bumble. MR. BUMBLE (spoken) We must indeed ma'am. We must indeed. BOTH

(sung) Oliver! Oliver! WIDOW CORNEY That was the mite With the large appetite BOTH (sung) Oliver! Oliver! MR. BUMBLE Apparently he's from a rich family! WIDOW CORNEY And to think we Nearly Stupidly went and lost track of him... MR. BUMBLE If the truth were Know we Both were delighted at seeing the back of him. BOTH (sung) Oliver! Oliver! MR. BUMBLE What'll we do...? WIDOW CORNEY We must give him his due... BOTH ...And we'll praise the day Somebody gave us MR. BUMBLE Raise the flags

WIDOW CORNEY Coming to save us BOTH Cash rewards MR. BUMBLE Plus a promotion WIDOW CORNEY Who'd have thought? MR. BUMBLE Hadn't a notion BOTH Praise the lord, somebody brought us O-li-ver! As Long As He Needs Me (reprise)[top]

MR. BROWNLOW (spoken) Who is this man? Perhaps we can... NANCY (spoken) No! We can't! Whatever else I do, I won't turn on him! MR. BROWNLOW (spoken) But, a man who might kill you? NANCY (spoken) Yeah, but he's mine, and I'm his. I've got to go back. I want to go back. (sung) He doesn't act as tho' he

cares. But deep inside I know he cares. And that is why I'm tied Right by his side. As long as he needs me... I know where I must be But, will he never see That someone else needs me? As long as life is long... I'll love him...right or wrong... But, something just as strong Says someone else needs me... A child With no one to take his part. I'll take his part, Bill... ..But cross my heart! I won't betray your trust Tho' people say I must. My heart will stay true..just.. ..As long as he needs me.

London Bridge NANCY (spoken) Bill! Let him go, Bill! For pity's sake, let him go! Why do you look at me like that, Bill? SIKES (spoken) Give me away would yer? NANCY (spoken) No, Bill, no not you, never you. SIKES (spoken) Get away from me, woman! NANCY

(spoken) No, I won't let go Bill. I've been true to you, upon my soul, I have. SIKES (spoken) Get away from me! NANCY (spoken) Oh God! Help me! SIKES (spoken) Stop staring at me, woman! Close your damn eyes! Damn you! Your eyes! (Nancy is killed.) SIKES (spoken) Fagin! Quick Fagin! FAGIN (spoken) Bill? SIKES (spoken) The game's up Fagin! FAGIN (spoken) What have you done? Oh my God Bill, no! No, you haven't! No, Bill! Out boys, out!! DODGER (spoken) What do we do? FAGIN (spoken) Live up to your name! Dodge about!

(Later...) CROWD (spoken) Sikes, Sikes, Sikes.. MAN (spoken) He's on the roof! SIKES (spoken) Stay back or I'll kill the boy! Give me the rope, boy. The rope! The eyes! The eyes! MR. BROWNLOW (spoken) Come, Oliver! We'll take you home now. Reviewing the situation (reprise)

FAGIN Can somebody change? It's possible. Maybe it's strange... But it's possible. All my dearest companions and treasures -I've left 'em behind... I'll turn a leaf over, and who can tell what I may find? Finale

COMPANY Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard! While we're in the mood Cold jelly and custard! Pease pudding and saveloys "What next?" is the question

Rich gentlemen have it boys Indigestion! Consider yourself at home Consider yourself one of the family We've taken to you so strong. It's clear we're going to get along. Consider yourself well in Consider yourself part of the furniture There isn't a lot to spare Who cares what ever we've got we share If it should chance to be we should see some harder days Empty larder days. Why grouse? Always a chance we1ll meet somebody to foot the bill Then the drinks are on the house. Consider yourself our mate We don't want to have no fuss. For after some consideration we can state Consider yourself one of us! I'd do anything For you, dear, anything For you mean ev'rything to me. I know that I'd go anywhere For your smile, anywhere For your smile ev'rywhere I'd see. Let the clouds of grey come along Never mind if they come along Surely they won't stay very long If you'll only say You're mine alone. I'd risk ev'rything For this bliss ev'rything Yes I'd do anything, anything for you! CURTAIN