[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!