[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 dark, thin, winding stairway
Whitout an banister
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 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!