[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 before 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 staircase
Without any banister
Which we'll throw him down, and feed him on
Cockroaches 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!
[WIDOW CORNEY AND MR. BUMBLE]
Oliver! Oliver!
[MR. BUMBLE]
Never before 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 sooty chimney
Long overdue for a sweeping out
Which we'll push him up,
And one day next year with the rats he'll come 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]
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!
[spoken] Please, Sir, I want some more.
[spoken] What?!
[spoken] Please, Sir, I want some more.
[spoken] More!?
Catch him!
Snatch him!
Hold him!
Scold him!
Pounce him!
Trounce him!
Pick him up and bounce him!
Wait!
Before we put the lad to task
May I be so curious as to ask
His name?
O-li-ver.
Oliver! Oliver!
Never before has a boy wanted more!
Oliver! Oliver!
Won't ask for more when he knows what's in store.
There's a dark, thin, winding staircase
Without any banister
Which we'll throw him down, and feed him on
Cockroaches served in a canister
Oliver! Oliver!
What will he do when he's turned black and blue?
He will curse the day
Somebody named him
O-li-ver!
Oliver! Oliver!
Never before has a boy wanted more!
Oliver! Oliver!
Won't ask for more when he knows what's in store.
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 come creeping out.
Oliver! Oliver!
What will he do?
In this terrible stew?
He will rue the day somebody named him...
O-li-ver!
Oliver!
Oliver!
Never before has a boy asked for more
Oliver!
Oliver!
Pray some decorum restore, I implore...
Let us face this case, it's
Unprecedented, quite utterly.
He's disgraced this place.
Encouraging others to swallow in gluttony.
Oliver!...Oliver!
Lock him in jail
And then put him on sale,
For the highest bid
Glad to be rid
Of
O-li-ver!
Lock him up!
Collect his belongings then bring him back to me when you've done.
To bed, all of you!
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