Текст (слова) песни: Oliver! - 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!
 

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