Oliver lyrics

[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!
(He went that way!)
[MR BUMBLE]
Wait!
Before we put the lad to task
Might I be so curious as to ask
His name?

[WORKHOUSE BOYS]
Oliver

[MR BUMBLE, WIDOW CORNEY]
Oliver?
Oliver, Oliver

[MR BUMBLE]
Never before has a boy wanted more

[MR BUMBLE, 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 of c*ckroaches served in a cannister!
[ALL but OLIVER]
Oliver, Oliver

[MR BUMBLE]
What will he do when he's turned black and blue?
He will curse the day somebody named him

[ALL but OLIVER]
Oliver

[MR BUMBLE, WIDOW CORNEY]
Oliver, Oliver

[MR BUMBLE]
Never before has a boy wanted more

[MR BUMBLE, 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 that's 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 but OLIVER]
Oliver, Oliver

[MR BUMBLE]
What will he do with his terrible stew?
He will rue the day somebody named him

[ALL but OLIVER]
Oliver
Oliver, Oliver

[BOARD MEMBERS]
Never before has a boy asked for more!

[ALL but OLIVER]
Oliver, Oliver

[BOARD MEMBER 1]
Pray some decorum, restore I implore

[BOARD MEMBER 2]
Let us face this case
It's unprecedented quite utterly
He's disgraced this place

[BOARD MEMBER 1]
Encouraging others to wallow in gluttony

[ALL but OLIVER]
Oliver, Oliver

[MR BUMBLE, WIDOW CORNEY]
Lock him in jail!

[BOARD MEMBERS]
No, let's put him on sale!

[ALL but OLIVER]
For the highest bid
Glad to be rid of Ol-iv-er!