When a Felon's Not Engaged in His Employment Lyrics > Pirates of Penzance, The
When a Felon's Not Engaged in His Employment Lyrics
Sergeant.
When a felon's not engaged in his employment -
Police.
His employment,
Sergeant.
Or maturing his felonious little plans -
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Little plans,
Sergeant.
His capacity for innocent enjoyment -
Police.
'Cent enjoyment
Sergeant.
Is just as great as any honest man's -
Police.
Honest man's.
Sergeant.
Our feelings we with difficulty smother -
Police.
'Culty smother,
Sergeant.
When constabulary duty's to be done -
Police.
To be done.
Sergeant.
Ah, take one consideration with another -
Police.
With another,
Sergeant.
A policeman's lot is not a happy one.
Police.
Ah!
Sergeant & Police.
When constabulary duty's to be done, to be done,
A policeman's lot is not a happy one, happy one.
Sergeant.
When the enterprising burglar's not a-burgling -
Police.
Not a-burgling.
Sergeant.
When the cut-throat isn't occupied in crime -
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'Pied in crime,
Sergeant.
He loves to hear the little brook a-gurgling -
Police.
Brook a-gurgling,
Sergeant.
And listen to the merry village chime -
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Village chime.
Sergeant.
When the coster's finished jumping on his mother -
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On his mother,
Sergeant.
He loves to lie a-basking in the sun -
Police.
In the sun.
Sergeant.
Ah, take one consideration with another -
Police.
With another,
Sergeant.
A policeman's lot is not a happy one.
Police.
Ah!
Sergeant & Police.
When constabulary duty's to be done, to be done,
A policeman's lot is not a happy one, happy one.
Last Update: July, 02nd 2013
Pirates of Penzance, The Lyrics
- Act 1
- Pour, O Pour the Pirate Sherry
- When Frederic Was a Little Lad
- Oh, Better Far to Live and Die
- Oh! False One, You Have Deceived Me
- Climbing over Rocky Mountain
- Stop, Ladies, Pray!
- Oh Is There Not One Maiden Breast?
- Poor Wandering One
- What Ought We to Do?
- How Beautifully Blue the Sky
- Stay, We Must Not Lose Our Senses
- Hold, Monsters!
- I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General
- Finale Act I
- Act 2
- Oh, Dry the Glistening Tear
- Now, Frederic, Let Your Escort Lion-Hearted When the Foeman Bares His Steel
- Now for the Pirates' Lair!
- When You Had Left Our Pirate Fold
- Away, Away! My Heart's on Fire
- All Is Prepared / Stay, Frederic, Stay!
- No, I'll be brave
- When a Felon's Not Engaged in His Employment
- A Rollicking Ban of Pirates We
- With Cat-Like Tread
- Hush, Hush! Not a Word / Sighing Softly to the River
- Finale