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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 -

Police.
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 -

Police.
'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 -

Police.
Village chime.

Sergeant.
When the coster's finished jumping on his mother -

Police.
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

  1. Act 1
  2. Pour, O Pour the Pirate Sherry
  3. When Frederic Was a Little Lad
  4. Oh, Better Far to Live and Die
  5. Oh! False One, You Have Deceived Me
  6. Climbing over Rocky Mountain
  7. Stop, Ladies, Pray!
  8. Oh Is There Not One Maiden Breast?
  9. Poor Wandering One
  10. What Ought We to Do?
  11. How Beautifully Blue the Sky
  12. Stay, We Must Not Lose Our Senses
  13. Hold, Monsters!
  14. I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General
  15. Finale Act I
  16. Act 2
  17. Oh, Dry the Glistening Tear
  18. Now, Frederic, Let Your Escort Lion-Hearted When the Foeman Bares His Steel
  19. Now for the Pirates' Lair!
  20. When You Had Left Our Pirate Fold
  21. Away, Away! My Heart's on Fire
  22. All Is Prepared / Stay, Frederic, Stay!
  23. No, I'll be brave
  24. When a Felon's Not Engaged in His Employment
  25. A Rollicking Ban of Pirates We
  26. With Cat-Like Tread
  27. Hush, Hush! Not a Word / Sighing Softly to the River
  28. Finale

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