When a Felon's Not Engaged in His Employment Lyrics — Pirates of Penzance, The

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When a felon's not engaged in his employment -

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His employment,

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Or maturing his felonious little plans -

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Little plans,

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His capacity for innocent enjoyment -

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'Cent enjoyment

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Is just as great as any honest man's -

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Honest man's.

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Our feelings we with difficulty smother -

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'Culty smother,

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When constabulary duty's to be done -

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To be done.

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Ah, take one consideration with another -

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With another,

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A policeman's lot is not a happy one.

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Ah!

Sergeant & Police.
When constabulary duty's to be done, to be done,
A policeman's lot is not a happy one, happy one.

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When the enterprising burglar's not a-burgling -

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Not a-burgling.

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When the cut-throat isn't occupied in crime -

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'Pied in crime,

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He loves to hear the little brook a-gurgling -

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Brook a-gurgling,

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And listen to the merry village chime -

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Village chime.

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When the coster's finished jumping on his mother -

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On his mother,

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He loves to lie a-basking in the sun -

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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