Oliver! movie - It's a Fine Life lyrics
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[NANCY (spoken)]<br>
Plummy and slam! <br>
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[FAGIN (spoken)]<br>
Nancy! Wake up boys! The ladies is 'ere. <br>
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[DODGER (spoken)]<br>
Ladies?! Cor! 'Ark at him! <br>
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[NANCY (spoken)]<br>
'Ere, we'll have less of that if you don't mind! <br>
'Ere, so where's the gin, then, Fagin? <br>
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[FAGIN (spoken)]<br>
All in moderation, my dear, all in moderation. <br>
Too much gin can be a dangerous thing for a pure, young girl. <br>
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[NANCY (spoken)]<br>
Ooh, and what's wrong with a bit of danger then, eh, Mr. Fagin? <br>
After all it's about the only excitement we get. <br>
And who would deny us that small pleasure? <br>
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[sung] Small pleasures, small pleasures<br>
Who would deny us these?<br>
Gin toddies -- large measuress --<br>
No skimpin' if you please!<br>
I rough it, I love it<br>
Life is a game of chance.<br>
I never tire of it --<br>
Leading this merry dance.<br>
If you don't mind having to go without things<br>
It's a fine life.<br>
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[ALL]<br>
It's a fine life. <br>
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[NANCY]<br>
Tho' it ain't all jolly old pleasure outings...<br>
It's a fine life <br>
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[ALL]<br>
It's a fine life. <br>
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[NANCY]<br>
When you got someone to love<br>
You forget your cares and strife<br>
Let the prudes look down on us<br>
Let the wide world frown on us<br>
It's a fine, <br>
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[ALL]<br>
Fine life! <br>
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[NANCY (spoken)]<br>
Ain't that right, Bet? Go on, you tell 'em girl. <br>
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[BET]<br>
Who cares if straightlaces<br>
Sneer at us in the street?<br>
Fine airs and fine graces <br>
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[NANCY]<br>
Don't have to sin to eat. <br>
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[BOTH]<br>
We wander through London <br>
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[NANCY]<br>
Who knows what we many find? <br>
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[BOTH]<br>
There's pockets left undone<br>
On many a behind. <br>
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[NANCY]<br>
If you don't mind taking it as it turns out,<br>
It's a fine life! <br>
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[ALL]<br>
It's a fine life! <br>
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[NANCY]<br>
Keep the candle burning until it burns out<br>
It's a fine life. <br>
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[ALL]<br>
It's a fine life. <br>
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[NANCY]<br>
Though you sometimes do come by<br>
The occasional black eye<br>
You can always cover one<br>
'Til he blacks the other one<br>
But you don't dare cry. <br>
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[BET]<br>
No flounces, no feathers<br>
No frills and furbelows<br>
All winds and all weathers<br>
Ain't good for fancy clo'es <br>
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[NANCY (spoken)]<br>
That's true. <br>
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[sung] These trappings, <br>
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[BET]<br>
These ta'ers <br>
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[BOTH]<br>
These we can just afford. <br>
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[NANCY]<br>
What future? <br>
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[BET]<br>
What ma'ers? <br>
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[BOTH]<br>
We've got our bed and board. <br>
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[NANCY]<br>
If you don't mind having to deal with Fagin<br>
It's a fine life! <br>
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[ALL]<br>
It's a fine life! <br>
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[NANCY]<br>
Though diseased rats threaten to bring the plague in<br>
It's a fine life! <br>
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[ALL]<br>
It's a fine life! <br>
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[NANCY]<br>
But the grass is green and dense<br>
On the right side of the 'fence'. <br>
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[BOTH]<br>
And we take good care of it<br>
That we get our share of it<br>
And we don't mean pence. <br>
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No! If you don't mind having to like or lump it...<br>
It's a fine life <br>
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[ALL]<br>
It's a fine life! <br>
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[NANCY]<br>
Tho' there's no tea-supping and eating crumpet<br>
It's a fine life! <br>
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[ALL]<br>
It's a fine life! <br>
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[NANCY]<br>
Not for me, the happy home<br>
Happy husband, happy wife<br>
Tho' it sometimes touches me...<br>
...For the likes of such as me...<br>
Mine's a fine... <br>
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[ALL]<br>
Fine... life!<br>
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