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Oliver! (as in Oliver Twist)

(Music and lyrics by Lionel Bart)

For what you are about to receive,
may the Lord make you truly thankful.
Amen.
Please sir, I want some more.
What?
Please sir, I want some more.
More?

Catch him!
Snatch him!
Hold him!
Scold him!
Pounce him
Trounce him
Pick him up and
Bounce him

Wait
Before we put the boy to task
May I be so curious as to ask his name?
Oliver!
Oliver, Oliver
Never before has a boy wanted more.
Oliver, Oliver
Won't ask for more once he sees what's in store
There's a dark thin winding
Stairway without any banister
Which we'll throw him down and
Feed him on cockroaches served in a canister
Oliver, Oliver
What will he do when he's turned black and blue
He will curse the day
Somebody named him Oliver.

Oliver, Oliver
Never before has a boy wanted more.
Oliver, Oliver
He won't ask for more once he sees what's in store
There's a sooty chimney
Long overdue for a sweeping out
Which we'll push him up and
One day next year with the rats he'll be creeping out

Oliver, Oliver
What will he do in this terrible stew
He will rue the day
Somebody named him
Oliver!

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