[Nancy]
Small pleasures, small pleasures
Who would deny us these?
Gin toddies — large measures —
No skimpin’ if you please!
I rough it, I love it
Life is a game of chance.
I never tire of it —
Leading a merry dance.
Lyrics to As Long as He Needs Me, sung by Nancy in the musical Oliver! It’s sung by Nancy, to herself, justifying staying with her vicious, abusive boyfriend, Bill. It’s quite heartbreaking, as Nancy is one of the nicest people in the musical. And in a real sense, this foreshadows her death.
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Reviewing The Situation lyrics, from the musical Oliver!. Left alone, the criminal Fagin wonders what his life might be like if he left London and began an honest life – or not!Read More »Reviewing The Situation
Be Back Soon is a song from the musical Oliver! Words and Music by Lionel Bart. It is sung by Fagin, the Artful Dodger, Oliver, and the boys as Fagin sends them out to work. As pickpockets.Read More »Be Back Soon lyrics [Oliver!]
Oom-Pah-Pah is a lively and somewhat risqué show tune with music and lyrics by Lionel Bart and appearing in the musical Oliver! when it is sung by Nancy and the crowd at the “Three Cripples” tavern. Nancy is creating a little commotion by starting this song so that she can steal and save Oliver from Bill Sikes, the fearsome robber. The word “oom-pah-pah” is seemingly used euphemistically to refer to both intoxication and fornication; however, as the song points out, the word’s meaning is only as dirty as the listener interprets it.
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Consider Yourself is a song from the musical Oliver!. It is performed in the market and led by the Artful Dodger. Dodger sings it when he first meets Oliver, after offering to get the destitute and lonely boy food and lodging. Read More »Consider Yourself lyrics
I’d Do Anything is part of Act One of Oliver!, sung in Fagin’s lair. It begins with dialog between Nancy and the Artful Dodger, leading into the song. Other characters who have lines in the song are Oliver, Fagin and Bette (Nancy’s best friend in the 1968 film), with Fagin’s Boys as the chorus.Read More »I’d Do Anything lyrics
Song lyrics to You’ve Got to Pick a Pocket or Two, from the musical Oliver! where Fagin is indoctrinating Oliver into the life of being a pickpocket. Words and music by Lionel Bart.Read More »You’ve Got to Pick a Pocket or Two lyrics
Food, Glorious Food – written by Lionel Bart, is the opening song from the 1960s West End and Broadway musical (and 1968 film) Oliver! It is sung when the workhouse boys are dreaming and fantasizing about food while going to collect their gruel from the staff of the workhouse.Read More »Food, Glorious Food lyrics
Musical version of Charles Dickens’ “Oliver Twist” adapted from the stage hit, 1968 Best Picture Oscar.
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