MR. BUMBLE



For what you are about to receive

May the Lord make you truly thankful.



BOYS



Amen!



OLIVER



(spoken) Please, Sir, I want some more.



MR. BUMBLE



(spoken) What?!



OLIVER



(spoken) Please, Sir, I want some... more.



MR. BUMBLE



(spoken) More!?



WIDOW CORNEY



Catch him!



MR. BUMBLE



Snatch him!



WIDOW CORNEY



Hold him!



MR. BUMBLE



Scold him!



WIDOW CORNEY



Pounce him!

Trounce him!

Pick him up and bounce him!



MR. BUMBLE



Wait!

Before we put the lad to task

May I be so curious as to ask

His name?



BOYS (whispering)



O-li-ver.



WIDOW CORNEY AND MR. BUMBLE



Oliver! Oliver!



MR. BUMBLE



Never beofre has a boy wanted more!



MR. BUMBLE AND WIDOW CORNEY



Oliver! Oliver!



WIDOW CORNEY



Won't ask for more when he knows what's in store.



MR. BUMBLE



There's a dark, thin, winding stairway

Without any bannister

Which we'll throw him down, and feed him on

Cockrouches served in a canister



ALL



Oliver! Oliver!



MR. BUMBLE



What will he do when he's turned black and blue?

He will curse the day

Somebody named him



ALL



O-li-ver!



MR. BUMBLE



Oliver! Oliver!

Never before has a boy wanted more!

Oliver! Oliver!



WIDOW CORNEY



Won't ask for more

When he knows what's in store.



MR. BUMBLE



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