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

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