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

There's a so