[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.
[ALL]
It`s a fine life.
[NANCY]
Tho` it ain`t all jolly old pleasure outings...
It`s a fine life
[ALL]
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,
[ALL]
Fine life!
[NANCY (spoken)]
Ain`t that right, Bet? Go on, you tell `em girl.
[BET]
Who cares if straightlaces
Sneer at us in the street?
Fine airs and fine graces
[NANCY]
Don`t have to sin to eat.
[BOTH]
We wander through London
[NANCY]
Who knows what we many find?
[BOTH]
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!
[ALL]
It`s a fine life!
[NANCY]
Keep the candle burning until it burns out
It`s a fine life.
[ALL]
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.
[BET]
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,
[BET]
These ta`ers
[BOTH]
These we can just afford.
[NANCY]
What future?
[BET]
What ma`ers?
[BOTH]
We`ve got our bed and board.
[NANCY]
If you don`t mind having to deal with Fagin
It`s a fine life!
[ALL]
It`s a fine life!
[NANCY]
Though diseased rats threaten to bring the plague in
It`s a fine life!
[ALL]
It`s a fine life!
[NANCY]
But the grass is green and dense
On the right side of the `fence`.
[BOTH]
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
[ALL]
It`s a fine life!
[NANCY]
Tho` there`s no tea-supping and eating crumpet
It`s a fine life!
[ALL]
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...
[ALL]
Fine... life!
