It's A Fine Life. Oliver.

Seq - Dr. J.Pitt-Payne. Kar - Bunty Pritchard Jones. Sept 2000.

[Nancy]
Small pleasures, small pleasures,
who would deny us these.

Gin toddies, large measures,
no skimping if you please!

I rough it, I love it. Life is a game of chance.
I never tire of it. Leading a merry dance.

If you don't mind having to go without things,
it's a fine life. It's a fine life!

Tho' it ain't all jolly pleasure and outings,
it's a fine life! It's a fine life!

When you've got someone to love,
you forget your care and strife.

Let the prudes look down on us,
let the wide world frown on us,
It's a fine, fine life!

[Nancy and Bet]
Who cares if straight laces
sneer at us in the street.

Fine airs and fine graces
don't have to sin to eat.

We wander through London,
who knows what we may find.
There's pockets left undone on many a behind.

If you don't mind taking it as it turns out,
it's a fine life! It's a fine life!

Keep the candle burning until it burns out,
it's a fine life. It's a fine life!

Tho' 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.

These trappings these tatters, these we can just afford,
What future? What matters?
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!

Tho' diseased rats threaten to bring the plague in,
it's a fine life. It's a fine life!

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!

[Nancy]If you don't mind having to like or lump it,
it's a fine life. It's a fine life!

Tho' there's no tea sipping an' eating crumpet,
it's a fine life! It's a fine life!

Not for me the happy home,
happy husband, happy wife,

tho' it sometimes touches me,
for the likes of such as me.
Mines's a fine, fine, life!

Soft karaoke
Words
bassoon
pizzicato
synth strings1
synth brass
choir aahs
synth voice
loud glok
It's a Fine Life
from "Oliver" - the stage show - 1963
by Lionel Bart (no.13 in The Vocal Score)
Copyright as per The Vocal Score
My abiding thanks and best wishes to
Doug and Doreen Grierson who so kindly
furnished me with their own very personal
Vocal Score......
MIDI
Karaoke
by
Bunty Pritchard Jones
13 - Oliver - It's a Fine Life seq Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK 6 September 2000

It's a Fine Life - Oliver - 1963 - Nancy and Cast