When A Felon's Not Engaged In His Employment chords by D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Gilbert & Sullivan

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Verse 1
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When a felon's not engaged
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in his employment, his employment,
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or maturing his felonious
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little plans, little plans,
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his capacity for innocent enjoyment,
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innocent enjoyment, is just as great as any honest man's,
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honest man's,
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Our feelings we with difficulty smother
When constabulary duty's to be done
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I take one consideration with another
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A        policeman's
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lot is not a happy one
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Oh, when constabulary
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duty's to be done
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A policeman's lot is not a happy one,
happy one.
When the enterprising
burglar's
not a burgling, not a burgling,
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When the cutthroat isn't occupied in crime,
in crime,
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He loves to hear the little
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brook a -gaggling,
brook a -gaggling,
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And listen to the merry village
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chimes
Village chimes
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When the castor's
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finished jumping on his mother
On his mother
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He loves to lie a -bosking in the sun
In the sun
I take one consideration
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with another
With another
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A police man's lot is not a nappy one
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Oh, when conspiracy duties to be done,
to be done,
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The policeman's lot is not a nappy one,
nappy one.