Pg 141
The “Oliver!” Chapter Two Suite
from the motion picture “Oliver!”
by Carol Reed
The “twist” I mentioned earlier is that each song is in the order it was presented in the movie (NOT the play) with none omitted or reordered until the last.
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“Entering Mora”
from “Food, Glorious Food”
Pulling in the station now
Ev’rybody’s getting out
Here we go now into Mora
Heading through the shower part
Right behind some ancient fart
Payment to get into Mora
Snug in our robes
In the lounge
We will wait
We will wait
For our numbers to flash
But while Emil was caught out
Without a permit
Lalli grabbed up his stuff
And encountered
A sidewalk that MOVES
What magic could this be?
How wondrous it proves
But no one else can see
Just testing it proved it safe
But once near the ending
Poor Lalli tried to walk back
Tuuri stopped him
Ew, moose
Big, ugly and deformed
That isn’t a moose
Do try to stay informed
A horse is an animal
Quite diff’rent from moose
Oh, please
Sir, may we pet
Your horsies so
Adorable?
They took ev’rything
All my neat explosives
They could have done worse
Then where would we all be
Lalli, you should mind your hair
There, now, that’s much better
Now you don’t look like a bum
Or a beggar
Well, let us be off
Our HQ is nearby
We’ll kit you out there
We have a few hours
Sveavagen
Then takes us
To Oresundbro
So on
To our HQ
Where we can do
What we need to
Visit your brood
Now, don’t be rude
On to HQ
Oh, can we take a horse carriage ride?
No, dear, walking is cheap--uh, healthy
Oh well
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“Present Blessings”
from “Oliver!”
Watch out
This way
Come on
Hurry
All the traffic
Makes it hard to be quick
Now that we’re done wasting our time
Window shopping HQ
Is a block this way
Oh, all right
Isn’t our
Capital
The most impressive place
You’ve ever been?
Well it is
Pretty neat
Frankly though I thought there’d
Be more machines
Though the horses are cool
I thought there’d be
More technology
Well, for commoners it’s
Much too expensive
They’re just for the milit’ry
But our lights
Always work
Lighting the streets without
Even a quirk
And in ev’ry home
There is a phone line
And it works
Add to that
Now we have
A public radio
System in place
Can you say
That you have
Something like that back where
You two come from?
No, we don’t and that is
Pretty impressive
I must admit
But the coolest part is
Just how safe ev’ryone
Feels here in Mora Town
It’s like no
One’s afraid
There’ll be an outbreak in
Mora today
Does that happen often
I mean where you live?
Never... now
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“Past Reflections”
from “Boy for Sale”
Before
We three moved
To Keruu Town
We all lived in Saimaa
A big lake system
And towns
There are spread
Out far and wide
Making it quite easy
To keep each one safe
Even the villages
Where there’s almost
No one immune
With a few
Simple measures
But a trade route
Might vanish to boot
From year to year
An island somewhere
Might be
Stricken
Gone
We’re always watching
Always very careful
We dare not let our
Guard down anytime
We lived
And we laughed
But it was just
Something that could happen
Anytime
Always
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“Words Kind and Unkind”
from “Where is Love?”
Here we are now at our home
The last nice thing that we own
Go cling on your father if you please
And Cousin Emil’s knees
I’ll show you around the place
Kids get out of Lalli’s face
Kiddies are so cute! You’re kinda fat
Your parents don’t love you
Here are files on each of us
[Emil’s story is discussed]
And regarding skills--this mage title
It’s not so literal
Yes they’re really true
And I’ll get him to show you
Lalli, can you do a spell?
Something small for show and tell?
Emil thinks that magic isn’t true
Doesn’t it bother you?
I don’t really care
He’s not feeling up to it
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“Future Plans/And We’re Off!”
from “Consider Yourself”
We’ll be ready soon
To go
The babysitter?
We got it sorted out
Here, Tuuri, as you’re
The skald
These piles
File
What you need to get out
Your seniors are up
To speed
On ev’rything here
On the “Try to find” list
Emil, you can look
Don’t care
I don’t need
Info to do my job
I don’t remember this
Book salvation stuff from our
Mission statement from
Before
That’s because on the sly
While you’re out there researching
We can do well on the side
How well can we do?
Ah, yes
By getting old books
Clean up!
How much are we discussing and
What is my share?
We’ll talk about it
Once you’re back
You’d better not plan
To cheat
You’d better not plan
To rip me off Uncle
We’re all ready now
To go
Let’s leave
Please
Before it starts to rain
Oh, Cousin Emil
Don’t go!
You just arrived here
We didn’t get to play
Hairdresser salon
With you
Oh, please, stay
Here and we’ll have such fun!
Sorry, I’ve got to go
And I’ll be away for months
Don’t get in the dumps
Children
Daddy will be home soon
Whoop-de-do (that’s sarcasm)
Sorry, kids, I’ve got to go
Oh, Cousin Emil
Goodbye
Please come back again
Real soon
For hairdresser salon is quite
Our fav’rite game
Goodbye little brats!
Hug hug hug
Get your umbrellas guys
Rain is pouring from the skies
And I’ve got to drag
This cart
Just think of all the cash
We’ll rake in when they get back
As we walk along the
Walk along the streets
Walk along the streets
Walk along the streets
Walk along the streets
Walk along the streets
Walk along the streets
Along the streets
We’re finally here
At last
You know all these signs
Look pretty ominous
Don’t worry about
Those, guys!
In fact
It’s
A blessing in disguise
The station looks like
It’s closed
The public thinks so
But it’s been running well
Our ride’s been arranged
From here
Through miles of
Silent Lands to the south
The Dalahasten train
Rides the Svea-a-vagen line
And it’s right on time
For us
We get on here and go
South to Oresu-undbro
And kit you out with your bus!
The station looks grim
And cold
Appearances don’t
Mean much
It’s open for the military
And for us
To Oresundbro
To Oresundbro
To Oresundbro
We are off!
