Owen Brannigan feat. The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Isidore Godfrey -
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance
The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty: The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty: 31. When a felon's not engaged in his employment
When a felon's not engaged in his employment
Or maturing his felonious little plans
His capacity for innocent enjoyment
Is just as great as any honest man's
Our feelings we with difficulty smother
When constabulary duty is to be done
Taking one consideration with another
A policeman's lot is not a happy one
When constabulary duties to be done, to be done
A policeman's lot is not a happy one
When the enterprising burglar's not a-burgling
When the cutthroat isn't occupied in crime
He loves to hear the little brook a-gurgling
And listen to the merry village chime
When the coster's finished jumping on his mother
He loves to lie a-basking in the sun
Taking one consideration with another
A policeman's lot is not a happy one
When constabulary duty's to be done, to be done
A policeman's lot is not a happy one
Or maturing his felonious little plans
His capacity for innocent enjoyment
Is just as great as any honest man's
Our feelings we with difficulty smother
When constabulary duty is to be done
Taking one consideration with another
A policeman's lot is not a happy one
When constabulary duties to be done, to be done
A policeman's lot is not a happy one
When the enterprising burglar's not a-burgling
When the cutthroat isn't occupied in crime
He loves to hear the little brook a-gurgling
And listen to the merry village chime
When the coster's finished jumping on his mother
He loves to lie a-basking in the sun
Taking one consideration with another
A policeman's lot is not a happy one
When constabulary duty's to be done, to be done
A policeman's lot is not a happy one
Credits
Writer(s): Arthur Sullivan, Don Stewart
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Other Album Tracks
- The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty: Overture
- The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty: 1. Pour, oh pour the pirate sherry
- The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty: 2. When Fred'ric was a little lad
- The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty: 3. Oh, better far to live and die
- The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty: 4. Oh, false one, you have deceived me
- The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty: 5. Climbing over rocky mountain
- The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty: 6. Stop! ladies, pray! A man!
- The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty: 7. Oh, is there not one maiden breast
- The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty: 8. Oh, sisters, deaf to pity's name, For shame!
- The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty: The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty: 9. Poor wand'ring one!
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