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Sergeant. Is just as great as any houest man's —
All. Honest man's.
Sergeant. Our feelings we with difficulty smother —
All. -Culty smother,
Sergeant. When constabulary duty's to be done —
All, To be done.
Sergeant. Ah, take one consideration with another —
All. AVith another,
Sergeant. A policeman's lot is not a happy one —
All. Happy one.
When constabulary duty's to be done —
To be done — The policeman's lot is not a happy one —
Ha])py one ! Sergeant. When the enterprising burglar's not a-burgling — All. Not a-burgling,
Sergeant. When the cutthroat isn't occupied in crime — All. -Pied in crime.
Sergeant. He loves to hear the little brook a-gurgling — All. Brook a-gurgling.
Sergeant. And listen to the merry village chime — All. Village chime.
Sergeant. When the coster's finished jumping on his mother — All. On his mother,
Sergeant, He loves to lie a-basking in the sun — All. In the sun.
Sergeant. Ah, take one consideration with another — All. With another.
Sergeant. The policeman's lot is not a happy one — All. Happy one !
When constabulary duty's to be done —
To be done, The policeman's lot is not a happy one —
Happy one !
Chorus of Pirates Outside, in the Distance.
A rollicking band of pirates we, Who, tired of tossing on the sea. Are trying their hand at a burglaree With weapons grim and gory !
Serg. Hush! hush ! I hear them on the manor poaching; With stealthy step the j)irates are approaching.
Chorus of Pirates resumed Nearer. We are not coming for plate or gold — A story Oenoral Stanley told —
