Song Description

By modernizing the score to Pirates of Penzance I hope to open the door to the absurd kookiness of Gilbert's book and lyrics for a whole new generation of audiences, designers, choreographers, and directors. Thad Wheeler, May 15, 2014. Recorded at Northfire Recording Studios, Amherst, MA on April 2, 2014. Cast in order of appearence: Jeffrey Johnson - Sergeant, Daniel Roihl - Police, Michael Carotenuto - Police, Ben Ashley - Police, Luis Manzi - Police, Jim Mead - Police, All instrumental tracks by Thad Wheeler.

Lyrics

Sergeant:
When a felon's not engaged in his employment,
Police:
His employment,
Sergeant:
Or maturing his felonious little plans,
Police:
Little plans,
Sergeant:
His capacity for innocent enjoyment
Police:
'cent enjoyment,
Sergeant:
Is just as great as any honest man's.
Police:
Honest man's,
Sergeant:
Our feelings we with difficulty smother,
Police:
'culty smother,
Sergeant:
When constabulary duty's to be done.
Police:
To be done.
Sergeant:
Oh, take one consideration with another,
Police:
With another,
Sergeant:
A policemen's lot is not a happy one!
Police:
Ah, when constabulary duty's to be done, to be done,
The policeman's lot is not a happy one, happy one!

Sergeant:
When the enterprising burglar's not a burgling,
Police:
Not a burgling,
Sergeant;
When the cutthroat isn't occupied in crime,
Police:
'pied in crime,
Sergeant:
He loves to hear the little brook a gurgling,
Police:
Brook a gurgling,
Sergeant:
And listen to the merry village chime.
Police:
Village chime.
Sergeant:
When the coster's finished jumping on his mother,
Police:
On his mother,
Sergeant:
He loves to lie a basking in the sun.
Police:
In the sun.
Sergeant:
Oh, take one consideration with another,
Police:
With another,
Sergeant:
A policeman's lot is not a happy one!
Police:
Ah, when constabulary duty's to be done, to be done,
The policeman's lot is not a happy one, happy one!