The Policeman's Song

歌詞

When a felon's not engaged in his employment Or maturing his felonious little plan His capacity for innocent enjoyment Is just as great as any honest man Our feelings we with difficulty smother When constabulary duties 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 duties to be done, to be done A policeman's lot is not a happy one When the drunkard shows no sign of where the drink went He nobly bids all alchohol farewell When the juvenile delinquent to the clink went He hung his mother's picture in his cell When the cardshark's finished wiping out his brother He buys a rattle for his little son 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