X:51 % number
T:A policeman's lot % title
C:Sir Arthur Sullivan % composer
R:Air
O:The Pirates of Penzance % origin.
M:4/4 % meter
L:1/4 % length of shortest note
Q:200 % tempo
K:C % key
V:1 % voice 1
cd | egfe | dfed | c2 ce| G3 z |
w:When a fe-lon's not en-gaged in his em-ploy-ment, his employment,
w:When the en-ter-pris-ing burg-lar is-n't burgling, is-n't burgling,
GGAA | _A=Ade | dcB2 | GGG z |
w:Or ma-tu-ring his fe-lon-ious lit-tle plans, lit-tle plans,
w:When the cut-throat is-n't oc-cu-pied in crime, 'pied in crime,
cdeg | fedf | edc2 | ceG z |
w:His ca-pa-ci-ty for in-no-cent en-joy-ment, 'cent enjoyment,
w:He-- loves to hear the lit-tle brook a-gurgling, brook a-gurgling,
GABc | fecd | Bc2 z |
w:Is just as great as an-y ho-nest man's.
w:And lis-ten to the mer-ry vil-lage chime.
Bcdc | Bcd^c | dgg^f | ^fegf |
w:Our-- feel-ings we with dif-fi-cul-ty smo-ther, 'cul-ty smo-ther,
w:When the cos-ter's fin-ished jump-ing on his mo-ther, on his mo-ther,
ABcB | ABce | d^cd z |
w:When con-stab-u-la-ry du-ty's to be done:
w:He-- loves to lie a-bask-ing in the sun:
Bcdc | Bcdg | g^fag | g^fag |
w:Ah, take one con-sid-er-a-tion with a-noth-er, with a-noth-er
^fede | dBcd | cAG2 | GGG2 |]
w:A po-lice-man's lot is not a hap-py one! hap-py one. [ abc pdf midi ] |