Be Back Soon

[DODGER]

Line up!

[BOYS]

Line up!

[DODGER]

Single file!

[BOYS]

Single file!

Slope arms

Left...left

Right...right...Ol! Ol!

[FAGIN]

You can go,

But be back soon

You can go,

But while you're working.

This place,

I'm pacing round...

Until you're home,

...Safe and sound

Fare thee well,

But be back soon

Who can tell

Where danger's lurking?

Do not forget this tune

Be back soon.

[BOYS]

How could we forget

How could we let

Our dear old Fagin worry?

We love him so.

We'll come back home

In, oh, such a great big

Hurry

[DODGER]

It's him that pays the piper.

[BOYS]

It's us that pipes his tune

So long, fare thee well

Pip! Pip! Cheerio!

We'll be back soon.

[FAGIN]

You can go

But be back soon

You can go,

But bring back plenty

Of pocket hankerchiefs

And you should be clever thieves.

Whip it quick,

and be back soon

There's a sixpence here for twenty

Ain't that a lovely tune?

Be back soon.

[DODGER]

Our pockets'll hold

A watch of gold

That chimes upon the hour

[BOYS]

A wallet fat

An old man's hat

[DODGER]

The crown jewels from the tower

We know

The Bow Street Runners,

[ALL]

But they don't know this tune.

So long, fare thee well.

Pip! Pip! Cheerio!

We'll be back soon.

[FAGIN]

Cheerio, but be back soon.

I dunno, somehow I'll miss you

I love you, that why I

Say, "Cheerio"...

Not goodbye.

Don't be gone long

Be back soon.

Give me one long,

Last look...

Bless you.

Remember our old tune...

Be back soon!

[BOYS]

We must disappear,

We'll be back here,

Today...

...Perhaps tomorrow.

We'll miss you too

[FAGIN]

It's sad but true

That parting is such sweet sorrow.

[ALL]

And when we're in the distance

You'll hear this

Whipered tune...

So long, fare thee well

Pip! Pip! Cheerio!

We'll be back soon

And when we're in the distance

You'll hear this

Whipered tune...

So long, fare thee well

Pip! Pip! Cheerio!

We'll be back soon

[FAGIN]

Cheerio, but be back soon.

I dunno, somehow I'll miss you

I love you, that why I

Say, "Cheerio"...

Not goodbye.

Don't be gone long

Be back soon.

Give me one long,

Last look...

Bless you.

Remember our old tune...

Be back soon!

[BOYS]

We must disappear,

We'll be back here,

Today...

...Perhaps tomorrow.

We'll miss you too

It's sad but true

That parting is such sweet sorrow.

And when we're in the distance

You'll hear this

Whipered tune...

So long, fare thee well

Pip! Pip! Cheerio!

We'll be back soon

You'll hear this

Whipered tune...

So long, fare thee well

Pip! Pip! Cheerio!

We'll be back soon

And when we're in the distance

You'll hear this

Whipered tune...

So long, fare thee well

Pip! Pip! Cheerio!

We'll be back soon

[OLIVER]

So long, fare thee well

Pip! Pip! Cheerio!

We'll be back soon

[BOYS]

So long, fare thee well

Pip! Pip! Cheerio!

We'll be back soon