When a felon's
not engaged
in his employment
his employment
Or maturing his
felonious little plans
little plans
His capacity for
innocent enjoyment
cent enjoyment
Is just as great
as any honest man's
honest man's
Our feelings we with
difficulty smother
culty smother
When constabulary
duty's to be done
to be done
Ah, take one
consideration
with another
with another
A policeman's lot is
not a happy one
aah
When constabulary duty's
to be done, to be done
a policeman's lot is
not a happy one
happy one
When the enterprising
burglar's not a-burgling
not a-burgling
When the cut-throat
isn't occupied in crime
pied in crime
He loves to hear the
little brook a-gurgling
brook a-gurgling
And listen to the
merry village chime
village chime
When the coster's
finished jumping
on his mother
on his mother
He loves to lie a-basking
in the sun
in the sun
Ah, take one
consideration
with another
with another
A policeman's lot is
not a happy one
aaah
When constabulary duty's
to be done, to be done
a policeman's lot is
not a happy one
happy one...