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"Be Back Soon" by Lionel Bart

(4/4 time. 4 bar intro)

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[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 

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(ALL)

Fare thee well, 

But be back soon

Who can tell

Where danger's lurking?

Do not forget this tune

Be back soon.

 

[PICKPOCKETS]

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. 

[PICKPOCKETS]

It's us that calls the tune 

So long, fare thee well

Pip! Pip! Cheerio!

We'll be back soon! 

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(REPEAT: All singing.)

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