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Sergeant. Is just as great as any houest man's —

All. Honest man's.

Sergeant. Our feelings we with difficulty smother —

All. -Culty smother,

Sergeant. When constabulary duty's to be done —

All, To be done.

Sergeant. Ah, take one consideration with another —

All. AVith another,

Sergeant. A policeman's lot is not a happy one —

All. Happy one.

When constabulary duty's to be done —

To be done — The policeman's lot is not a happy one —

Ha])py one ! Sergeant. When the enterprising burglar's not a-burgling — All. Not a-burgling,

Sergeant. When the cutthroat isn't occupied in crime — All. -Pied in crime.

Sergeant. He loves to hear the little brook a-gurgling — All. Brook a-gurgling.

Sergeant. And listen to the merry village chime — All. Village chime.

Sergeant. When the coster's finished jumping on his mother — All. On his mother,

Sergeant, He loves to lie a-basking in the sun — All. In the sun.

Sergeant. Ah, take one consideration with another — All. With another.

Sergeant. The policeman's lot is not a happy one — All. Happy one !

When constabulary duty's to be done —

To be done, The policeman's lot is not a happy one —

Happy one !

Chorus of Pirates Outside, in the Distance.

A rollicking band of pirates we, Who, tired of tossing on the sea. Are trying their hand at a burglaree With weapons grim and gory !

Serg. Hush! hush ! I hear them on the manor poaching; With stealthy step the j)irates are approaching.

Chorus of Pirates resumed Nearer. We are not coming for plate or gold — A story Oenoral Stanley told —