Title song from the 1959 musical “Oliver”.
Words and music by Lionel Bart.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
What?
Please, Sir, I want some more
More!
Catch him! Snatch him! Hold him!
Scold him! Pounce him! Trounce him!
Pick him up and bounce him!
Wait! Before we put the lad to task
May I be so curious as to ask his name?
O-li-ver!
Oliver! Oliver!
Never before has a boy wanted more!
Oliver! Oliver!
Won’t ask for more when he knows what’s in store.
There’s a dark, thin, winding stairway
Without any bannister which we’ll throw him down
And feed him on cockroaches served in a canister
Oliver! Oliver!
What will he do when he’s turned black and blue?
He will curse the day somebody named him
O-li-ver!
Oliver! Oliver!
Never before has a boy wanted more!
Oliver! Oliver!
Won’t ask for more when he knows what’s in store.
There’s a sooty chimney
Long overdue for a sweeping out
Which we’ll push him up,
And one day next year
With the rats he’ll be creeping out.
Oliver! Oliver!
What will he do in this terrible stew?
He will rue the day somebody named him
O-li-ver!