BE BACK SOON

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Song Title
BE BACK SOON
Writers
Lionel Bart
Publisher
HOLLIS MUSIC, INC. (BMI)
Co-Publisher
TRO Affiliate
% Publisher Controls
100%
Territory Controlled
US AND CANADA
Themes/Keywords
Back, Broadway, Hurry, oliver, Soon, Theater
Lyrics
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.
It’s him that pays the piper.
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 handkerchiefs (wallets full of cash)*
And you should be clever thieves. (don’t want to see any trash)
Whip it quick and be back soon.
There’s a sixpence here for twenty (only thick ones now, none empty)
Ain’t that a lovely tune. (get rich this afternoon)
Be back soon.

Boys:
Our pockets’ll hold a watch of gold
That chimes upon the hour
A wallet fat, an old man’s hat,
The crown jewels from the Tower.
We know the Bow Street Runners (nosey p’licemen)
But they don’t know this tune.
So long, fare thee well,
Pip, pip, cheerio.
We’ll be back soon.

*italicized lyrics substituted in film
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Fagin:**
Cheerio, but be back soon. I dunno,
Somehow I’ll miss you.
I love you, that’s 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 whispered tune.
So long, fare thee well, pip, pip, cheerio.
We’ll be back soon.

Boys:
And when you’re in the distance,
You’ll hear this whispered tune,
So long, fare thee well, pip, pip, cheerio.
We’ll be back soon!

Oliver and Dodger:
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!

Recordings

Recording Artist Genre Mood Arrangement Era iTunes
OLIVER Soundtrack Cheerful, Theatrical, Tuneful Group Sing, Vocal 2010's Buy >
Stanley Holloway Soundtrack Cheerful, Theatrical, Tuneful Group Sing, Horns, Vocal 2010's Buy >
Victor Spinetti Soundtrack Cheerful, Theatrical, Tuneful Group Sing, Horns, Strings, Vocal 2010's Buy >

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