The Policeman’s Lot
by William Schwenck Gilbert(1836-1911)

When a felon’s not engaged in his employment,
      Or maturing his felonious little plans,
His capacity for innocent enjoyment
      Is just as great as any honest man’s.
Our feelings we with difficulty smother
      When constabulary duty’s to be done:
Ah, take one consideration with another,
      A policeman’s lot is not a happy one

When the enterprising burglar isn’t burgling,
      When the cut-throat isn’t occupied in crime,
He loves to hear the little brook a-gurgling,
      And listen to the merry village chime.
When the coster’s finished jumping on his mother,
      He loves to lie a-basking in the sun:
Ah, take one consideration with another,
      The policeman’s lot is not a happy one!

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