Jolly, Rich and Fat

Lyrics

[speaker 1?] Had a good year? [speaker 2?] A very good year sir [speaker 1?] Nothing I care to rearrange [speaker 2?] Holiday best, holiday cheer sir [speaker 1?] Gentlemen of the Royal Exchange [speakers 1+2?] Powerful men [?] Giving our pockets one more pat And with Christmas getting here It's [?] jolly, rich, and fat Give to the poor [ speaker 3?] Certainly sir [MR. SMYTHE] Don't worry children we'll find him Excuse me sir, I'm looking for Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge [speaker?] Oh look over there [FEMALE ENSEMBLE] Merry old wives Snuffy and jolly [?] around this Christmas morn [MALE ENSEMBLE] This Christmas morn [FEMALE ENSEMBLE] Giving out gifts Handing out porridge Spending the most enormous sums [MALE ENSEMBLE] Generous mеn [?] Generous when wе pass a hat [ENSEMBLE] [?] being Jolly, rich, and fat [speakers 1+2?] Give to the poor? [speaker?] With pleasure [MR. SMYTHE, spoken] When will Mr. Scrooge arrive? [MALE ENSEMBLE] Thank the Lord our [?] [speakers?] He should be here in three sir And better you than me sir [MALE ENSEMBLE] Thank the Lord we're not in debt to Scrooge [speaker?] Merry Christmas Mr. Scrooge [SCROOGE, spoken] Merry Christmas, my dear sir every idiot who goes about Merry Christmas on his lips should be boiled in his own pudding Crachit? [CRACHIT, spoken] Yes sir? [SCROOGE, spoken] You'll want tomorrow off I suppose? [CRACHIT, spoken] Well if it's quite convenient sir [SCROOGE, spoken] It is not convenient [MR. SMYTHE, spoken] Pardon me Mr. Scrooge May I speak with you a moment sir? [SCROOGE, spoken] Speak swiftly, the exchange is closing early [MR. SMYTHE] Mr. Scrooge my wife has died (spoken) I need to pay her funeral expenses [SCROOGE, spoken] And what Mr. Smythe? [MR. SMYTHE] Sir I need more time to pay you [SCROOGE, spoken] Am I a charity? Am I the state? Your mortgage is due tomorrow morning at 9 AM [MR. SMYTHE] Please sir what about my children? [MALE ENSEMBLE] Scrooge says nay sir [MR. SMYTHE] Christmas day sir [SCROOGE, spoken] Christmas, sir, is a humbug [ENSEMBLE] *Gasp* [FEMALE ENSEMBLE] Skinny and mean Rotten old geezer [MALE ENSEMBLE] Never a kindly word or deed Skinny and cold [FEMALE ENSEMBLE] Old Ebenezer Never would help a friend in need [MALE ENSEMBLE] Locking his doors [FEMALE ENSEMBLE] Drawing his curtains [ENSEMBLE] Adding up one more stack of gold Never saw a sadder sight There's no one quite as dingy, mean, and cold [CHARITY MEN] Bless you sir [ENSEMBLE] Thank the Lord our losses have been slim [SCROOGE] You owe me interest Peter Your payments overdue sir [ENSEMBLE] Thank the Lord we're not in debt to him [SCROOGE] If you don't plan to pay sir The law will find a way sir [ENSEMBLE] [?] Never a thought of Christmas day Checking his watch [?] [FEMALE ENSEMBLE] How'd he ever get that way? [MALE ENSEMBLE] Taking their gold [FEMALE ENSEMBLE] Starving the children [ENSEMBLE] How could he do a thing like that? Never saw a sight to match it What a pity, what a- [SCROOGE, spoken] Crachit [ENSEMBLE] Jolly that we're jolly, rich, and fat