Alms! Alms! (2007) lyrics

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Performed by:

Beggar Woman (Laura Michelle Kelly)
Anthony (Jamie Campbell Bower) - [speaking]



Beggar Woman: Alms! Alms!
For a miserable woman
On a miserable chilly morning
Thank yer, sir, thank yer

Anthony: “Ma’am, could you tell me whose house this is?”

Beggar Woman: “That’s the great Judge Turpin’s house, that is.”

Anthony: “And the young lady who resides there?”

Beggar Woman: “That’s Johanna, his pretty little ward. Keeps her snug,
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he does, all locked up. So don’t you go trespassing there
or it’s a good whipping for you---or any other young
man with mischief on his mind.”

’Ow would you like a little muff, dear
A little jig jig
A little bounce around the bush?
Wouldn’t you like to push me parsley?

It looks to me, dear
Like you got plenty there to push
Alms! Alms!
For a desperate woman