[00:00.85]I say, you there. Hands off that sword. Put down that book.
[00:07.82]Isn't it enough we let you look?
[00:11.61]I hate to dash your futile, little hopes
[00:15.16]But you pay your sixpence
[00:18.06]And stay behind the ropes
[00:23.04]I cringe when every cobbler
[00:25.16]Or butcher
[00:25.95]Or farmer
[00:27.08]Comes touching my bannisters
[00:29.26]Banging my armour
[00:31.33]They finger every finial
[00:34.05]They poke your cornerstone
[00:36.18]Who'd want to be reminded
[00:39.17]Of what they'll never own?
[00:42.90]Though my politics are purely democratical
[00:47.61]I find the species frankly problematical
[00:55.27]I don't understand the poor
[00:58.92]I don't understand the poor
[01:02.22]The lives they lead
[01:04.24]Of want and need
[01:05.60]I should think it would be a bore
[01:08.79]It seems to be nothing but stubbornness
[01:11.99]So what's all the suffering for?
[01:14.26]To be so debased
[01:16.43]Is in terrible taste
[01:19.01]I don't understand the poor
[01:21.49]To be so debased
[01:22.93]Is in terrible taste
[01:24.14]I don't understand
[01:24.85]To summarize the heretofor
[01:27.34]He does not understand the poor
[01:29.52]I don't understand the poor
[01:30.89]And they're constantly turning out more
[01:33.12]Ever festering slum
[01:34.79]In Christendom
[01:35.60]Is disgorging its young by the score
[01:37.30]I suppose there are some with ambition
[01:39.48]Say the pickpocket, beggar or whore
[01:41.52]From what I can tell
[01:42.88]They do quite well
[01:43.85]They're rising above
[01:44.85]And it's work they love
[01:45.93]But, I don't understand the poor
[01:47.80]They're rising above
[01:49.03]And it's work they love
[01:49.95]But, I don't understand the poor
[01:51.99]Where's the dignity? (ENSEMBLE: Where's the dignity?)
[01:53.93]Where's the pride? (Where's the pride?)
[01:55.82]The ignominity (The ig...?)
[01:57.69]Putting the lame and the halt aside
[01:59.97]Why accept charity?
[02:01.49]I am perplexed by their attitude
[02:03.26]I contend we extend them too much latitude
[02:07.81]My tenants have no excuse
[02:09.68]At Christmas I give them a goose
[02:11.97]Where's the integrity?
[02:13.33]Where's the gratitude?
[02:16.22]I don't understand the poor
[02:17.74]How I long for days of yore
[02:19.66]When nary a vassal
[02:21.13]Stepped into your castle
[02:22.10]They knew not to darken your door
[02:24.07]Now they barge in every Tuesday
[02:26.11]With a sickening, thickening roar
[02:27.83]Why clatter and trample?
[02:29.41]Set an example
[02:30.21]We teach them to read
[02:31.18]But do they succeed?
[02:31.94]When they're hungry and frail
[02:33.13]We feed them in jail
[02:34.13]We send them off to war
[02:37.12]I don't understand
[02:39.29]I'm not being grand
[02:40.21]I don't understand the poor
[02:42.35]I don't understand
[02:43.26]I'm not being grand
[02:44.69]I don't understand...
[02:48.10]Oh, there's one I admit I adore
[02:54.53]He's missing a leg
[02:56.50]But a very good egg
[02:58.48]A gentleman through to the core
[03:01.31]Well, he may be a bit of a drinker
[03:04.06]He can often be found on the floor
[03:06.98]Through all of his pains
[03:09.26]He never complains
[03:11.03]He's bright and astute
[03:13.46]A shame that he's mute
[03:15.74]According to mother
[03:18.98]He may be my brother
[03:20.45]A fact we all choose to ignore
[03:23.32]But, I don't understand
[03:24.54]I'm sensitive and
[03:25.65]I don't understand the poor
[03:27.83]I don't understand
[03:28.79]I'm sensitive and
[03:29.65]I don't understand
[03:31.01]They're a pox on the land!
[03:32.20]I don't understand
[03:33.16]I don't understand
[03:34.15]I don't understand the poor
[03:38.97]Don't understand
[03:41.20]Really I don't!