Food, Glorious Food

{{short description|1960 song with lyrics by Lionel Bart}}

{{Notability|1=Music|date=September 2025}} "'''Food, Glorious Food'''", written by [[Lionel Bart]], is the opening song from the 1960s [[West End theatre|West End]] and [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] musical (and 1968 film) ''[[Oliver!]]''.

==Musical theme== The song is sung from the point of view of the children in a workhouse for orphans where they are forced to work to “earn their keep”, and deprived of proper nutrition while the administrators feast on delicacies. The children arrive for breakfast fantasizing about delicious food such as [[sausage]] and mustard, and sweets including jelly and [[custard]]. When the workhouse boys arrive at the front of the serving line they receive only tasteless [[gruel]] from the staff. The song is intended as a metaphor for keeping hope alive, despite being mistreated.<ref>https://genius.com/Oliver-2024-company-food-glorious-food-lyrics</ref>

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{{Oliver Twist}}

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[[Category:1960 songs]] [[Category:Songs about food and drink]] [[Category:Songs written by Lionel Bart]] [[Category:Songs from Oliver!]]