La música cristiana es de origen judío: la liturgia musical de la sinagoga, en particular el canto psalmódico de los judíos como unidad poética musical, fue un legado preciado transmitido del Israel antiguo al cristianismo primitivo, como forma de manifestar tanto a nivel personal como comunitario las creencias religiosas y la fe en Dios.
NANCY
(spoken) Bill! Let him go, Bill! For pity's sake, let him go!
Why do you look at me like that, Bill?
SIKES
(spoken) Give me away would yer?
NANCY
(spoken) No, Bill, no not you, never you.
SIKES
(spoken) Get away from me, woman!
NANCY
(spoken) No, I won't let go Bill. I've been true to you, upon my soul, I have.
SIKES
(spoken) Get away from me!
NANCY
(spoken) Oh God! Help me!
SIKES
(spoken) Stop staring at me, woman! Close your damn eyes! Damn you! Your eyes!
(Nancy is killed.)
SIKES
(spoken) Fagin! Quick Fagin!
FAGIN
(spoken) Bill?
SIKES
(spoken) The game's up Fagin!
FAGIN
(spoken) What have you done?
Oh my God Bill, no!
No, you haven't!
No, Bill!
Out boys, out!!
DODGER
(spoken) What do we do?
FAGIN
(spoken) Live up to your name! Dodge about!
(Later...)
CROWD
(spoken) Sikes, Sikes, Sikes..
MAN
(spoken) He's on the roof!
SIKES
(spoken) Stay back or I'll kill the boy!
Give me the rope, boy. The rope!
The eyes! The eyes!
MR. BROWNLOW
(spoken) Come, Oliver! We'll take you home now.