The musical was penned by Lionel Bart, and was first shown in London's West End in 1960.
In the song Fagin sends the gang of young pickpockets out to 'work' - stealing wallets and pocket handkerchiefs.
There's a sixpence here for twenty..." while in the film Fagin sings "You can go but bring back plenty of wallets full of cash - don't want to see any trash.
[3] Another lyric change in the song was "Bow Street Runners" to "nosy policemen" in case American audiences didn't understand the reference.
[4] Ron Moody later discovered that the eccentric dance step he thought he had improvised for the film version of the song was actually a pas de basque.