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Songs from Sweeney Todd
Song List for Sweeney Todd (Click on a song's title to view full lyrics.)
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The Ballad of Sweeney Todd Company

Attend the tale of Sweeny Todd.
His skin was pale and his eye was odd.
He shaved the faces of gentlemen
Who never thereafter were he...

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No Place Like London Anthony Hope, Sweeney Todd and Beggar Woman

Antony

I have sailed the world
beheld its wonders
from the Dardanelles,
to the mountains of Peru,
But there's no pla...

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The Barber and His Wife Sweeney Todd/Benjamin Barker


TODD:
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit
And the vermin of the world inhabit it
And it's morals aren't worth w...

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The Worst Pies In London Mrs. Nellie Lovett

MRS. LOVETT:
(spoken) A customer!

Wait!
What's your rush? What's your hurry?
You gave me such a --
Fright, I thought...

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Poor Thing Mrs. Nellie Lovett

MRS. LOVETT:

There was a barber and his wife,
And he was beautiful
A proper artist with a knife,
But they transported him...

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My Friends Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett

TODD:
These are my friends,
See how they glisten.
See this one shine,
How he smiles in the light,
My friends,
My fait...

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Green Finch and Linnet Bird Joanna Barker

JOHANNA (Sings):
Green finch and linnet bird,
Nightingale, blackbird,
How is it you sing?
How can you jubilate,
Sitting in...

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Ah, Miss Anthony Hope and Beggar Woman

ANTHONY (Gazing at her, sings softly):
I have sailed the world,
Beheld its wonders,
From the pearls of Spain
To the rubies of T...

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Johanna Anthony Hope

ANTHONY:

I feel you, Johanna,
I feel you.
I was half convinced I'd waken,
Satisfied enough to dream you.
Happily I w...

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Pirelli's Miracle Elixir Tobias Ragg, Sweeney Todd, Mrs. Lovett and Company

Tobias:
Ladies and Gentlemen!
May I have your attention please?
Do you wake every morning in shame and despair
To discover your...

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The Contest Adolfo Pirelli

Todd:
Signore Pirelli, I am Mr.Sweeney Todd and I have serviced no kings,
Yet I'll wadger I can shave a cheek and pull and tooth
wi...

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Wait Mrs. Nellie Lovett


MRS. LOVETT:

Easy now,
Hush, love, hush,
Don't distress yourself,
What's your rush?
Keep your thoughts
Ni...

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Kiss Me Johanna and Anthony Hope

JOHANNA (counterpoint with ANTHONY):
He means to marry me Monday
What should I do?
I'd rather die

ANTHONY (counterpoint w...

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Ladies in Their Sensitivities Beadle Bamford

JUDGE (spoken):
Walk home with me,
For I have news for you.
In order to shield her from the evils of this world,
I have decided...

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Pretty Women Sweeney Todd and Judge Turpin

Pretty women
Fascinating...
Sipping coffee,
Dancing... pretty women
Pretty women
Are a wonder.
Pretty women!

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Epiphany Sweeney Todd/Benjamin Barker

I had him!
His throat was there beneath my hand.
No, I had him!
His throat was there and now he'll never come again.
Mrs. Lo...

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A Little Priest Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett

MRS. LOVETT:
Seems a downright shame...
TODD: Shame?
LOVETT:
Seems an awful waste...
Such a nice, plump frame
Wot's '...

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God, That's Good! Tobias Ragg, Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney Todd, Beggar Woman and Customers

[Toby]
Ladies and gentlemen
May I have your attention,please?
Are your nostrils aquiver and tingling as well as that delicate, lushi...

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Johanna (Reprise) Anthony Hope, Sweeney Todd, Johanna and Beggar Woman

ANTHONY:
I feel you, Johanna, I feel you
Do they think that walls can hide you?
Even now I'm at your window
I am in the dark be...

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By the Sea Mrs. Nellie Lovett


MRS. LOVETT:

(she kisses Todd)
Ooh, Mr. Todd! (kiss)
I'm so happy! (kiss)
I could (kiss)
Eat you up, I really ...

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Not While I'm Around Tobias Ragg and Mrs. Lovett

Nothing's gonna harm you, not while I'm around.
Nothing's gonna harm you, no sir, not while I'm around.

Demons are prowling everywh...

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Parlour Songs The Beadle and Mrs. Lovett


BEADLE:
Sweet Polly Plunkett lay in the grass,
Turned her eyes heavenward, sighing,
"I am a lass who alas loves a lad
Who...

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Final Sequence Judge, Todd, Mrs. Lovett & Tobias

JUDGE:
(spoken)
Where is she? Where is the girl?

TODD:
(spoken)
Down below, your honor,
With my neighbor, Mrs. ...

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Finale Ensemble, Judge, Mrs. Lovett, Todd & Tobias

COMPANY (Variously):
The engine roared, the motor hissed,
And who could see how the road would twist?
In Sweeney's ledger the entrie...

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