Lyrics The Ballad of Sweeney Todd - Stephen Sondheim

The Ballad of Sweeney Todd - Stephen Sondheim
Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song The Ballad of Sweeney Todd, artist - Stephen Sondheim. Album song Sweeney Todd, in the genre Мюзиклы
Date of issue: 23.01.2006
Record label: Nonesuch
Song language: English

The Ballad of Sweeney Todd

Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd.
His skin was pale and his eye was odd.
He shaved the faces of gentlemen
Who never thereafter were heard of again.
He trod a path that few have trod
Did Sweeney Todd?
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
He kept a shop in London town.
Of fancy clients and good renown
And what if none of their souls were saved
They went to their maker impeccably shaved.
By Sweeney, by Sweeney Todd
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
Swing your razor wide!
Sweeney, hold it to the skies.
Freely flows the blood of those who moralize.
Sweeney
Sweeney
His needs were few, his room was bare.
A lavabo and a fancy chair.
A mug of suds, and a leather strop,
An apron, a towel, a pail, and a mop.
For neatness he deserved a nod,
Did Sweeney Todd?
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
Inconspicuous Sweeney was,
Quick, and quiet and clean he was.
Back of his smile, under his word,
Sweeney heard music that nobody heard.
Sweeney pondered and Sweeney planned,
Like a perfect machine he planned.
Sweeney was smooth, Sweeney was subtle,
Sweeney would blink, and rats would scuttle
Sweeney was smooth, Sweeney was subtle
Sweeney would blink, and rats would scuttle
Sweeney was smooth, Sweeney was subtle,
Sweeney would blink, and rats would scuttle
Sweeney!
Sweeney!
Sweeney!
Sweeney!
Sweeney!
Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd!
Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd!
He served a dark and avengeful God!
He served a dark and avengeful God!
What happened then, well that’s the play,
And he wouldn’t want us to give it away…
Not Sweeney
Not Sweeney Todd
The demon barber of Fleet…
Street
Sweeney!
Sweeney!
Sweeney!
Sweeney!
Sweeney!
Sweeney!

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Artist lyrics: Stephen Sondheim