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18 A Little Priest
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
MRS. LOVETT: (After a pause) You know me. Sometimes ideas just
pop into my head and I was thinking...

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Seems a down-right shame. Seems an aw - ful waste. Such a nice plump

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frame wot's-'is - name has... had... has...nor it can't be traced. Bus-'ness needs a lift...

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Debts to be e - rased... Think of it as thrift, as a gift...If you get my drift... No?...

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Seems an aw -ful waste. I mean, with the price of meat what it is, When you get it,

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If you get it... Good, you got it. Take, for in- stance, Mrs. Moo-ney and her pie shop.

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Bus-'ness nev - er bet- ter, us - ing on - ly pus - sy - cats and toast. Now a pus-sy's

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good for may-be six or sev-en at the most. And I'm sure they can't com-pare as far as

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41 (MRS. LOVETT)

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cresc. poco a poco
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taste... Well, it does seem a waste...

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Mrs. Lov- ett, What a charm-ing no- tion, Em in-ent -ly prac ti - cal and yet ap - pro-pri- ate, as al- ways...
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Think a bout it! Lots of oth -er

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Mrs. Lov- ett, How I did with-out you all these years, I'll nev-er know. How de - lec - ta - ble!

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gen-tle-men-'ll soon be com-ing for a shave. Won't they? Think of all them pies...

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Al - so un - de - tect - a - ble. How choice! How rare! For

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What, Mis-ter Todd,what, Mis-ter Todd,what is that sound?

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what's the sound of the world out there? Those

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Yes, Mis-ter Todd, Yes, Mis-ter Todd, Yes, all a - round...
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crunch - ing noi - ses per - va-ding the air? It's

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Thenwho are we to de - ny it in here?

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man de - vour - ing man, my dear, And who are we to de - ny it in here?

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and desperate measures are called for.
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a tempo ten.

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It's priest. Have a lit - tlepriest. Sir, it's too good, at least.

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What is that? Is it real-ly good?

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Then a- gain, they don't com-mit sins of the flesh, So it's pret-ty fresh.

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On-ly where it sat.

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Aw -ful lot of fat. Have-n't you got po - et or some-thing like that?

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No, you see, the trou-ble with po - et is, How do you know it's de ceased? Try the priest.

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And good for business - always leaves you wanting

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as curate, either.
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If it's for a price.
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An -y-thing that'slean.

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Looks thick - er, more like vic - ar.

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The his - to - ry of the world, my love...

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Is those be - low ser-ving those up a - bove.

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a tray of pies.) we've got tinker.

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bove will serve those down be - low!
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Love-ly bit of clerk.

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Something-paler. hotter subtler.
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Then a-gain there's sweep If you want it cheap And you like it dark.
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May-be for a lark.

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That looks pret-ty rank.

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Nev-er real-ly sold... May-be it was old. Next week, so I'm told.
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Have you an - y Bea - dle?

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Bea - dle is - n't bad till you smell it and no - tice how well it's been

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greased. Stick to priest.
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244 Now this may be a bit stringy, (Guffaws)
How can you tell?

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but then of course it's fiddle player. Then blow on it first.

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Oh, Mis-ter Todd, Ooh, Mis-ter Todd, What does it tell?

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And Mis-ter Todd, too, Mis-ter Todd, Who gets to sell.

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But ev - 'ry - bo - dy goes down well with beer.

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how about rear admiral? "With" is extra.
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doi - ly. Not one?

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