(Arranged )

Sweeney: There was a Barber His Wife

And she was beautiful...

A foolish Barber His Wife,

She was his reason and his life...

And she was beautiful !

And she was virtuous

And he was...

...naive

There was another man who saw

...that she was beautiful.

A pious vulture of the law,

who with a gesture of his claw,

removed the barber from his plate!

Then there was nothing but to wait!

And she would fall!

So soft!

So young!

So lost,

And oh, so beautiful !

Anthony: (spoken) The Lady, sir,

Did she succumb?

S: (sung) Oh, that was many years ago...

I doubt if anyone would know.

(spoken) I'd like to thank you, Anthony.

If you hadn't spotted me,

I'd be lost on the ocean still.

A: Will I see you again?

S: You might find me,

if you like,

Around Fleet Street

I wouldn't wander

A: Till then, my friend

S: (sung) There's a hole in the world,

like a great black pit,

and it's filled with people,

who are filled with shit,

And the vermin of the world inhabit it.