Seems a downright shame...
Shame?
Seems an awful waste...
Such a nice, plump frame
Wot's 'is name has...
Had...
Has
Nor it can't be traced...
Bus'ness needs a lift,
Debts to be erased...
Think of it as thrift,
As a gift,
If you get my drift
Seems an awful waste...
I mean, with the price of meat
What it is,
When you get it,
If you get it...
AH!
Good, you got it!
Take, for instance, Mrs.
Mooney and her pie shop!
Bus'ness never better using
only pussycats and toast!
Now a pussy's good for maybe
si or seven at the most!
And I'm sure they can't
compare as far as taste!
Mrs. Lovett, what a charming notion
Well, it does seem a waste...
Eminently practical
And yet appropriate as always!
Mrs. Lovett, how I've lived
Without you all these
years, I'll never know!
Think about it!
How delectable!
Lots of other gentlemen'll
Soon be comin' for a shave,
Also undetectable!
Won't they?
How choice!
Think of
All them
How rare
Pies!
For what's the sound of
the world out there?
What, Mr. Todd?
What, Mr. Todd?
What is that sound?
Those crunching noises
pervading the air!
Yes, Mr. Todd!
Yes, Mr. Todd!
Yes, all around!
It's man devouring man, my dear!
And Mrs. Lovett: Then who
are we to deny it in here?
(spoken) These are desperate times,
Mrs. Lovett, and desperate
measures are called for!
Here we are, Hot out of the oven!
What is that?
It's priest. Have a little priest.
Is it really good?
Sir, it's too good, at least!
Then again, they don't
commit sins of the flesh,
So it's pretty fresh.
Awful lot of fat.
Only where it sat.
Haven't you got poet,
or something like that?
No, y'see, the trouble with poet is
'Ow do you know it's deceased?
Try the priest!
Lawyer's rather nice.
If it's for a price.
Order something else, though, to follow,
Since no one should swallow it twice!
Anything that's lean.
Well, then, if you're British and loyal,
You might enjoy Royal Marine!
Anyway, it's clean.
Though of course, it tastes
of wherever it's been!
Is that squire,
On the fire?
Mercy no, sir, look closer,
You'll notice it's grocer!
Looks thicker,
More like vicar!
No, it has to be grocer
It's green!
The history of the world, my love
Save a lot of graves,
Do a lot of relatives favors!
Is those below serving those up above!
Ev'rybody shaves,
So there should be plenty of flavors!
How gratifying for once to know
That those above will
serve those down below
What is that?
It's fop.
Finest in the shop.
And we have some shepherd's pie peppered
With actual shepherd on top!
And I've just begun
Here's the politician, so oily
It's served with a doily,
Have one!
Put it on a bun.
Well, you never know
if it's going to run!
Try the friar,
Fried, it's drier!
No, the clergy is really
Too coarse and too mealy!
Then actor,
That's compacter!
Ah but always arrives overdone!
I'll come again when you
have judge on the menu!
Have charity towards the world, my pet!
Yes, yes, I know, my love!
We'll take the customers
that we can get!
High born and low, my love!
We'll not discriminate great from small!
No, we'll serve anyone,
We'll serve anyone
And to anyone
At all!
