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MRS. LOVETT:Seems a downright shame...
TODD: Shame?
LOVETT: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!
No?
Seems an awful waste...
I mean, with the price of meat
What it is,
When you get it,
If you get it...
TODD: HAH!
LOVETT:Good, you got it!
Take, for instance,
Mrs. Mooney and her pie shop!
Bus'ness never better using only pussycats and toast!
And a pussy's good for maybe six or seven at the most!
And I'm sure they can't compare as far as taste!
[Simultaneously]TODD:Mrs. Lovett, what a charming notion
LOVETT:Well, it does seem a waste...
TODD:Eminently practicalAnd yet appropriate as always!
LOVETT:It's an idea...
TODD:Mrs. Lovett, how I've lived
Without you all these years,
I'll never know!
How delectable!
Also undetectable!
LOVETT:Think about it!
Lots of other gentlemen'll
Soon be comin' for a shave,
Won't they?
Think ofAll themPies!
TODD:How choice!
HowRare!
TODD:For what's the sound of the world out there?
LOVETT:What, Mr. Todd?
What, Mr. Todd?
What is that sound?
TODD:Those crunching noises pervading the air!
LOVETT:Yes, Mr. Todd!Yes, Mr. Todd!Yes, all around!
TODD:It's man devouring man, my dear!
BOTH:And [LOVETT: Then] who are we to deny it in here?
TODD: (spoken) These are desperate times,Mrs. Lovett, and desperate measures are called for!LOVETT: Here we are, now! Hot out of the oven!
TODD: What is that?
LOVETT:It's priest. Have a little priest.
TODD:Is it really good?
LOVETT:Sir, it's too good, at least!
Then again, they don't commit sins of the flesh,
So it's pretty fresh.
TODD:Awful lot of fat.
LOVETT:Only where it sat.
TODD:Haven't you got poet, or something like that?
LOVETT:No, y'see, the trouble with poet is'Ow do you know it's deceased?
Try the priest!
TODD: (spoken) Heavenly!Not as hearty as bishop, perhaps,but then again, not as bland as curate, either!
LOVETT:And good for business, too -- always leaves you wantin' more!
Trouble is, we only get it on Sundays!
Lawyer's rather nice.TODD:If it's for a price.
LOVETT:Order something else, though, to follow,
Since no one should swallow it twice!
TODD:Anything that's lean.
LOVETT: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!
TODD:Is that squire,On the fire?
LOVETT:Mercy no, sir, look closer,
You'll notice it's grocer!
TODD:Looks thicker,More like vicar!
LOVETT:No, it has to be grocer --It's green!
TODD:The history of the world, my love --
LOVETT:Save a lot of graves,Do a lot of relatives favors!
TODD:Is those below serving those up above!
LOVETT:Ev'rybody shaves,
So there should be plenty of flavors!
TODD:How gratifying for once to know
BOTH:That those above will serve those down below!
LOVETT: (spoken) Now let's see, here...
We've got tinker.
TODD: Something... pinker.
LOVETT: Tailor?
TODD: Paler.
LOVETT: Butler?
TODD: Subtler.
LOVETT: Potter?
TODD: Hotter.
LOVETT: Locksmith?Lovely bit of clerk.
TODD:Maybe for a lark.
LOVETT:Then again there's sweep
If you want it cheap
And you like it dark!
Try the financier,
Peak of his career!
TODD:That looks pretty rank.
LOVETT:Well, he drank,I
t's a bankCashier.Never really sold.Maybe it was old.
TODD:Have you any Beadle?
LOVETT:Next week, so I'm told!
Beadle isn't bad till you smell it and
Notice 'ow well it's been greased...
Stick to priest!(spoken)
Now then, this might be a little bit stringy,but then of course it's... fiddle player!
TODD: No, this isn't fiddle player -- it's piccolo player!
LOVETT: 'Ow can you tell?
TODD: It's piping hot!
LOVETT: Then blow on it first!
TODD:The history of the world, my sweet --
LOVETT:Oh, Mr. Todd,Ooh, Mr. Todd,What does it tell?
TODD:Is who gets eaten, and who gets to eat!
LOVETT:And, Mr. Todd,Too, Mr. Todd,Who gets to sell!
TODD:But fortunately, it's also clear
BOTH:That [L: But] ev'rybody goes down well with beer!
LOVETT: (spoken)Since marine doesn't appeal to you, 'ow about... rear admiral?
TODD: Too salty. I prefer general.
LOVETT: With, or without his privates? "With" is extra.
TODD: What is that?
LOVETT: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!
TODD:Put it on a bun.
Well, you never know if it's going to run!
LOVETT:Try the friar,Fried, it's drier!
TODD:No, the clergy is really
Too coarse and too mealy!
LOVETT:Then actor,That's compacter!
TODD:Yes, and always arrives overdone!
I'll come again when you have JUDGE on the menu!
LOVETT: (spoken) Wait! True, we don't have judge yet,but we've got something you might fancy even better.
TODD: What's that?
LOVETT: Executioner!
TODD:Have charity towards the world, my pet!
LOVETT:Yes, yes, I know, my love!
TODD:We'll take the customers that we can get!
LOVETT:High-born and low, my love!
TODD:We'll not discriminate great from small!No, we'll serve anyone,
Meaning anyone,
BOTH:And to anyoneAt all!

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