A Little Priest

Seems a downright shame...

Sweeney Todd:
(říká) Shame?

Mrs. Lovett:
Seems an awful waste
Such a nice plump frame
Wot's-his-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--

Sweeney Todd:
(říká) Ah!

Mrs. Lovett:
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 six or seven at the most
And I'm sure they can't compare - as far as taste

Sweeney Todd:
Mrs. Lovett
What a charming notion
Eminently practical and yet appropriate as always
Mrs. Lovett
How I did without you all these years I'll never know!
How delectable!
Also undetectable

How choice!
How rare!

Mrs. Lovett:
Well, it does seem a waste...

Think about it!
Lots of other gentlemen'll
Soon be comin' for a shave
Won't they?
Think of
All them
Pies!

Sweeney Todd:
For what's the sound of the world out there?

Mrs. Lovett:
What, Mr. Todd?
What, Mr. Todd?
What is that sound?

Sweeney Todd:
Those crunching noises pervading the air?

Mrs. Lovett:
Yes, Mr. Todd!
Yes, Mr. Todd!
Yes, all around!

Sweeney Todd:
It's man devouring man, my dear

Sweeney Todd:
And who are we to deny it in here?

Mrs. Lovett:
Then who are we to deny it in here?

Sweeney Todd:
(říká) These are desperate times, Mrs. Lovett, and desperate
measures are called for.

Mrs. Lovett:
(říká) Here we are, hot out of the oven.

Sweeney Todd:
(říká) What is that?

Mrs. Lovett:
It's priest
Have a little priest

Sweeney Todd:
Is it really good?

Mrs. Lovett:
Sir, it's too good, at least!
Then again, they don't commit sins of the flesh
So it's pretty fresh

Sweeney Todd:
Awful lot of fat

Mrs. Lovett:
Only where it sat

Sweeney Todd:
Haven't you got poet
Or something like that?

Mrs. Lovett:
No, you see, the trouble with poet is
How do you know it's deceased?
Try the priest!

Mrs. Lovett:
Lawyer's rather nice

Sweeney Todd:
If it's for a price

Mrs. Lovett:
Order something else, though, to follow
Since no one should swallow it twice!

Sweeney Todd:
Anything that's lean?

Mrs. 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!

Sweeney Todd:
Is that squire
On the fire?

Mrs. Lovett:
Mercy no, sir
Look closer
You'll notice it's grocer!

Sweeney Todd:
Looks thicker
More like vicar

Mrs. Lovett:
No, it has to be grocer-- it's green

Sweeney Todd:
The history of the world, my love--

Mrs. Lovett:
Save a lot of graves
Do a lot of relatives favours

Sweeney Todd:
--Is those below serving those up above

Mrs. Lovett:
Ev'rybody shaves
So there should be plenty of flavours...

Sweeney Todd:
How gratifying for once to know--

Oba:
That those above will serve those down below!

Sweeney Todd:
(říká) What is that?

Mrs. Lovett:
It's fop
Finest in the shop
Or we have some shepherd's pie peppered
With actual shepherd on top
And I've just begun--
'Ere's a politician - so oily
It's served with a doily--
'Ave one?

Sweeney Todd:
Put it on a bun
Well, you never know if it's going to run!

Mrs. Lovett:
Mrs. Lovett:
(říká) That's all very well, but what are we going to do about him?

Sweeney Todd:
(říká) Later on, when it's dark, we'll take him to some secret place
and bury him.

Mrs. Lovett:
(říká) Oh yeah, of course we could do that. I don't suppose he's got
any relatives going to come poking around looking for him.
Try the friar
Fried, it's drier

Sweeney Todd:
No, the clergy is really
Too coarse and too mealy

Mrs. Lovett:
Then actor--
It's compacter

Sweeney Todd:
Ah, but always arrives overdone
I'll come again when you have Judge on the menu

Sweeney Todd:
Have charity towards the world, my pet

Mrs. Lovett:
Yes, yes, I know, my love!

Sweeney Todd:
We'll take the customers that we can get

Mrs. Lovett:
High-born and low, my love

Sweeney Todd:
We'll not discriminate great from small
No, we'll serve anyone--

Sweeney Todd:
Meaning anyone--

Mrs. Lovett:
We'll serve anyone--

Oba:
And to anyone--

At all!