[COMPANY, variously]
The engine roared, the motor hissed
And who could see that the road would twist?
In Sweeney's ledger the entries matched:
A Beadle arrived, and a Beadle dispatched
To satisfy the hungry god
Of Sweeney Todd
The demon barber of Fleet...
Sweeney!...
Street...
Sweeney!
Sweeney! Sweeney! Sweeney!
Sweeney! Sweeney!
[LUNATICS]
City on fire!
Rats in the grass
And the lunatics yelling in the streets!
It's the end of the world! Yes!
City on fire!
Hunchbacks dancing!
Stirrings in the ground
And the whirring of giant wings!
Watch out! Look!
Blotting out the moonlight
Thick black rain falling on the
City on fire!
City on fire!
City on fire!
[JOHANNA]
Will we be married on Sunday?
That's what you promised
Married on Sunday!
That was last August...
Kiss me!
[LUNATICS]
City on fire!
Rats in the streets
And the lunatics yelling at the moon!
It's the end of the world! Yes!
City on fire!
Hunchbacks kissing!
Stirrings in the graves
And the screaming of giant winds!
Watch out! Look!
Crawling on the chimneys
Great black crows screeching at the
City on fire!
City on fire!
City on fire!
[MRS. LOVETT]
Toby!
Where are you, love?
[TODD]
Toby!
Where are you, lad?
[MRS. LOVETT]
Nothing's gonna harm you...
[TODD]
Toby!
[MRS. LOVETT]
Not while I'm around …
[TODD]
Toby!
[MRS. LOVETT]
Where are you hiding?
Nothing's gonna harm you
Darling...
[TODD]
Nothing to be afraid of, boy…
[MRS. LOVETT]
Not while I'm around
[TODD]
Toby…
[MRS. LOVETT]
Demons are prowling everywhere
Nowadays...
[TODD]
Toby…
[LUNATICS]
City on fire!
Rats in the streets
And the lunatics yelling at the moon!
It's the end of the world! Yes!
[BEGGAR WOMAN]
Beadle... Beadle!...
No good hiding, I saw you!
Are you in there still
Beadle?... Beadle?...
Get her, but watch it!
She's a wicked one, she'll deceive you
With her fancy gowns
And her fancy airs
And her—
Mischief! Mischief!
Devil's work!
Where are you, Beadle?
Beadle…
[LUNATICS]
City on fire!
Rats in the streets
And the lunatics yelling at the moon!
It's the end of the world! Yes!
City on fire!
Hunchbacks kissing!
Stirrings in the graves
And the screaming of giant winds!
Watch out! Look!
Crawling on the chimneys
Great black crows screeching
[ANTHONY, spoken]
Mr. Todd?
[JOHANNA, spoken]
No one here. Where is this Mr. Todd?
[ANTHONY, spoken]
No matter. He'll be back in a moment, for I trust him as I trust my right arm. Now wait for him here, and I'll return with the coach in less than half an hour.
[JOHANNA, spoken]
But they are after us still. What if they should trace us here? Oh, Anthony, please let me come with you.
[ANTHONY, spoken]
No, my darling, there is no safety for you on the street.
[JOHANNA, spoken]
But dressed in these sailor's clothes, who is to know it is I?
[ANTHONY, spoken]
No, the risk is too great.
(sung)
Ah, miss
Look at me, look at me, miss, oh
Look at me please, oh
Favor me, favor me with your glance
Ah, miss
Soon we’ll be, soon we’ll be gone
And sailing the seas
And happily, happily wed in France
[JOHANNA & ANTHONY]
And we’ll sail the world
And see its wonders
From the pearls of Spain
To the rubies of Tibet—
[ANTHONY]
And then come home to London
[JOHANNA]
And then home
[JOHANNA & ANTHONY]
Some day
[ANTHONY, spoken]
And I'll be back before those lips have time to lose that smile.
[BEGGAR WOMAN]
Beadle!
Beadle! Where are you?
Beadle, dear!
Beadle!
Beadle deedle deedle deedle deedle dumpling
Beadle dumpling
Be-deedle deedle deedle deedle deedle deedle
Deedle deedle deedle deedle dumpling...
[TODD, spoken]
You! What are you doing here?
[BEGGAR WOMAN, spoken]
Ah, evil is here, sir. The stink of evil—from below—from her!
(sung)
Beadle dear, Beadle!
[TODD, spoken]
Out of here, woman
[BEGGAR WOMAN]
Oh, she’s the devil’s wife! Oh, beware her, sir. Beware of her. She with no pity in her heart.
[TODD, spoken]
Out, I say!
[BEGGAR WOMAN]
Hey, don’t I know you, mister?
[JUDGE TURPIN, spoken]
Mr. Todd, sir!
[TODD, spoken]
The judge. I have no time.
[TODD kills the BEGGAR WOMAN and sends her to the cellar.]
[JUDGE TURPIN, spoken]
Where is she? Where is the girl?
[TODD, spoken]
Below, your honor. With my neighbor, Mrs. Lovett. Thank heavens the sailor did not molest her. Thank heavens, too, she has seen the error of her ways.
[JUDGE TURPIN, spoken]
She has?
[TODD, spoken]
Oh yes, sir, your lesson was well learned. She speaks only of you, longing for forgiveness.
[JUDGE TURPIN, spoken]
And she shall have it. She'll be here soon, you say?
[TODD, spoken]
Shhh!
(sung)
I think I hear her now
[JUDGE TURPIN, spoken]
Oh, excellent, my friend!
[TODD]
Is that her dainty footstep on the stair?
[JUDGE TURPIN, spoken]
I hear nothing
[TODD]
Yes, isn’t that her shadow on the wall?
[JUDGE TURPIN, spoken]
Where?
[TODD, spoken]
There!
(sung)
Primping
Making herself even prettier than usual—
[JUDGE TURPIN]
Even prettier...
[TODD]
If possible
[JUDGE TURPIN]
Oh
Pretty women!
[TODD]
Pretty women
(spoken)
Yes...
[JUDGE TURPIN, spoken]
Quickly, sir, a splash of bay rum!
[TODD, spoken]
Sit, sir, sit.
[JUDGE TURPIN]
Johanna, Johanna...
[TODD]
Pretty women...
[JUDGE TURPIN, spoken]
Hurry, man!
[TODD]
Pretty women
Are a wonder...
[JUDGE TURPIN, spoken]
You’re in a merry mood again today, Mr. Todd.
[TODD]
Pretty women!
[JUDGE TURPIN]
What we do for
Pretty women!
Blowing out their candles
Or combing out their hair—
Then they leave—
Even when they leave you
And vanish, they somehow
Can still remain
There with you, there...
[TODD]
Pretty women!
Blowing out their candles
Or combing out their hair
Even when they leave
They still
Are there
They’re there...
[JUDGE TURPIN, spoken]
How seldom it is one meets a fellow spirit!
[TODD, spoken]
With fellow taste in women, at least.
[JUDGE TURPIN, spoken]
What? What’s that?
[TODD, spoken]
Oh, sir, no doubt the years have changed me. But then, perhaps, the face of a barber—the face of a prisoner in the dock—is not particularly memorable.
[JUDGE TURPIN, spoken]
Benjamin Barker!
[TODD, spoken]
Benjamin Barker!!!!!
[TODD kills the JUDGE and sends him to the cellar.]
[TODD]
Rest now, my friend
Rest now forever
Sleep now the untroubled
Sleep of the angels
[MRS. LOVETT, screaming]
Agh! Agh!
[COMPANY]
Lift your razor high, Sweeney!
Hear it singing, "Yes!"
Sink it in the rosy skin
Of righteousness!
[MRS. LOVETT, spoken]
Die! Die! God in heaven—die! You! Can it be? How all the demons in hell are sent to torment me! Quick, into the oven with her.
[TODD, spoken]
Why did you scream? Does the Judge live still?
[MRS. LOVETT, spoken]
He was clutching, holding on to my skirt, but now he’s finished.
[TODD, spoken]
No, don't worry about them. Open the oven doors.
[MRS. LOVETT, spoken]
No!
[TODD, spoken]
Open the doors, I say!
[MRS. LOVETT, spoken]
No! Don’t go near her!
[TODD, spoken]
What's the matter with you, woman?
It’s only a silly old beggar—
Oh no! Oh my God...
"Don’t I know you?" she said…
You knew she lived.
From the moment I came into your shop you knew my Lucy lived!
[MRS. LOVETT, spoken]
I was only thinking of you!
[TODD]
Lucy
[MRS. LOVETT, spoken]
Your Lucy! A crazy hag picking bones and rotten spuds out of alley ash cans! Would you have wanted to know that she ended up like that?
[TODD]
You lied to me!
[MRS. LOVETT]
No, no, not lied at all
No, I never lied!
[TODD]
Lucy…
[MRS. LOVETT]
Said she took the poison—she did!
Never said that she died!
Poor thing!
She lived—
[TODD]
I’ve come home again
[MRS. LOVETT]
But it left her weak in the head
All she did for months was just lie there in bed—
[TODD]
Lucy...
[MRS. LOVETT]
Should’ve been in hospital
Wound up in Bedlam instead
Poor thing!
[TODD]
Oh, my God...
[MRS. LOVETT]
Better you should think she was dead
Yes, I lied ‘cause I love you!
[TODD]
Lucy…
[MRS. LOVETT]
I’d be twice the wife she was!
I love you!
[TODD]
What have I done?…
[MRS. LOVETT]
Could that thing have cared for you like me?
[TODD]
Mrs. Lovett
You’re a bloody wonder
Eminently practical and yet
Appropriate as always
As you’ve said repeatedly
There’s little point in dwelling on the past
[MRS. LOVETT]
Do you mean it?
[TODD]
No, come here, my love...
Not a thing to fear
My love...
What’s dead
Is dead
[MRS. LOVETT]
Everything I did I swear
I thought was only for the best
Believe me!
Can we
Still be
Married?
[TODD]
The history of the world, my pet—
[MRS. LOVETT]
Oh, Mr. Todd
Ooh, Mr. Todd
Leave it to me...
[TODD]
—Is learn forgiveness and try to forget
[MRS. LOVETT]
By the sea, Mr. Todd
We’ll be comfy-cozy
By the sea, Mr. Todd
Where there’s no one nosy…
[TODD]
And life is for the alive, my dear
So let’s keep living it!
Just keep living it
Really living it—!
[MRS. LOVETT]
We'll keep living it!
Really living it—!
[TODD flings MRS. LOVETT into the oven and slams the door behind him. He moves back to the BEGGAR WOMAN.]
[TODD]
There was a barber and his wife
And she was beautiful
A foolish barber and his wife
She was his reason and his life
And she was beautiful
And she was virtuous
And he was—
Naïve
[TOBIAS, spoken]
Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker man
Bake me a cake—
No, no, bake me a pie
To delight my eye
And I will sigh
If the crust be high!
Mr. Todd
Pat him and prick him and mark him with a B
And put him in the oven for baby and me!
