Stephen Sondheim
The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: “Lift Your Razor High Sweeney!”
[COMPANY]
Lift your razor high, Sweeney!
Hear it singing, "Yes!"
Sink it in the rosy skin
Of righteousness!

[BEADLE]
His voice was soft, his manner mild

[FOUR WOMEN]
He seldom laughed but he often smiled

[MAN]
He'd seen how civilized men behaved
He never forgot and he never forgave

[COMPANY]
Not Sweeney
Not Sweeney Todd

[TWO MEN]
The demon barber of Fleet Street...