Prelude / The Ballad of Sweeney Todd

Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd
 His skin was pale and his eye was odd
 He shaved the faces of gentlemen
 Who never thereafter were heard of again
 He trod a path that few have trod
 Did Sweeney Todd
 The demon barber of Fleet Street
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 He kept a shop in London Town
 Of fancy clients and good renown
 And what if none of their souls were saved?
 They went to their maker impeccably shaved
 By Sweeney
 By Sweeney Todd
 The demon barber of Fleet Street
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 Swing your razor wide, Sweeney!
 Hold it to the skies!
 Freely flows the blood of those who moralize!
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 His needs were few, his room was bare
 A lavabo and a fancy chair
 A mug of suds and a leather strop
 An apron, a towel, a pail and a mop
 For neatness he deserves a nod
 Does Sweeney Todd
 The demon barber of Fleet Street
 Inconspicuous, Sweeney was
 Quick and quiet and clean, he was
 Back of his smile, under his word
 Sweeney heard music that nobody heard
 Sweeney pondered and Sweeney planned
 Like a perfect machine, he planned
 Sweeney was smooth, Sweeney was subtle
 Sweeney would blink, and rats would scuttle
 Sweeney! Sweeney! Sweeney! Sweeney!
 Sweeney!
 Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd (Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd)
 He served a dark and a vengeful god (He served a dark and a vengeful God)
 What happened then, well, that's the play
 And he wouldn't want us to give it away
 Not Sweeney
 Not Sweeney Todd
 The demon barber of Fleet Street