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can you please share the lyrics of "the ballad of sweeney todd" with me?internet search did not help me i think that there are some mistakes.my english is not so perfect to understand the whole poem by just listening to it so please help me...

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"God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh."
Voltaire

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.
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.
Company
Swing your razor wide!
Sweeney, hold it to the skies.
Freely flows the blood of those who moralize.
His needswere 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 was smooth, Sweeney was subtle
Sweeney would blink, and rats would scuttle
Sweeney was smooth, Sweeney was subtle,
Sweeney would blink, and rats would scuttle
Sweeney was smooth, Sweeney was subtle,
Sweeney would blink, and rats would scuttle
Sweeney! Sweeney! Sweeney! Sweeney!
Sweeney!
Sweeney Todd
Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd!
Company
Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd!
Sweeney Todd
He served a dark and vengeful God!
Company
He served a dark and vengeful God!
Sweeney Todd
What happened then, well that’s the play,
and he wouldn’t want us to give it away…
Company
Not Sweeney
Not Sweeney Todd
The demon barber of Fleet…
Street…

Oooh, memories. I had to play this for school. I LOATHE musical theatre, but this song is an exception.

oho Tommy,i used to hate the English but when i listened to this one,i had really considered it again.and then,i studied about shakespeare,so i've changed my mind. it is amazing,i think.
But,perhaps i like it because english is not my native language.perhaps this is why i like this musical very much.

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"God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh."
Voltaire

I have not watched Sweeney Todd yet. Is it any good? I like musicals, but I felt that this was very dark.

Raven

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"You must learn there is a time to speak all of the truth, and a time to govern your tongue."
~Verin (The Wheel of Time)

Does it have recipes?

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