Prelude: The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: 'Attend The Tale Of Sweeney Todd' (From 'Sweeney Todd')-Stephen Sondheim

[ti:Prelude: The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: 'Attend The Tale Of Sweeney Todd' (From 'Sweeney Todd')] [ar:Stephen Sondheim] [al:The Story So Far...] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Prelude: The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: 'Attend The Tale Of Sweeney Todd' (From 'Sweeney Todd') - Stephen Sondheim [00:48.72]Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd [00:50.74] [00:52.60]His skin was pale and his eye was odd [00:54.79] [00:56.63]He shaved the faces of gentlemen [00:58.64]Who never thereafter were heard of again [01:00.55] [01:01.46]He trod a path that few have trod [01:03.54] [01:04.42]Did Sweeney Todd [01:05.53] [01:07.41]The demon barber of Fleet Street [01:09.30] [01:15.28]He kept a shop in London Town [01:17.17] [01:19.03]Of fancy clients and good renown [01:21.13] [01:22.92]And what if none of their souls were saved [01:25.01]They went to their maker impeccably shaved [01:26.80] [01:28.78]By Sweeney [01:29.77] [01:30.64]By Sweeney Todd [01:31.72] [01:33.76]The demon barber of Fleet Street [01:35.46] [01:41.47]Swing your razor wide Sweeney [01:45.85]Hold it to the skies [01:49.80]Freely flows the blood of those who moralize [01:57.63] [02:01.85]His needs were few his room was bare [02:03.68] [02:05.59]A lavabo and a fancy chair [02:07.42] [02:09.48]A mug of suds and a leather strop [02:11.52]An apron a towel a pail and a mop [02:13.24] [02:14.51]For neatness he deserved a nod [02:16.37] [02:17.33]Did Sweeney Todd [02:18.78] [02:20.54]The demon barber of Fleet Street [02:22.25] [02:24.60]Inconspicuous Sweeney was [02:26.49]Quick and quiet and clean he was [02:28.41]Back of his smile under his word [02:30.11]Sweeney heard music that nobody heard [02:32.03]Sweeney pondered and Sweeney planned [02:34.30]Like a perfect machine he planned [02:36.04]Sweeney was smooth Sweeney was subtle [02:37.75]Sweeney would blink and rats would scuttle [02:40.03]Sweeney was smooth Sweeney was subtle [02:41.76]Sweeney would blink and rats would scuttle [02:43.72] [02:45.56]Sweeney Sweeney Sweeney Sweeney [02:49.43]Sweeney [02:50.40]Sweeney Sweeney [02:57.23] [02:58.64]Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd [03:00.48] [03:04.16]He served a dark and a vengeful god [03:05.95] [03:09.76]What happened then well that's the play [03:11.45]And he wouldn't want us to give it away [03:13.72] [03:15.44]Not Sweeney [03:16.37] [03:19.30]Not Sweeney Todd [03:20.20] [03:23.44]The demon barber of Fleet Street