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Original Broadway production 1979
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street the Musical - Wigmaker Sequence Lyrics
ANTHONY:
Mr. Todd! Mr. Todd! I've found her!
I've found Johanna!
TODD:
You have?
ANTHONY:
That monster of a judge has had her locked away in Fogg's Asylum.
Oh, Mr. Todd,
She's in there with those screeching, gibbering maniacs-
TODD:
A madhouse! A madhouse! Johanna is as good as rescued.
ANTHONY:
She is?
TODD:
Where do you suppose all the wigmakers
Of London go to obtain their human hair?
ANTHONY:
Where?
TODD:
Bedlam. They get their hair from the lunatics at Bedlam.
For the right amount they'll sell
you the hair off any madman's head. Come!
We will write a letter arranging a visit and offering to this Mr.
Fogg the highest price for hair the exact shade
of Johanna's - which I trust you know?
ANTHONY:
Yellow.
TODD:
No, not exact enough.
I must make you into a credible wigmaker - and quickly.
There's tawny and there's golden saffron,
There's flaxen and there's blonde...
Repeat that. Repeat that!
ANTHONY:
Yes, Mr. Todd.
TODD:
Well?
ANTHONY:
There's tawny and there's golden saffron,
There's flaxen and there's blonde...
TODD: ANTHONY:
Good.
There's coarse and fine,
There's straight and curly,
There's grey, there's white, There's coarse and fine,
There's ash, there's pearly, There's straight and curly,
There's corn-yellow, There's grey, there's white,
Buff and ochre and There's ash, there's pearly,
Straw and apricot... There's corn-yellow...
QUINTET:
Sweeney'd waited too long before-
"Ah, but never again," he swore.
Fortune arrived. "Sweeney!" it sang.
Sweeney was ready, and Sweeney sprang.
Sweeney's problems went up in smoke,
All resolved with a single stroke.
Sweeney was sharp, Sweeney was burning,
Sweeney began the engines turning.
Sweeney's problems went up in smoke,
All resolved with a single stroke.
With a single stroke
By Sweeney!
Sweeney
Didn't wait,
Not Sweeney!
Set the bait,
Did Sweeney!
Sweeney! Sweeney! Sweeney!
ANTHONY: TODD:
With finer textures,
Ash looks fairer,
Which makes it rare, Good.
But flaxen's rarer- Good. Good.
. No! No!
Yes, yes, I know- The flaxen's cheaper...
Cheaper, not rarer
TODD:
Now off with you, off. But, Anthony,
listen to me once again.
When you have rescued her,
bring her back here.
I shall guard her while you hire the chaise to Plymouth.
ANTHONY:
We'll be with you before the evening's out.
TODD:
Good.
ANTHONY:
Thank you, Mr. Todd. Thank you.
[Thanks to Sam Wilkes for lyrics]
Other Album Songs: Sweeney Todd the Musical Lyrics
Wigmaker Sequence Lyrics from Sweeney Todd the Musical
Sweeney Todd the Musical Lyrics
SYNOPSIS
The Ballad of Sweeney Todd
No Place Like London
The Barber and His Wife
The Worst Pies in London
Poor Thing
My Friends
The Ballad: "Lift Your Razor High, Sweeney!"
Green Finch and Linnet Bird
Ah, Miss
Johanna
Pirelli's Miracle Elixir
Pirelli's Entrance
The Contest
The Ballad: "Sweeney Pondered and Sweeney Planned"
Wait
The Ballad: "His Hands Were Quick, His Fingers Strong"
Johanna - Mea Culpa
Kiss Me (Part 1)
Ladies In Their Sensitivities
Kiss Me (Part 2)
Pretty Women
Epiphany
A Little Priest
God, That's Good!
Johanna (Reprise)
By the Sea
Wigmaker Sequence
The Letter
Not While I'm Around
Parlour Songs
The Ballad: "The Engine Roared, The Motor Hissed"
City on Fire/ Searching
The Judge's Return
The Final Scene
Epilogue
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