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Original Broadway production 1979
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street the Musical - By the Sea Lyrics
MRS. LOVETT:
Ooh, Mr. Todd-
I'm so happy-
I could-
Eat you up, I really could!
You know what I'd like to
Do, Mr. Todd?
What I dream-
If the business stays as good,
Where I'd really like to go-
In a year or so...
Don't you want to know?
TODD:
Of course.
MRS. LOVETT:
Do you really want to know?
TODD:
Yes, yes, I do, I do.
MRS. LOVETT:
By the sea, Mr. Todd,
That's the life I covet
By the sea, Mr. Todd,
Ooh, I know you'd love it!
You and me, Mr. T.,
We could be alone
In a house wot we'd almost own
Down by the sea...
TODD:
Anything you say...
MRS. LOVETT:
Wouldn't that be smashing?
With the sea at our gate,
We'll have kippered herring
Wot have swum to us straight
From the straits of Bering.
Every night in the kip
When we're through our kippers,
I'll be there slippin' off your slippers
By the sea...
With the fishies splashing,
By the sea...
Wouldn't that be smashing?
Down by the sea-
TODD:
Anything you say,
Anything you say.
MRS. LOVETT:
I can see us waking,
The breakers breaking,
The seagulls squawking:
Hoo! Hoo!
I do me baking,
Then I go walking
With you-hoo...
Yoo-hoo...
I'll warm me bones
On the esplanade,
Have tea and scones
With me gay young blade,
Then I'll knit a sweater
While you write a letter,
Unless we got better
To do-hoo...
TODD:
Anything you say...
MRS. LOVETT:
Think how snug it'll be
Underneath our flannel
When it's just you and me
And the English Channel.
In our cosy retreat,
Kept all neat, and tidy,
We'll have chums over every Friday
By the sea...
TODD:
Anything you say
MRS. LOVETT:
Don't you love the weather
By the sea?
We'll grow old together
By the seaside,
Hoo! Hoo!
By the beautiful sea!
Oh, I can see us now - in our bathing dresses -
You in a nice navy - and me, stripes perhaps.
It'll be so quiet
That who'll come by it
Except a seagull?
Hoo! Hoo!
We shouldn't try it,
Though, 'til it's legal
For two-hoo!
But a seaside wedding
Could be devised
Me rumpled bedding
Legitimised.
Me eyelids'll flutter,
I'll turn into butter,
The moment I mutter
"I do-oo!"
By the sea, in our nest,
We could share our kippers
With the odd paying guest
From the weekend trippers.
Have a nice sunny suite
For the guest to rest in-
Now and then, you could do the guest in-
By the sea.
Married nice and proper,
By the sea-
Bring along your chopper
To the seaside,
Hoo! Hoo!
By the beautiful sea!
[Thanks to Sam Wilkes for lyrics]
Other Album Songs: Sweeney Todd the Musical Lyrics
By the Sea 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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