ANTONY: I have sailed the world, beheld its wonders From the Dardanelles to the mountains of Peru But there’s no place like London!
TODD: No there’s no place like London
ANTONY(spoken): Mr. Todd, sir
TODD: You are young Life has been kind to you You will learn
There’s a hole in the world like a great black pit And the vermin of the world inhabit it And its morals aren’t worth what a pig could spit And it goes by the name of London
At the top of the hole sit a privileged few Making mock of the vermin in the lonely zoo Turning beauty into filth and greed I too have sailed the world and seen its wonders For the cruelty of men is as wondrous as Peru But there’s no place like London
ANTONY(spoken): Is everything allright, mister Todd?
TODD(spoken): I beg your indulgance, Anthony my mind is far from easy
In these once familiar streets I feel shadows, everywhere
ANTONY(spoken): Shadows?
TODD(spoken): Ghosts.
(sing) There was a barber and his wife And she was beautiful A foolish barber and his wife She was his reason and his life And she was beautiful And she was virtuous And he was…naive
There was another man who saw That she was beautiful A biased vulture of the law And with a gesture of his claw Removed the barber from his plate Then there was nothing but to wait And she would fall So soft, so young, so lost And, oh, so beautiful!
ANTONY(spoken): The lady, sir, did she succumb?
TODD: Oh, that was many years ago… I doubt if anyone would know
There’s a hole in the world like a great black pit And it’s filled with people who are filled with shit And the vermin of the world inhabit it