The Contest Lyrics - Sweeney Todd

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Adolfo pirelli:
I am adolfo pirelli
Da king of da barbers
Da barber of kings
E buon giorno, good day
I blow you a kiss!

And i, da so famous pirelli
I wish-a to know-a
Who has-a the nerve-a to say
My elixir is piss!
Who says this?!

Sweeney todd: i do. [...] i am mr. sweeney todd of fleet street. i have opened a bottle of pirelli`s elixer and i say to you that it is nothing but an errant fraud, concocted from piss and ink. furthermore -'signor'- i have serviced no kings, yet i wager that i can shave a cheek with ten times more dexterity than any street mountebank!

Adolfo pirelli:
You hear zis foolish man?
Now, please, you will see how he will regret his folly!

Sweeney todd: who`s for a free shave?

[the crowd cheers: me, me, me!]

Sweeney todd:will beadle bamford be the judge?

Beadle bamford:
Glad, as always to oblige my friends and neighbours.
...the fastest, smoothest shave, is the
Winner.
[music begins]

Adolfo pirelli: now signorini, signori
We mix-a da lather
But first-a you gather around
Signorini, signori
You looking a man
Who had-a da glory
To shave-a da pope!
Mr. sweeney whoever--
I beg-a you pardon
You`ll probably say
It was only a cardinal nope!
It was-a da pope!

To shave-a da face
To cut-a da hair
Require da grace
Require da flair
For if-a you slip
You nick da skin
You clip-a da chin
You rip-a da lip a bit beyond-a repair!

To shave-a da face
Or even a part
Widout it-a smart
Require da heart!
Not just-a da flash
It take-a panache
It take-a da passion for da art

To shave-a da face
To trim-a da beard
To make-a da bristle
Clean like a whistle
Dis is from early infancy
Da talent give to me
By god!

It take-a da skill
It take-a da brains
It take-a da will
To take-a da pains
It take-a da pace
It take-a da graaaace!

Beadle bamford: "the winner -- is todd!"

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