A LITTLE PRIEST

●That's all very well, but what are we going to do about him? ◆Later on, when it's dark, we'll take him to some secret place and bury him. ●Oh yeah, of course we could do that. I don't suppose he's got any relatives going to come poking around looking for him. ●Seems a downright shame... ◆Shame? ●Seems an awful waste... Such a nice plump frame Wot's-his-name Has... Had... Has... Nor it can't be traced. Business needs a lift, Debts to be erased, Think of it as thrift, As a gift... If you get my drift... Seems an awful waste. ●I mean, With the price of meat what it is, When you get it, If you get it- ◆Ah! ●Good, you got it. Take, for instance, Mrs. Mooney and her pie shop. Business never better, using only Pussy cats and toast. Now a pussy's good for maybe six or Seven at the most. And I'm sure they can't compare, As far as taste- ◆Mrs. Lovett, What a charming notion, Eminently practical and yet (●Well, it does seem a Waste...) ◆Appropriate, as always. Mrs. Lovett How I did without you All these years I'll never know! (●Think about it.) ◆How delectable! (●Lots of other gentlemen'll Soon be coming for a shave,) ◆Also undetectable. (●Won't they?) ◆How choice! (●Think of) (●All them) ◆How rare! ●Pies ◆For what's the sound of the world out there? ●What, Mr. Todd, What, Mr. Todd, What is that sound? ◆Those crunching noises pervading the air? ●Yes, Mr. Todd, Yes, Mr. Todd, Yes, all around- ◆It's man devouring man, my dear, ●Then who are we (◆And who are we) ●◆To deny it in here? ◆These are desperate times, Mrs. Lovett, and desperate measures are called for. ●Here we are, hot out of the oven. ◆What is that? ●It's priest. Have a little priest. ◆Is it really good? ●Sir, it's too good, At least. Then again, they don't commit sins of the flesh, So it's pretty fresh. ◆Awful lot of fat. ●Only where it sat. ◆Haven't you got poet Or something like that? ●No, you see the trouble with poet Is, how do you know it's Deceased? Try the priest. ●Lawyer's rather nice. ◆If it's for a price. ●Order something else, though, to follow, Since no one should swallow It twice. ◆Anything that's lean. ●Well, then, if you're British and loyal, You might enjoy Royal Marine. Anyway, it's clean. Though, of course, it tastes of wherever it's been. ◆Is that squire On the fire? ●Mercy no, sir, Look closer, You'll notice it's grocer. ◆Looks thicker. More like vicar. ●No, it has to be grocer it's green. ◆The history of the world, my love- ●Save a lot of graves, Do a lot of relatives favors... ◆-Is those below serving those up above. ●Everybody shaves, So there should be plenty of flavors... ◆How gratifying for once to know- ●◆-that those above will serve those down below! ◆What is that? ●It's fop. Finest in the shop. Or we have some shepherd's pie peppered With actual shepherd On top. And I've just begun. Here's a politician-so oily It's served with a doily- Have one? ◆Put it on a bun. Well, you never know if it's going to run. ●Try the friar. Fried, it's drier. ◆No, the clergy is really Too coarse and too mealy. ●Then actor- It's compacter. ◆Yes, and always arrives overdone. I'll come again when you Have Judge on the menu. ◆Have charity toward the world, my pet- ●Yes, yes, I know, my love- ◆We'll take the customers that we can get. ●High-born and low, my love. ◆We'll not discriminate great from small. No, we'll serve anyone- Meaning anyone- (●We'll serve anyone-) ●◆And to anyone At all!