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A Little Priest
Autor: Stephen Sondheim



Mrs. Lovett
Seems a downright shame...


Todd
Shame?


Mrs. Lovett
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 –


Todd
Ah!


Mrs. Lovett
Good, you got it.
Take, for instance,
Mrs. Mooney and her pie shop.
Business never better, using only
Pussy cats an 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 –

Todd	Mrs. Lovett
Mrs. Lovett,
What a charming notion,
Eminently practical and yet	Well, it does seem a
Appropriate, as always.	Waste…
Mrs. Lovett
How I did without you
All theses years I’ll never know!	Think about it.
How delectable!	Lots of other gentlemen’ll
Also undetectable.	Soon be coming for a shave,
	Won’t they?
	Think of
How choice!	All them
How rare!	Pies!

Todd
For what’s the sound of the world out there?


Mrs. Lovett
What, Mr. Todd
What, Mr. Todd,
What is that sound?


Todd
Those crunching noises pervading the air?


Mrs. Lovett
Yes, Mr. Todd,
Yes, Mr. Todd,
Yes, all around –

Todd	Mrs. Lovett
It’s man devouring man, my dear,
And who are we	Then who are we
To deny it in here?	To deny it in here?

Todd
There are desperate times, Mrs. Lovett, and desperate measures are called for.


Mrs. Lovett
Here we are, hot out of the oven.


Todd
What is that?


Mrs. Lovett
It’s priest.
Have a little priest.


Todd
Is it really good?


Mrs. Lovett
Sir, it’s good,
At least.
Then again, they don’t commit sins of the flesh
So it’s pretty fresh.


Todd
Awful lot of fat


Mrs. Lovett
Only where it sat.


Todd
Haven’t you got poet
Or something like that?


Mrs. Lovett
No, you see the trouble with poet
Is, how do you know it’s
Deceased?
Try the priest.


Lawyer’s rather nice.


Todd
If it’s for a price.


Mrs. Lovett
Order something else, though, to follow
Since no one should swallow
It twice.


Todd
Anything that’s lean.


Mrs. Lovett
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.


Todd
Is that squire
On the fire?


Mrs. Lovett
Mercy no, sir,
Look closer
You’ll notice it’s grocer.


Todd
Looks thicker.
More like vicar.


Mrs. Lovett
No, it has to be grocer – it’s green.


Todd
The history of the world, my love –


Mrs. Lovett
Save a lot of graves,
Do a lot of relatives favors…


Todd
- Is those below serving those up above.


Mrs. Lovett
Everybody shaves,
So there should be plenty of flavors…


Todd
How gratifying for once to know –


Ambos
- that those above will serve those down below!


Todd
What is that?


Mrs. Lovett
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?


Todd
Put it on a bun.
Well, you never know if it’s going to run.


Mrs. Lovett
Try the friar.
Fried, it’s drier.


Todd
No, the clergy is really
Too coarse and too mealy.


Mrs. Lovett
Then actor-
It’s compacter.
Todd
Yes, and always arrives overdone.
I’ll come again when you
Have Judge on the menu.


Have charity toward the world, my pet-


Mrs. Lovett
Yes, yes, I know, my love-


Todd
We’ll take the customers that we can get.


Mrs. Lovett
High-born and low, my love.


Todd
We’ll not discriminate great from small.
No, we’ll serve anyonw-
Meaning anyone-


Mrs. Lovett
We’ll serve anyone


Ambos
And to anyone
At all!