The Barber and His Wife

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 pious vulture of the law

Who 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!

"The lady, sir, did she succumb?"

Oh, that was many years ago

I doubt if anyone would know

"Now leave me, Anthony, I beg of you."

"There's somewhere I must go, something I must find out."

"Now, and alone."

"So long, then, Mr. Todd."

There's a hole in the world like a great black pit

And it's filled with people who are filled with sh*t

And the vermin of the world inhabit it