This song is from Stephen Sondheim’s musical Sweeney Todd, the original cast recording. I saw Tim Burton's movie version when it came out in theaters, and from the start of this song I appreciated the macabre humor of the lyrics. They struck me as painfully clever. This version is longer than the movie version, which means even more punchlines packed into one song. In case you aren’t familiar with the play or can’t derive the meaning from the lyrics on their own, the two characters are scheming to use human meat to save their impoverished meat pie business.
Angela Lansbury & Len Cariou - A Little Priest:
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