The Contest

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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!”<br />
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