The Barber and His Wife

The Barber And His Wife - Len Cariou

Lyrics by：Stephen Sondheim

Composed by：Stephen Sondheim

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 s**t

And the vermin of the world inhabit it