"The Contest" is a song in the 2007 feature film Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. It is sung by Adolfo Pirelli and spoken by Sweeney Todd and Beadle Bamford.
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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?
Todd: (spoken) I do. I’m Mr. Sweeney Todd from Fleet Street. I have opened a bottle of Pirelli’s Elixir and I say to you, it is nothing but an arrant 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.
Pirelli: (spoken) You hear dis foolish man? Now please you will see how he will regret his folly!
Todd: (spoken) Who’s for a free shave? Will Beadle Bamford be the judge?
Bamford:
(spoken) Glad, as always to oblige my friends and neighbors!
The fastest, smoothest shave, is the winner!
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
Misterr Sweeney, whoever
I beg-a da pardon
You’ll probably say-a it was only a cardinal
Nope!
It was-a da pope!
To shave-a da face
To cut-a da hair
Require a grace
Require da flare
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 Panash
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 grace
Bamford (spoken): The winner--is Todd!
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