Green Finch and Linnet Bird
Sarah Rice * Track #8 On Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Original Cast Recording)
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Album Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Original Cast Recording)
- #1Prelude: The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: “Attend the Tale of Sweeney Todd”
Original Broadway Cast of Sweeney Todd & Len Cariou
- #2No Place Like London
Len Cariou, Victor Garber & Merle Louise
- #3The Barber and His Wife
Len Cariou
- #4The Worst Pies in London
Angela Lansbury
- #5Poor Thing
Angela Lansbury
- #6My Friends
Len Cariou & Angela Lansbury
- #7The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: “Lift Your Razor High Sweeney!”
Original Broadway Cast of Sweeney Todd
- #8Green Finch and Linnet Bird
Sarah Rice
- #9Ah, Miss
Sarah Rice, Victor Garber & Merle Louise
- #10Johanna
Victor Garber
- #11Pirelli’s Miracle Elixir
Original Broadway Cast of Sweeney Todd
- #12The Contest
Joaquin Romaguera
- #13The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: “Sweeney Pondered and Sweeney Planned”
Original Broadway Cast of Sweeney Todd
- #14Wait
Angela Lansbury
- #15The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: “His Hands Were Quick, His Fingers Strong”
Cris Groenendaal, Frank Kopyc & Richard Warren Pugh
- #16Johanna
Edmund Lyndeck
- #17Kiss Me
Sarah Rice & Victor Garber
- #18Ladies in Their Sensitivities
Jack Eric Williams, Edmund Lyndeck, Victor Garber & Sarah Rice
- #19Pretty Women
Len Cariou & Edmund Lyndeck
- #20Epiphany
Len Cariou & Angela Lansbury
- #21A Little Priest
Len Cariou & Angela Lansbury
- #22God, That’s Good!
Original Broadway Cast of Sweeney Todd & Ken Jennings & Angela Lansbury & Len Cariou
- #23Johanna
Len Cariou, Victor Garber, Merle Louise & Sarah Rice
- #24By the Sea
Len Cariou & Angela Lansbury
- #25Wigmaker Sequence / The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: ”Sweeney’d Waited Too Long Before” / The Letter
Original Broadway Cast of Sweeney Todd & Victor Garber & Len Cariou
- #26Not While I’m Around
Ken Jennings & Angela Lansbury
- #27Parlor Songs
Jack Eric Williams, Angela Lansbury & Ken Jennings
- #28Final Sequence
Original Broadway Cast of Sweeney Todd
- #29The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: “Attend the Tale of Sweeney Todd”
Original Broadway Cast of Sweeney Todd
Green Finch and Linnet Bird by Sarah Rice
Release Date
Performed by
Sarah RiceProduced by
Thomas Z. ShepardWrited by
Stephen SondheimAbout
This song is the first introduction to the character of Johanna, Todd’s daughter and a romantic interest for Anthony. The Judge has kept her away from most people, and this song is an extended metaphor comparing her to the captive birds she sings about. She longs to escape her situation, but assumin...
Green Finch and Linnet Bird Lyrics
[JOHANNA]
Green finch and linnet bird
Nightingale, blackbird
How is it you sing?
How can you jubilate
Sitting in cages
Never taking wing?
Outside the sky waits
Beckoning, beckoning
Just beyond the bars
How can you remain
Staring at the rain
Maddened by the stars?
How is it you sing
Anything?
How is it you sing?
Green finch and linnet bird
Nightingale, blackbird
How is it you sing?
Whence comes this melody constantly flowing?
Is it rejoicing or merely halloing?
Are you discussing
Or fussing
Or simply dreaming?
Are you crowing?
Are you screaming?
Ringdove and robinet
Is it for wages
Singing to be sold?
Have you decided it's
Safer in cages
Singing when you're told?
My cage has many rooms
Damask and dark
Nothing there sings
Not even my lark
Larks never will, you know
When they're captive
Teach me to be more adaptive
Ah
Green finch and linnet bird
Nightingale, blackbird
Teach me how to sing
If I cannot fly
Let me sing
Green Finch and Linnet Bird Q&A
Who wrote Green Finch and Linnet Bird's ?
Green Finch and Linnet Bird was written by Stephen Sondheim.
Who produced Green Finch and Linnet Bird's ?
Green Finch and Linnet Bird was produced by Thomas Z. Shepard.
When did Sarah Rice release Green Finch and Linnet Bird?
Sarah Rice released Green Finch and Linnet Bird on Tue Apr 17 1979.