Johanna
Edmund Lyndeck * Track #16 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
Johanna by Edmund Lyndeck
Release Date
Performed by
Edmund LyndeckProduced by
Thomas Z. ShepardWrited by
Stephen SondheimAbout
Judge Turpin lusts after his (much younger) ward Johanna. Guilty, he begs God for forgiveness, tears off his robes, and whips himself with a scourge.
Johanna Lyrics
[JUDGE TURPIN]
Mea culpa, mea culpa
Mea maxima culpa
Mea maxima maxima culpa!
God, deliver me! Release me!
Forgive me! Restrain me! Pervade me!
Johanna, Johanna
So suddenly a woman
The light behind your window
It penetrates your gown...
Johanna, Johanna
The sun, I see the sun through your—
No!
God!
Deliver me!
Deliver me!
Down!
Down
Down...
Johanna, Johanna
I watch you from the shadows
You sigh before your window
And gaze upon the town
Your lips part, Johanna
So young and soft and beautiful—
God!
Deliver me!
Filth!
Leave me!
Johanna!
Johanna!
I treasured you in innocence
And loved you like a daughter
You mock me, Johanna
You tempt me with your innocence
You tempt with those quivering—
No!
God!
Deliver me!
It will—
Stop—
Now! It will—
Stop—
Right—
Now
Right—
Now
Right—
Now...
Johanna, Johanna
I cannot keep you longer
The world is at your window
You want to fly away
You stir me, Johanna
So suddenly a woman
I cannot watch you one more day—!
God!
Deliver me!
God!
Deliver me!
God!
Deliver—
God!
Johanna, Johanna
I'll keep you here forever
I'll wed you on the morrow
Johanna, Johanna
The world will never touch you
I'll wed you on the morrow
As years pass, Johanna
You'll tend me in my solitude
No longer as a daughter
As a woman
Johanna, Johanna
I'll hold you here forever then
You'll keep away from windows and
You'll
Deliver me
Johanna
From this
Hot
Red
Devil
With your
Soft
White
Cool
Virgin
Palms...
Johanna Q&A
Who wrote Johanna's ?
Johanna was written by Stephen Sondheim.
Who produced Johanna's ?
Johanna was produced by Thomas Z. Shepard.
When did Edmund Lyndeck release Johanna?
Edmund Lyndeck released Johanna on Tue Apr 17 1979.
What did Edmund Lyndeck say about "Johanna"?
In “Finishing the Hat,” Stephen Sondheim writes “…I had hoped here to be the first [songwriter] to have a character reach an orgasm in the middle of a song.” Unfortunately, the song was cut in previews.