"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."