EPONINE ‘Parnasse, what are you doing So far out of our patch? MONTPARNASSE This house, we’re going to do it Rich man, plenty of scratch You remember he’s the one Who got away the other day Got a number on his chest Perhaps a fortune put away! EPONINE Oh Lord, somebody help me! Dear God,…
MARIUS A heart full of love A heart full of song I’m doing everything all wrong Oh God, for shame I do not even know your name Dear Mad’moiselle Won’t you say? Will you tell? COSETTE A heart full of love No fear, no regret M,ARIUS My name is Marius Pontmercy COSETTE And mine’s Cosette…
COSETTE How strange This feeling that my life’s begun at last This change, Can people really fall in love so fast? What’s the matter with you, Cosette? Have you been too much on your own? So many things unclear So many things unknown. In my life There are so many questions and answers That somehow…
ENJOLRAS Do you hear the people sing? Singing a song of angry men? It is the music of a people Who will not be slaves again! When the beating of your heart Echoes the beating of the drums There is a life about to start When tomorrow comes!COMBEFERRE Will you join in our crusade? Who…
(The ABC Cafe, where the students, led by Enjolras, meet to discuss their revolutionary plans) COMBEFERRE At Notre Dame the sections are prepared! FEUILLY At rue de Bac they’re straining at the leash! COURFEYRAC Students, workers, everyone There’s a river on the run Like the flowing of the tide Paris coming to our side! ENJORAS…
JAVERT There, out in the darkness A fugitive running Fallen from grace Fallen from grace God be my witness I never shall yield Till we come face to face Till we come face to face He knows his way in the dark Mine is the way of the Lord And those who follow the path…
1832. The teeming, squalid streets of Paris. Beggars, urchins, prostitutes, students, etc. BEGGARS Look down and see the beggars at your feet Look down and show some mercy if you can Look down and see the sweepings of the street Look down, look down, Upon your fellow man! GAVROCHE ‘Ow do you do? My name’s…
THENARDIER What to do? What to say? Shall you carry our treasure away? What a gem! What a pearl! Beyond rubies is our little girl! How can we speak of debt? Let’s not haggle for darling Cosette! Dear Fantine, gone to rest… Have we done for her child what is best? Shared our bread. Shared…
DRINKER THREE Come on you old pest DRINKER TWO Fetch a bottle of your best DRINKER ONE What’s the nectar of the day? (Thenardier enters with a flask of wine) THENARDIER Here, try this lot Guaranteed to hit the spot Or I’m not Thenardier DRINKERS Gissa glass a rum Landlord, over here! THENARDIER Right away,…
[Young Cosette is working as a drudge in the Th?nardier’s inn at Montfermeil] [YOUNG COSETTE] There is a castle on a cloud, I like to go there in my sleep, Aren’t any floors for me to sweep, Not in my castle on a cloud. There is a room that’s full of toys, There are a…