(Valjean is alone in the shadows, with a bare wooden cross for company) VALJEAN Alone I wait in the shadows I count the hours till I can sleep I dreamed a dream Cosette stood by It made her weep to know I die. Alone at the end of the day Upon this wedding night I…
THENARDIER Ain’t it a laugh Ain’t it a treat? Hob-nobbin’ here Among the elite? Here comes a prince There goes a Jew. This one’s a queer But what can you do? Paris at my feet Paris in the dust And here’s me breaking bread With the upper crust! Beggar at the feast! Master of the…
(Marius and Cosette lead a wedding procession) CHORUS Ring out the bells Upon this day of days! May all the angels Of the Lord above In jubilation Sing their songs of praise! And crown this Blessed time with Peace and love. (The procession becomes a dancing celebration. A waltz is played) MAJOR DOMO The Baron…
(Marius, recovering from his wounds, imagines he is back at the ABC cafe) MARIUS There’s a grief that can’t be spoken. There’s a pain goes on and on. Empty chairs at empty tables Now my friends are dead and gone. Here they talked of revolution. Here it was they lit the flame. Here they sang…
WOMAN ONE Did you see them Going off to fight?WOMAN TWO Children of the barricade Who didn’t last the night? WOMAN THREE Did you see them Lying where they died? Someone used to cradle them And kiss them when they cried. WOMAN FOUR Did you see them lying side by side? WOMAN FIVE Who will…
JAVERT Who is this man? What sort of devil is he? To have me caught in a trap And choose to let me go free? It was his hour at last To put a seal on my fate, Wipe out the past, And wash me clean off the slate. All it would take was a…
(Thenardier is picking through the corpses in the sewers) THENARDIER Here’s a hint of gold Stuck into a tooth Pardon me M’sieur You won’t be needing it no more. Shouldn’t be too hard to sell. Add it to the pile Add it to the stock Here among the sewer rats A breath away from Hell…
(Valjean is standing over Marius at the barricade) VALJEAN God on high Hear my prayer In my need You have always been there He is young He’s afraid Let him rest Heaven blessed. Bring him home Bring him home Bring him home. He’s like the son I might have known If God had granted me…
EPONINE Don’t you fret, M’sieur Marius I don’t feel any pain A little fall of rain Can hardly hurt me now You’re here, that’s all I need to know And you will keep me safe And you will keep me close And rain will make the flowers grow. MARIUS But you will live, ‘Ponine –…
(The defenders settle down for the night with wine and a song) ENJOLRAS Marius, rest. FEUILLY Drink with me to days gone by Sing with me the songs we knew PROUVAIRE Here’s to pretty girls who went to our heads. JOLY Here’s to witty girls who went to out beds. ALL Here’s to them and…