[Fantine is lying in a hospital bed, deliriously dreaming of her daughter Cosette] [FANTINE] Cosette, it’s turned so cold Cosette, it’s past your bedtime You’ve played the day away And soon it will be night. Come to me, Cosette, the light is fading Don’t you see the evening star appearing? Come to me, and rest…
[The docks. Sailors, whores and their customers, pimps, etc. Fantine wanders in] [SAILOR ONE] I smell women Smell ’em in the air Think I’ll drop my anchor In that harbor over there [SAILOR TWO] Lovely ladies Smell ’em through the smoke Seven days at sea Can make you hungry for a poke [SAILOR THREE] Even…
There was a time when men were kind, And their voices were soft, And their words inviting. There was a time when love was blind, And the world was a song, And the song was exciting. There was a time when it all went wrong… I dreamed a dream in time gone by, When hope…
[1823, Montreuil-sur-Mer.] [Outside the factory owned by the Mayor,] [Monsieur Madeleine (Jean Valjean in disguise).] [THE POOR] At the end of the day you’re another day older And that’s all you can say for the life of the poor It’s a struggle, it’s a war And there’s nothing that anyone’s giving One more day standing…
Before Susan Boyle sang this on Britain’s Got Talent, Elaine Paige gave life to one of the most memorable characters on West End – the down-trodden Fantine of “Les Miserables”. Several theater actresses have played this role. Regardless, most “Les Miz” fans still sing along to this ballad. After seeing Anne Hathaway sing this onscreen,…