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Post by Shindou on Apr 4, 2008 15:17:30 GMT -5
I apologize in advance.
Starring...
Jean Valjean Our hero. Is released from jail after 19 years imprisonment for stealing a loaf of bread. Breaks his parole and changes his identity, becoming mayor of a small town. Later adopts the daughter of Fantine. Tenor role.
Inspector Javert Respects the law above all things. Searches relentlessly for Valjean to put him back behind bars. Baritone role.
Fantine Young worker of Valjean's who loses her job. Sells her locket, hair, and eventually herself to support her young daughter, Cosette. Mezzo-soprano role.
Young Cosette Fantine's 10-year-old daughter. Forced to work by the Thenardiers, who care for her in Fantine's absense. Mezzo-soprano role.
Cosette The grown-up version of Young Cosette. Adopted by Valjean. Falls in love with Marius. Soprano role.
M. Thénardier Second-rate theif who runs a small inn. Father of Éponine. Baritone role.
Madame Thénardier Wife of M. Thénardier. Mother of Éponine. Mezzo-soprano role.
Éponine Thénardier Daughter to the Thénardiers. Grew up with Cosette and falls in love with the same man. Mezzo-soprano role.
Marius Pontmercy Student revolutionary. Close to Éponine, but falls in love with Cosette. Tenor role.
Enjolras Leader of the student revolutionaries. Baritone role.
Gavroche Street-wise urchin. Eldest son of the Thénardiers.
The Bishop of Digne Houses Valjean after his release from jail.
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Post by Shindou on Apr 4, 2008 16:07:21 GMT -5
SONGSPROLOGUEOverture/Work Song - Javert, Valjean, Chain Gang Valjean Arrested/Valjean Forgiven - Bishop, Valjean, ConstableWhat Have I Done? - Valjean ACT IAt The End of The Day - Poor, Forman, Fantine, Factory Girls, Valjean I Dreamed A Dream - Fantine Lovely Ladies - Sailors, Hag, Fantine, Whores, Pimp Who Am I? (The Trial) - Valjean Come To Me (Fantine's Death) - Fantine, Valjean Confrontation - Javert, Valjean Castle On A Cloud - Young Cosette, Madame ThénardierMaster Of The House - Thénardier, Madame Thénardier, Customers The Thénardier Waltz of Treachery - Madame Thénardier, Thénardier, Valjean Look Down/The Streets - Beggers, Gavroche, Enjolras, Marius, Pimp, young whore, old woman The Robbery/Javert's Intervention (Another Brawl) - Thénardier, Madame Thénardier, Javert, Valjean, Éponine Stars - Javert, Gavroche Éponine's Errand - Éponine, Marius ABC Cafe/Red and Black - Enjolras, Marius, Grantaire, Students, Gavroche Do You Hear The People Sing? - Enjolras, Students I Saw Him Once - Cosette In My Life - Cosette, Valjean, Marius, Éponine A Heart Full Of Love - Marius, Cosette, Éponine The Attack On Rue Plumet - Thénardier, Thieves, Éponine, Marius, Valjean, CosetteOne Day More - Full Company ACT IIUpon These Stones (Building The Barricade) - Enjolras, Javert, Éponine, Marius The Letter - Éponine, Valjean On My Own - Éponine Upon These Stones (At The Barricade) - Enjolras, Students, Army Officer Javert's Arrival At The Barricade - Javert, Enjolras Little People - Gavroche, Students, Javert A Little Fall Of Rain (Éponine's Death) - Éponine, Marius Night of Anguish - Enjolras, Students, Valjean The First Attack - Enjolras, Students, Valjean, Javert Drink With Me - Students Bring Him Home - Valjean Dawn of Anguish - Enjolras, Students The Second Attack/The Death of Gavroche - Enjolras, Marius, Valjean, Gavroche, Students The Final Attack - Enjolras, Students Dog Eat Dog (The Sewers) - Thénardier, Valjean, Javert Javert's Suicide - Javert Turning - Women Empty Chairs At Empty Tables - Marius Every Day (Marius and Cosette) - Marius, Cosette, Valjean A Heart Full of Love (Reprise) - Marius, Cosette Wedding Chorale/Beggars At The Feast - Thénardier, Madame Thénardier, Marius, Cosette, Guests Finale - Valjean, Fantine, Marius, Cosette, Éponine, Company
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Post by Shindou on Apr 15, 2008 21:41:38 GMT -5
PROLOGUE
Overture/Work Song
- Prisoners
- Solo Convict #1
- Solo Convict #2
- Solo Convict #3
- Solo Convict #4
- Solo Convict #5
- Jean Valjean
- Inspector Javert
PRISONERS Look down, look down Don't look 'em in the eye Look down, look down, You're here until you die
CONVICT #1 The sun is strong It's hot as hell below
PRISONERS Look down, look down, There's twenty years to go
CONVICT #2 I've done no wrong! Sweet Jesus, hear my prayer!
PRISONERS Look down look down, Sweet Jesus doesn't care
CONVICT THREE I know she'll wait, I know that she'll be true!
PRISONERS Look down, look down, They've all forgotten you
CONVICT FOUR When I get free ya won't see me Here for dust!
PRISONERS Look down, look down Don't look 'em in the eye
CONVICT FIVE How long, oh Lord Before you let me die?
PRISONERS Look down, look down, You'll always be a slave Look down, look down, You're standing in your grave
JAVERT Now bring me prisoner 24601 Your time is up And your parole's begun You know what that means.
VALJEAN Yes, it means I'm free.
JAVERT No! It means you get Your yellow ticket-of-leave You are a thief
VALJEAN I stole a loaf of bread.
JAVERT You robbed a house.
VALJEAN I broke a window pane. My sister's child was close to death And we were starving.
JAVERT You will starve again Unless you learn the meaning of the law.
VALJEAN I know the meaning of those 19 years A slave of the law
JAVERT Five years for what you did The rest because you tried to run Yes, 24601.
VALJEAN My name is Jean Valjean
JAVERT And I am Javert Do not forget my name! Do not forget me, 24601.
PRISONERS Look down, look down You'll always be a slave Look down, look down You're standing in your grave... [/center]
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Post by Shindou on Apr 15, 2008 21:49:42 GMT -5
Valjean Arrested/Valjean Forgiven
CONSTABLE Tell his reverence your story Let us see if he's impressed You were lodging here last night You were the honest Bishop's guest. And then, out of Christian goodness When he learned about your plight You maintain he made a present of this silver.
BISHOP MYRIEL That is right. But my friend you left so early Surely something slipped your mind
[The bishop gives Valjean two silver candlesticks]
You forgot I gave these also Would you leave the best behind? So, Messieurs, you may release him For this man has spoken true I commend you for your duty And God's blessing go with you.
[Constable leaves. The bishop addresses Valjean]
But remember this, my brother See in this some higher plan You must use this precious silver To become an honest man By the witness of the martyrs By the Passion and the Blood God has raised you out of darkness I have bought your soul for God! [/center]
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Post by Shindou on Apr 15, 2008 21:55:46 GMT -5
What Have I Done?
What have I done? Sweet Jesus, what have I done? Become a thief in the night, Become a dog on the run And have I fallen so far, And is the hour so late That nothing remains but the cry of my hate, The cries in the dark that nobody hears, Here where I stand at the turning of the years?
If there's another way to go I missed it twenty long years ago My life was a war that could never be won They gave me a number and murdered Valjean When they chained me and left me for dead Just for stealing a mouthful of bread
Yet why did I allow that man To touch my soul and teach me love? He treated me like any other He gave me his trust He called me brother My life he claims for God above Can such things be? For I had come to hate the world This world that always hated me
Take an eye for an eye! Turn your heart into stone! This is all I have lived for! This is all I have known!
One word from him and I'd be back Beneath the lash, upon the rack Instead he offers me my freedom I feel my shame inside me like a knife He told me that I have a soul, How does he know? What spirit comes to move my life? Is there another way to go?
I am reaching, but I fall And the night is closing in And I stare into the void To the whirlpool of my sin I'll escape now from the world From the world of Jean Valjean Jean Valjean is nothing now Another story must begin! [He tears up his yellow ticket-of-leave] [/center]
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Post by Shindou on Apr 15, 2008 22:14:42 GMT -5
ACT I
At the End of the Day
- The Poor
- The Foreman
- Fantine
- Woman
- "M. Madeleine"
[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 about, what is it for? One day less to be living.
At the end of the day you're another day colder And the shirt on your back doesn't keep out the chill And the righteous hurry past They don't hear the little ones crying And the winter is coming on fast, ready to kill One day nearer to dying!
At the end of the day there's another day dawning And the sun in the morning is waiting to rise Like the waves crash on the sand Like a storm that'll break any second There's a hunger in the land There's a reckoning still to be reckoned and There's gonna be hell to pay At the end of the day!
[The foreman and workers, including Fantine, emerge from the factory]
FOREMAN At the end of the day you get nothing for nothing Sitting flat on your butt doesn't buy any bread
[WORKER ONE] There are children back at home
[WORKERS ONE AND TWO] And the children have got to be fed
[WORKER TWO] And you're lucky to be in a job
[WOMAN] And in a bed!
CHORUS And we're counting our blessings!
[WOMAN TWO] Have you seen how the foreman is fuming today? With his terrible breath and his wandering hands?
[WOMAN THREE] It's because little Fantine won't give him his way
[WOMAN ONE] Take a look at his trousers, you'll see where he stands!
[WOMAN FOUR] And the boss, he never knows That the foreman is always in heat
[WOMAN THREE] If Fantine doesn't look out Watch how she goes She'll be out on the street!
CHORUS At the end of the day it's another day over With enough in your pocket to last for a week Pay the landlord, pay the shop Keep on grafting as long as you're able Keep on grafting till you drop Or it's back to the crumbs off the table You've got to pay your way At the end of the day!
WOMAN (Grabbing a letter from Fantine) And what have we here, little innocent sister? Come on Fantine, let's have all the news!
[Reading the letter]
Ooh..."Dear Fantine you must send us more money... Your child needs a doctor... There's no time to lose..."
FANTINE Give that letter to me It is none of your business With a husband at home And a bit on the side! Is there anyone here Who can swear before God She has nothing to fear? She has nothing to hide?
[They fight over the letter. Valjean (M. Madeleine) rushes on to break up the squabble.]
VALJEAN Will someone tear these two apart What is this fighting all about? This is a factory, not a circus! Now, come on ladies, settle down I run a business of repute I am the Mayor of this town
[To the foreman]
I look to you to sort this out And be as patient as you can-
[He goes back into the factory]
FOREMAN Now someone say how this began!
WOMAN At the end of the day She's the one who began it! There's a kid that she's hiding In some little town There's a man she has to pay You can guess how she picks up the extra You can bet she's earning her keep Sleeping around And the boss wouldn't like it!
FANTINE Yes it's true there's a child And the child is my daughter And her father abandoned us Leaving us flat Now she lives with an innkeeper man And his wife And I pay for the child What's the matter with that?
CHORUS At the end of the day She'll be nothing but trouble And there's trouble for all When there's trouble for one! While we're earning our daily bread She's the one with her hands in the butter You must send the slut away Or we're all gonna end in the gutter And it's us who'll have to pay At the end of the day!
FOREMAN I might have known the bitch could bite I might have known the cat had claws I might have guessed your little secret Ah yes, the virtuous Fantine Who keeps herself so pure and clean You'd be the cause I had no doubt Of any trouble hereabout You play a virgin in the light But need no urgin' in the night.
WOMAN She's been laughing at you While she's having her men
CHORUS She'll be nothing but trouble again and again You must sack her today Sack the girl today!
FOREMAN Right my girl. On your way!
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Post by Shindou on May 3, 2008 19:44:57 GMT -5
I Dreamed a Dream
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 was high and life, worth living. I dreamed that love would never die, I dreamed that God would be forgiving. Then I was young and unafraid, And dreams were made and used and wasted. There was no ransom to be paid, No song unsung, no wine, untasted.
But the tigers come at night, With their voices soft as thunder, As they tear your hope apart, And they turn your dream to shame.
He slept a summer by my side, He filled my days with endless wonder... He took my childhood in his stride, But he was gone when autumn came!
And still I dream he'll come to me, That we will live the years together, But there are dreams that cannot be, And there are storms we cannot weather!
I had a dream my life would be So different from this hell I'm living, So different now from what it seemed... Now life has killed the dream I dreamed... [/center]
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Post by Shindou on May 3, 2008 19:57:20 GMT -5
Lovely Ladies
- Sailor #1
- Sailor #2
- Sailor #3
- Women
- Old Woman
- Fantine
- Crone
- Pimp
- Whore #1
- Whore #2
- Whore #3
[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 stokers need a little stoke!
CHORUS Lovely ladies Waiting for a bite Waiting for the customers Who only come at night Lovely ladies Ready for the call Standing up or lying down Or any way at all Bargain prices up against the wall
[OLD WOMAN] Come here, my dear Let's see this trinket you wear This bagatelle...
[FANTINE] Madame, I'll sell it to you...
OLD WOMAN I'll give you four
FANTINE That wouldn't pay for the chain!
OLD WOMAN I'll give you five. You're far to eager to sell. It's up to you.
FANTINE It's all I have
OLD WOMAN That's not my fault
FANTINE Please make it ten!
OLD WOMAN No more than five My dear, we all must stay alive!
CHORUS Lovely ladies Waiting in the dark Ready for a thick one Or a quick one in the park
[Whore 1] Long time short time Any time, my dear Cost a little extra if you want to take all year!
CHORUS Quick and cheap is underneath the pier!
CRONE What pretty hair! What pretty locks you got there What luck you got. It's worth a centime, my dear I'll take the lot
FANTIN Don't touch me! Leave me alone!
CRONE Let's make a price. I'll give you all of ten francs, Just think of that!
FANTINE It pays a debt
CRONE Just think of that
FANTINE
What can I do? It pays a debt. Ten francs may save my poor Cosette!
[SAILOR THREE] Lovely lady! Fastest on the street Wasn't there three minutes She was back up on her feet
[SAILOR ONE] Lovely lady! What yer waiting for? Doesn't take a lot of savvy Just to be a whore Come on, lady What's a lady for?
[Fantine re-emerges, her long hair cut short]
[PIMP] Give me the dirt, who's that bit over there?
[WHORE ONE] A bit of skirt. She's the one sold her hair.
[WHORE TWO] She's got a kid. Sends her all that she can
[PIMP] I might have known There is always some man Lovely lady, come along and join us! Lovely lady!
[WHORE ONE] Come on dearie, why all the fuss? You're no grander than the rest of us Life has dropped you at the bottom of the heap Join your sisters
[WHORE TWO] Make money in your sleep!
[Fantine goes off with one of the sailors]
[WHORE ONE] That's right dearie, let him have the lot
[WHORE THREE] That's right dearie, show him what you've got!
CHORUS Old men, young men, take 'em as they come Harbor rats and alley cats and every kind of scum Poor men, rich men, leaders of the land See them with their trousers off they're never quite as grand All it takes is money in your hand!
Lovely ladies Going for a song Got a lot of callers But they never stay for long
FANTINE Come on, Captain, you can wear your shoes Don't it make a change To have a girl who can't refuse Easy money Lying on a bed Just as well they never see The hate that's in your head Don't they know they're making love To one already dead!
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Post by Shindou on May 3, 2008 20:03:40 GMT -5
Who Am I?
He thinks that man is me He knew him at a glance! That stranger he has found This man could be my chance!
Why should I save his hide? Why should I right this wrong When I have come so far And struggled for so long?
If I speak, I am condemned. If I stay silent, I am damned!
I am the master of hundreds of workers. They all look to me. Can I abandon them? How would they live If I am not free?
If I speak, I am condemned. If I stay silent, I am damned!
Who am I? Can I condemn this man to slavery Pretend I do not feel his agony This innocent who bears my face Who goes to judgement in my place Who am I? Can I conceal myself for evermore? Pretend I'm not the man I was before? And must my name until I die Be no more than an alibi? Must I lie? How can I ever face my fellow men? How can I ever face myself again? My soul belongs to God, I know I made that bargain long ago He gave me hope when hope was gone He gave me strength to journey on
[He appears in front of the court]
Who am I? Who am I? I am Jean Valjean!
[He unbuttons his shirt to reveal the number tattooed to his chest]
And so Javert, you see it's true That man bears no more guilt than you! Who am I? 24601!
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Post by Shindou on May 3, 2008 20:08:20 GMT -5
Fantine's Death/Come to Me
[Fantine is lying in a hospital bed, deliriously dreaming of her daughter Cosette]
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 against my shoulder How fast the minutes fly away and every minute colder.
Hurry near, another day is dying Don't you hear, the winter wind is crying? There's a darkness which comes without a warning But I will sing you lullabies and wake you in the morning.
[Valjean enters]
VALJEAN Oh, Fantine, our time is running out But Fantine, I swear this on my life
FANTINE Look, M'sieur, where all the children play
VALJEAN Be at peace, be at peace evermore.
FANTINE My Cosette...
VALJEAN Shall live in my protection
FANTINE Take her now
VALJEAN Your child will want for nothing
FANTINE Good M'sieur, you come from God in Heaven.
VALJEAN And none shall ever harm Cosette As long as I am living.
FANTINE Take my hand. The night grows ever colder.
VALJEAN Then I will keep you warm.
FANTINE Take my child. I give her to your keeping.
VALJEAN Take shelter from the storm
FANTINE For God's sake, please stay till I am sleeping And tell Cosette I love her And I'll see her when I wake...
[She dies with a smile. Javert arrives]
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Post by Shindou on May 3, 2008 20:12:13 GMT -5
Confrontation
JAVERT Valjean, at last, We see each other plain `M'sieur le Mayor,' You'll wear a different chain!
VALJEAN Before you say another word, Javert Before you chain me up like a slave again Listen to me! There is something I must do. This woman leaves behind a suffering child. There is none but me who can intercede, In Mercy's name, three days are all I need. Then I'll return, I pledge my word. Then I'll return...
JAVERT You must think me mad! I've hunted you across the years A man like you can never change A man such as you.
VALJEAN (in counterpoint) Believe of me what you will There is a duty that I'm sworn to do You know nothing of my life All I did was steal some bread You know nothing of the world You would sooner see me dead But not before I see this justice done I am warning you Javert I'm a stronger man by far There is power in me yet My race is not yet run I am warning you Javert There is nothing I won't dare If I have to kill you here I'll do what must be done!
JAVERT (in counterpoint) Men like me can never change Men like you can never change No, 24601 My duty's to the law - you have no Rights Come with me 24601 Now the wheel has turned around Jean Valjean is nothing now Dare you talk to me of crime And the price you had to pay Every man is born in sin Every man must choose his way You know nothing of Javert I was born inside a jail I was born with scum like you I am from the gutter too!
[Valjean breaks a chair and threatens Javert with the broken piece. Turns to Fantine]
VALJEAN[to Fantine] And this I swear to you tonight
JAVERT[to Valjean] There is no place for you to hide
VALJEAN Your child will live within my care
JAVERT Wherever you may hide away
VALJEAN And I will raise her to the light.
[VALJEAN AND JAVERT] I swear to you, I will be there!
[They fight, Javert is knocked out. Valjean escapes]
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Post by Shindou on May 3, 2008 20:15:43 GMT -5
Castle on a Cloud
- Young Cosette
- Mme. Thénardier
[Young Cosette is working as a drudge in the Thénardier's inn at Montfermeil]
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 hundred boys and girls, Nobody shouts or talks too loud, Not in my castle on a cloud.
There is a lady all in white, Holds me and sings a lullaby, She's nice to see and she's soft to touch, She says "Cosette, I love you very much."
I know a place where no one's lost, I know a place where no one cries, Crying at all is not allowed, Not in my castle on a cloud.
Oh help! I think I hear them now, and I'm nowhere near finished sweeping and scrubbing and polishing the floor. Oh, it's her! It's Madame!
Now look who's here The little madam herself! Pretending once again she's been `so awfully good,' Better not let me catch you slacking Better not catch my eye! Ten rotten francs your mother sends me What is that going to buy? Now take that pail My little `Mademoiselle' And go and draw some water from the well!
We should never have taken you in in the first place How stupid the things that we do! Like mother like daughter, the scum of the street. Eponine, come my dear, Eponine, let me see you You look very well in that new little blue hat There's some little girls who know how to behave And they know what to wear And I'm saying thank heaven for that.
Still there Cosette? Your tears will do you no good! I told you fetch some water from the well in the wood!
Please do not send me out alone Not in the darkness on my own!
Enough of that, or I'll forget to be nice! You heard me ask for something, And I never ask twice!
[Young Eponine pushes Cosette out. Thénardier says good night to his daughter as the inn fills up for the evening]
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Post by Shindou on May 3, 2008 20:20:46 GMT -5
Master of the House
- M. Thénardier
- Mme. Thénardier
- Patrons
Welcome, Monsieur, sit yourself down And meet the best innkeeper in town As for the rest, all of 'em crooks: Rooking their guests and crooking the books Seldom do you see Honest men like me A gent of good intent Who's content to be
Master of the house, doling out the charm Ready with a handshake and an open palm Tells a saucy tale, makes a little stir Customers appreciate a bon-viveur Glad to do a friend a favor Doesn't cost me to be nice But nothing gets you nothing Everything has got a little price!
Master of the house, keeper of the zoo Ready to relieve 'em of a sou or two Watering the wine, making up the weight Pickin' up their knick-knacks when they can't see straight Everybody loves a landlord Everybody's buxom friend I do whatever pleases Jesus! Won't I bleed 'em in the end!
Master of the house, quick to catch yer eye Never wants a passerby to pass him by Servant to the poor, butler to the great Comforter, philosopher, and lifelong mate! Everybody's boon companion Everybody's chaperone
But lock up your valises Jesus! Won't I skin you to the bone!
Enter Monsieur, lay down your load Unlace your boots, rest from the road This weighs a ton, travel's a curse But here we strive to lighten your purse Here the goose is cooked Here the fat is fried And nothing's overlooked Till I'm satisfied
Food beyond compare. Food beyond belief Mix it in a mincer and pretend it's beef Kidney of a horse, liver of a cat Filling up the sausages with this and that Residents are more than welcome Bridal suite is occupied Reasonable charges Plus some little extras on the side!
Charge 'em for the lice, extra for the mice Two percent for looking in the mirror twice Here a little slice, there a little cut Three percent for sleeping with the window shut When it comes to fixing prices There are a lot of tricks he knows How it all increases, all them bits and pieces Jesus! It's amazing how it grows!
Master of the house, quick to catch yer eye Never wants a passerby to pass him by Servant to the poor, butler to the great Comforter, philosopher, and lifelong mate! Everybody's boon companion Gives 'em everything he's got
Dirty bunch of geezers Jesus! What a sorry little lot!
I used to dream that I would meet a prince But God Almighty, have you seen what's happened since?
Master of the house? Isn't worth me spit! `Comforter, philosopher' and lifelong shit! Cunning little brain, regular Voltaire Thinks he's quite a lover but there's not much there What a cruel trick of nature landed me with such a louse God knows how I've lasted living with this bastard in the house!
Master of the house!
Master and a half!
Comforter, philosopher
Hah, don't make me laugh!
Servant to the poor, butler to the great
Hypocrite and toady and inebriate!
Everybody bless the landlord! Everybody bless his spouse!
Everybody raise a glass
Raise it up the master's ass
Everybody raise a glass to the Master of the House!
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Post by Shindou on May 3, 2008 20:24:27 GMT -5
The Thénardier Waltz of Treachery
- M. Thénardier
- Mme. Thénardier
- Jean Valjean
- Young Cosette
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 each bone. Treated her like she's one of our own! Like our own, Monsieur!
VALJEAN Your feelings do you credit, sir And I will ease the parting blow He pays them. Let us not talk of bargains or bones or greed Now, may I say, we are agreed?
MME. THENARDIER That would quite fit the bill If she hadn't so often been ill Little dear, cost us dear Medicines are expensive, M'sieur Not that we begrudged a sou It's no more than we Christians must do!
M. & MME. THENARDIER One thing more, one small doubt There are treacherous people about No offense. Please reflect. Your intentions may not be correct?
VALJEAN No more words. Here's your price. Fifteen hundred for your sacrifice. Come, Cosette, say goodbye Let us seek out some friendlier sky. Thank you both for Cosette It won't take you too long to forget.
(Valjean and Cosette leave the inn)
Come, Cosette, come, my dear From now on I will always be here Where I go, you will be.
COSETTE Will there be children and castles to see?
VALJEAN Yes, Cosette, yes, it's true. There's a castle just waiting for you.
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Post by Shindou on May 3, 2008 21:02:17 GMT -5
Look Down
- Beggars
- Gavroche
- Old Beggar Woman
- Young Prostitute
- Pimp
- Enjolras
- Marius
- Urchin
[1832. The teeming, squalid streets of Paris. Beggars, urchins, prostitutes, students, etc.]
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 Gavroche. These are my people. Here's my patch. Not much to look at, nothing posh Nothing that you'd call up to scratch. This is my school, my high society Here in the slums of Saint Michele We live on crumbs of humble piety Tough on the teeth, but what the hell! Think you're poor? Think you're free? Follow me! Follow me!
Look down and show some mercy if you can Look down, look down, upon your fellow man!
(An old beggar woman finds a young prostitute occupying her pitch)
OLD BEGGAR WOMAN What you think yer at? Hanging round me pitch? If you're new around here, girl You've got a lot to learn!
YOUNG PROSTITUTE Listen you old bat... Crazy bloody witch... 'Least I give me customers Some pleasure in return!
OLD BEGGAR WOMAN I know what you give! Give 'em all the pox! Spread around your poison Till they end up in a box.
PIMP Leave the poor old cow, Move it, Madeleine. She used to be no better Till the clap got to her brain.
When's it gonna end? When we gonna live? Something's gotta happen now or Something's gonna give It'll come, it'll come, it'll come It'll come, it'll come, it'll come
ENJOLRAS Where are the leaders of the land? Where are the swells who run this show?
MARIUS Only one man - and that's Lamarque Speaks for these people here below.
See our children fed Help us in our shame Something for a crust of bread In Holy Jesus' name
URCHIN In the Lord's Holy name.
In his name, in his name, in his name...
MARIUS Lamarque is ill and fading fast! Won't last the week out, so they say.
ENJOLRAS With all the anger in the land How long before the judgement day? Before we cut the fat ones down to size? Before the barricades arise?
GAVROCHE Watch out for old Thenardier All of his family's on the make Once ran a hash-house down the way Bit of a swine and no mistake He's got a gang The bleeding layabout Even his daughter does her share That's Eponine, she knows her way about Only a kid, but hard to scare Do we care? Not a cuss Long live us. Long live us!
Look down and show some mercy if you can Look down, look down upon your fellow man!
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