[00:00.566]CHORUS:
[00:03.283]Ring out the bells upon this day of days!
[00:10.257]May all the angels of the Lord above
[00:18.042]In jubilation sing their songs of praise!
[00:25.200]And crown this blessed time with peace and love
[00:48.396]MAJOR DOMO:
[00:53.124]The Baron and Baroness de Thenard wish to pay
[00:56.729]their respects to the groom.
[00:58.688]THENARDIER:
[01:05.820]I forget, where we met
[01:09.111]Was it not at the Chateau Lafarge?
[01:12.821]Where the duke, did that puke
[01:16.269]Down the Dutchess's de-coll-etage?
[01:19.273]MARIUS:
[01:19.795]No "Baron de Thenard"
[01:22.800]The circles I move in are humbler by far.
[01:27.031]Go away, Thenardier.
[01:29.957]Do you think I don't know who you are?
[01:32.700]MME. THENARDIER:
[01:34.320]He's not fooled, told you so!
[01:36.958]Show M'sieur what you've come here to show,
[01:39.805]Tell the boy what you know!
[01:44.168]MARIUS:
[01:44.690]When I look at you, I remember Eponine
[01:47.642]She was more than you deserved, who gave her birth
[01:51.822]But now she is with God and happier, I hope
[01:55.426]Than here on earth!
[02:00.155]THENARDIER:
[02:00.729]So it goes, heaven knows
[02:04.700]Life has dealt me some terrible blows.
[02:08.488]MME. THENARDIER:
[02:09.167]You've got cash and a heart
[02:11.779]You could give us a bit of a start
[02:15.541]We can prove, plain as ink
[02:18.493]Your bride's father is not what you think.
[02:21.444]THENARDIER:
[02:22.568]There's a tale I could tell
[02:25.598]MME. THENARDIER:
[02:25.885]Information we're willing to sell.
[02:28.654]THENARDIER:
[02:29.360]There's a man that he slew
[02:32.599]I saw the corpse clear as I'm seeing you!
[02:35.603]What I tell you is true!
[02:40.383]MME. THENARDIER:
[02:40.801]Pity to disturb you at a feast like this,
[02:44.040]But five hundred francs surely wouldn't come amiss.
[02:47.645]MARIUS:
[02:47.880]In God's name say what you have to say.
[02:49.604]THENARDIER:
[02:50.257]But first, you pay!
[02:59.792]What I saw, clear as light,
[03:02.640]Jean Valjean in the sewers that night
[03:06.009]Had this corpse, on his back
[03:09.484]Hanging there like a bloody great sack
[03:12.906]I was there, never fear
[03:16.197]Even found me this fine souvenier
[03:19.619]MARIUS:
[03:20.272]I know this, this was mine!
[03:23.642]This is surely some heavenly sign!
[03:26.254]THENARDIER:
[03:27.012]One thing more, mark this well,
[03:29.937]It was the night that the barricades fell.
[03:32.915]MARIUS:
[03:33.725]Then it's true, then I'm right,
[03:36.860]Jean Valjean was my saviour that night.
[03:42.163]As for you, take this too.
[03:45.663]God forgive us the things that we do.
[03:48.876]Come my love, come Cosette,
[03:52.377]This day's blessings are not over yet.
[03:57.392]THENARDIER:
[04:01.937]Ain't it a laugh?
[04:03.400]Ain't it a treat?
[04:05.255]Hob-nobbin' here,
[04:06.770]Among the elite?
[04:10.819]There goes a prince,
[04:12.491]Here comes a Jew,
[04:14.424]This one's a queer,
[04:16.017]But what can you do?
[04:21.111]Paris at my feet,
[04:23.227]Paris in the dust,
[04:25.343]And here's me breaking bread
[04:27.929]With the upper crust!
[04:31.613]Beggars at the feast,
[04:33.258]Master of the dance!
[04:34.800]Life is easy pickings
[04:36.158]If you grab your chance!
[04:37.856]Everywhere you go,
[04:39.449]Law abiding folk,
[04:40.991]Doing what is decent
[04:42.297]But they're mostly broke!
[04:44.047]Singing to the Lord on Sunday's,
[04:47.234]Praying for the gifts he'll send,
[04:50.264]THENARDIER & MME. THENARDIER:
[04:50.525]But we're the ones who take it
[04:51.831]We're the ones who make it in the end!
[04:56.246]Watch the buggers dance,
[04:57.840]Watch 'em 'til they drop!
[04:59.328]Keep you're wits about you
[05:00.582]And you'll stand on top!
[05:02.280]Masters of the land,
[05:03.769]Always get our share,
[05:05.284]Clear away the barricades
[05:06.538]And we're still there!
[05:08.132]We know where the wind is blowing,
[05:11.188]Money is the stuff we smell,
[05:13.931]And when we're rich as Croesus
[05:15.159]Jesus won't we see you all in hell!