Clopin Morning in Paris, the city awakes To the bells of Notre Dame The fisherman fishes, the bakerman bakes To the bells of Notre Dame To the big bells as loud as the thunder To the little bells as soft as a psalm And some say the soul of the city's The roll of the bells The bells of Notre Dame Listen, they're beautiful - So many colors of sounds, so many changing moods... But you know, they don't ring by themselves. They don't? No, silly boy... Up there high, high in the dark bell tower Lives the myterious bell ringer. Who is this creature? Who? What is he? What? How did he come to be there? How? Hush... Clopin will tell you. It is a tale, A tale of a man and a monster Dark was the night when our tale was begun On the docks near Notre Dame Shut it up, will you! We'll be spotted! Hush, little one. Four frightened gypsies slid silently under The docks near Notre Dame Four guilders for safe passage into Paris. But a trap had been laid for the gypsies And they gazed up in fear and alarm At a figure whose clutches Were iron as much as the bells Judge Claude Frollo! The bells of Notre Dame Chorus Kyrie Eleison (Lord have mercy) Clopin Judge Claude Frollo longed to purge the world of vice and sin Chorus Kyrie Eleison (Lord have mercy) Clopin And he saw corruption ev'rywhere except within Bring these gypsy vermin to the palace of justice. You there, what are you hiding? Stolen goods, no doubt. Take them from her. She ran... Chorus Dies irae, dies illa Solvet saeclum in favilla Teste David cum sibylla Quantus tremor est futurus Quando Judex est venturus (Day of wrath, that day) (Shall consume the world in ashes) (As prophesied by David and the sibyl) (What trembling is to be) (When the Judge is come) Sanctuary, please give us sanctuary! A baby? A monster! Stop! Cried the Archdeacon - This is an unholy deamon. I'm sending it back to hell, where it belongs. Archdeacon See there the innocent blood you have spilt On the steps of Notre Dame I am guiltless. She ran, I pursued. Now you would add this child's blood to your guilt On the steps of Notre Dame My conscience is clear! You can lie to yourself and your minions You cam claim that you haven't a qualm But you never can run from Nor hide what you've done from the eyes The very eyes of Notre Dame Chorus Kyrie Eleison (Lord have mercy) Clopin And for one time in his life of power and control Chorus Kyrie Eleison (Lord have mercy) Clopin Frollo felt a twinge of fear for his immortal soul What must I do? Care for the child, raise it as your own. What! I am to settle for this misshappen... Oh well, let him live with you in your church. Live here? Where? Anywhere... Frollo Just so he's kept away where no one else can see The belltower, perhaps. Who knows? Our lord works in mysterious ways. Even this foul creature may yet prove one day to be Of use to me And Frollo gave the child a cruel name - A name that means half-formed, Quasimodo Clopin Now here's a riddle to guess if you can Sing the bells of Notre Dame Who is the monster and who is the man? Clopin and Chorus Sing the bells, bells, bells, bells Bells, bells, bells, bells Bells of Notre Dame
The world is cruel The world is wicked It's I alone whom you can trust in this whole city I am your only friend I who keep you, teach you, feed you, dress you I who look upon you without fear How can I protect you, boy, unless you Always stay in here Away in here Remember what I taught you, Quasimodo You are deformed I am deformed And you are ugly And I am ugly And these are crimes For which the world Shows little pity You do not comprehend You are my one defender Out there they'll revile you As a monster I am a monster Out there they will hate And scorn and jeer Only a monster Why invite their calumny And consternation? Stay in here Be faithful to me I'm faithful Grateful to me I'm grateful Do as I say Obey And stay In here
Safe behind these windows and these parapets of stone Gazing at the people down below me All my life I watch them as I hide up here alone Hungry for the histories they show me All my life I memorize their faces Knowing them as they will never know me All my life I wonder how it feels to pass a day Not above them But part of them And out there Living in the sun Give me one day out there All I ask is one To hold forever Out there Where they all live unaware What I'd give What I'd dare Just to live one day out there Out there among the millers and the weavers and their wives Through the roofs and gables I can see them Ev'ry day they shout and scold and go about their lives Heedless of the gift it is to be them If I was in their skin I'd treasure ev'ry instant Out there Strolling by the Seine Taste a morning out there Like ordinary men Who freely walk about there Just one day and then I swear I'll be content With my share Won't resent Won't despair Old and bent I won't care I'll have spent One day Out there
Come one, come all! Leave your looms and milking stools Coop the hens and pen the mules Come one, come all! Close the churches and the schools It's the day for breaking rules Come and join the feast of... Fools! Once a year we throw a party here in town Once a year we turn all Paris upside down Ev'ry man's a king and ev'ry king's a clown Once again it's Topsy Turvy Day It's the day the devil in us gets released It's the day we mock the prig and shock the priest Ev'rything is topsy turvy at the Feast of Fools! Topsy turvy! Ev'rything is upsy daisy! Topsy turvy! Ev'ryone is acting crazy Dross is gold and weeds are a bouquet That's the way on Topsy Turvy Day Topsy turvy! Beat the drums and blow the trumpets Topsy turvy! Join the bums and thieves and strrumpets Streaming in from Chartres to Calais... Scurvy knaves are extra scurvy On the sixth of "Januervy" All because it's Topsy Turvy Day! Come one, come all! Hurry, hurry, here's your chance See the myst'ry and romance Come one, come all See the finest girl in France Make an entrance to entrance Dance la Esmeralda... Dance! Here it is, the moment you've been waiting for Here it is, you know exactly what's in store Now's the time we laugh until our sides get sore Now's the time we crown the King of Fools! So make a face that's horrible and frightening Make a face as gruesome as a gargoyle's wing For the face that's ugliest will be the King of Fools! Why? Topsy turvy! Ugly folk, forget your shyness.. Topsy turvy! You could soon be called Your Highness! Put your foulest features on display Be the king of Topsy Turvy Day! Ev'rybody! Once a year we throw a party Here in town Hail to the king! Once a year we turn all Paris Upside down Oh, what a king! Once a year the ugliest Will wear a crown Girls, give a kiss Once a year on Topsy Turvy Day We've never had a king like this And it's the day we do the things that we deplore On the other three hundred and sixty-four Once a year we love to drop in Where the beer is never stoppin' For the chance to pop some popinjay And pick a king who'll put the "Top" in Topsy Turvy Day! Mad and crazy, upsy-daisy, Topsy Turvy Day!
Chorus: Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) Qui tollis peccata mundi (Who takes away the sins of the world) Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) Dona nobis pacem (Grant us peace)
I don't know if you can hear me, or if you're even there I don't know if you would listen to a gypsy's prayer Yes, I know I'm just an outcast, I shouldn't speak to you Still I see your face and wonder were you once an outcast too?
God help the outcasts Hungry from birth Show them the mercy they don't find on earth God help my people, we look to you still God help the outcasts, or nobody will
I ask for wealth I ask for fame I ask for glory to shine on my name I ask for love I can possess I ask for God and his angels to bless me I ask for nothing, I can get by But I know so many less lucky then I Please help my people, the poor and downtrod I thought we all were the children of God God help the outcasts Children of God
Quasimodo: So many times out here I've watched a happy pair Of lovers walking in the night They had a kind of glow around them It almost looked like heaven's light I knew I'd never know That warm and loving glow Though I might wish with all my might No face as hideous as my face Was ever meant for heaven's light But suddenly an angel has smiled at me And kissed my cheek without a trace of fright I dare to dream that she Might even care for me And as I ring these bells tonight My cold dark tower seems so bright I swear it must be heaven's light Priests: Confiteor Deo Omnipotenti (I confess to God almighty) Beatae Mariae semper Virgini (To blessed Mary ever Virgin) Beato Michaeli archangelo (To the blessed archangel Michael) Sanctis apostolis omnibus sanctis (To the holy apostles, to all the saints) Frollo: Beata Maria You know I am a righteous man Of my virtue I am justly proud Priests: Et tibit Pater (And to you, Father) Frollo: Beata Maria You know I'm so much purer than The common, vulgar, weak, licentious crowd Priests: Quia peccavi nimis (That I have sinned) Frollo: Then tell me, Maria Why I see her dancing there Why her smold'ring eyes still scorch my soul Priests: Cogitatione (In thought) Frollo: I feel her, I see her The sun caught in raven hair Is blazing in me out of all control Priests: Verbo et opere (In word and deed) Frollo: Like fire Hellfire This fire in my skin This burning Desire Is turning me to sin It's not my fault Priests: Mea culpa (Through my fault) Frollo: I'm not to blame Priests: Mea culpa (Through my fault) Frollo: It is the gypsy girl The witch who sent this flame Priests: Mea maxima culpa (Through my most griveous fault) Frollo: It's not my fault Priests: Mea culpa (Through my fault) Frollo: If in God's plan Priests: Mea culpa (Through my fault) Frollo: He made the devil so much Stronger than a man Priests: Mea maxima culpa (Through my most griveous fault) Frollo: Protect me, Maria Don't let this siren cast her spell Don't let her fire sear my flesh and bone Destroy Esmeralda And let her taste the fires of hell Or else let her be mine and mine alone Guard: Minister Frollo, the gypsy has escaped Frollo: What? Guard: No longer in the cathedral. She's gone Frollo: But how? Never mind. Get out, you idiot I'll find her. I'll find her if I have to burn down all of Paris Hellfire Dark fire Now gypsy, it's your turn Choose me or Your pyre Be mine or you will burn Priests: Kyrie Eleison (Lord have mercy) Frollo: God have mercy on her Priests: Kyrie Eleison (Lord have mercy) Frollo: God have mercy on me Priests: Kyrie Eleison (Lord have mercy) Frollo: But she will be mine Or she will burn!
Paris, the city of lovers Is glowing this evening True, that's because it's on fire But still, there's "l'amour" Somewhere out there in the night Her heart is also alight And I know the guy she just might Be burning for... A guy like you She's never known, kid A guy like you A girl does not meet ev'ry day You've got a look That's all your own, kid Could there be two? Like you? No way! Those other guys That she could dangle All look the same Frome ev'ry boring point of view You're a surprise From ev'ry angle Mom Dieu above She's gotta love A guy like you A guy like you Gets extra credit Because it's true You've got a certain something more You're aces, kid You see that face You don't forget it Want something new? That's you... For sure! We all have gaped At some Adonis But then we crave a meal More nourishing to chew... And since you're shaped Like a croissant is No question of She's gotta love A guy like you! Call me a hopeless romantic But Quasi, I feel it She wants you so Any moment she'll walk through that door For [Hugo / Victor and Laverne] A guy so swell / A guy like you With all you bring her / I tell you, Quasi A fool could tell / There never was It's why she fell / Another, was he For you-know-who / Frome king to serf to the bourgeoisie You ring the bell / They're all a second-stringer You're the bell ringer! When she wants ooh-la-la Then she wants you la-la She will discover, guy You're one heckuva guy Who wouldn't love a guy Like you? You got a lot The rest have not So she's gotta love A guy like you
Clopin and Gypsies: Maybe you've heard of a terrible place Where the soundrels of Paris Collect in a lair Maybe you've heard of that mythical place Called the Court of Miracles Hello, you're there! Where the lame can walk And the blind can see But the dead don't talk So you won't be around To reveal what you've found We have a method for spies and intruders Rather like hornets protecting their hive Here in the Court of Miracles Where it's a miracle if you get out alive! Clopin: Justice is swift in the Court of Miracles I am the lawyers and judge all in one We like to get the trial over with quickly Because it's the sentence that's really the fun! Now that we've seen all the evicence Puppet: Wait! I object! Clopin: Overruled! Puppet: I object! Clopin: Quiet! Puppet: Dang! Clopin: We find you totally innocent Which is the worst crime of all All: So you're going to hang!
Judex crederis esse venturus (Our Judge we believe shall come) In te, Domine, speravi (In You, Lord, have I trusted) Non confundar in aeternum (Let me not be damned for eternity) Salvum fac populum tuum (Save Your people) Judex crederis (In our Judge we believe) Libera me Domine (Free me, Lord) Libera me Domine de morte aeterna (Free me, Lord, from everlasting death) In die illa tremenda (On that terrible day) Quando caeli movendi sunt (When the heavens shall be moved) Caeli et terra (The heavens and earth) Dum veneris judicare (When Though shall come to judge the world) O, salutaris hostia (Oh Saviour, saving victim) Quae caeli pandis ostium (Who opens the gate of heaven) Bella premunt hostilia (Our enemies besiege us) Da robur, fer auxilium (Give us strength, bring us aid) Sit sempiterna gloria (May you always be praised) Sit sempiterna gloria (May you always be praised) Sit sempiterna gloria (May you always be praised) Gloria, gloria semper (Glory, glory forever) Sanctus, sanctus in excelsis (Holy, holy, in the highest) Mors stupebit et natura (Death and nature shall be confounded) Cum resurget creatura (When creation shall rise again) Judicanti responsurra (To answer for judgment) Judex ergo cum sedebit (Therefore, when the Judge will take his seat) Nil inultum remanebit (Nothing shall remain unpunished) Quem patronum rogaturus (To what protector shall I appeal) Cum vix justus sit securus? (When scarcely the just man shall be secure?) Juste Judex ultionis (Righteous Judge of vengeance) Ante diem rationis (Before the day of reckogning) Kyrie Eleison (Lord have mercy)
Dies irae, dies illa (Day of wrath, that day) Solvet saeclum in favilla (Shall consume the world in ashes) Quando Judex est venturus (When the Judge is come) Confutatis maledictis (When the damned shall be cast down) Flammis acribus addictis (Into the searing flames) Voca me cum benedictis (Call me with the blessed) Confutatis maledictis (When the damned shall be cast down) Gere curam mei finis (Help me in my final hour)
Clopin: So here is a riddle to guess if you can Sing the bells of Notre Dame What makes a monster and what makes a man? Chorus: Sing the bells, bells, bells, bells, (etc.) Clopin: Whatever their pitch, you Can feel them bewitch you The rich and the ritual knells Of the Clopin: Bells of Notre Dame
Someday When we are wiser When the world's older When we have learned I pray Someday we may yet live To live and let live Someday Life will be fairer Need will be rarer Greed will not pay God speed This bright millennium On its way Let it come Someday Someday Our fight will be won then We'll stand in the sun then That bright afternoon Till then On days when the sun is gone We'll hang on Wish upon the moon There are some days dark and bitter Seems we haven't got a prayer But a prayer for someday better Is the one thing we all share Someday When we are wiser When the world's older When we have learned I pray Someday we may yet live To live and let live Someday Life will be fairer Need will be rarer Greed will not pay God speed This bright millennium Let it come Wish upon the moon One day Someday Soon
I don't know if You can hear me Or if You're even there I don't know if You would listen To a humble prayer They tell me I am just an outcast I shouldn't speak to You Still I see your face and wonder Were You once an outcast, too?
God help the outcasts Hungry from birth Show them the mercy They don't find on earth The lost and forgotten They look to You still God help the outcasts Or nobody will
I ask for nothing I can get by But I know so many Less lucky than I God help the outcasts The poor and downtrod I thought we all were The children of God
I don't know if there's a reason Why some are blessed, some not? Why do few You seem to favour? They fear us, flee us Try not to see us
God help the outcasts The tattered, torn Seeking an answer To why they were born Winds of misfortune Have blown them about You made the outcasts Don't cast them out
The poor and unlucky The weak and the odd I thought we all were The children of God