The Bells of Notre Dame
David Ogden Stiers, Paul Kandel, Tony Jay
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Olim, olim deus accelere Hoc saeculum splendidum Accelere fiat venire olim 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 soft as a psalm And some say the soul of the city is the toll of the bells The bells of Notre Dame Listen, they're beautiful, no? So many colors of sound, so many changing moods Because 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 mysterious bell ringer Who is this creature? (Who?) What is he? (What?) How did he come to be there? (How?) Hush (oh), and 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 (Kyrie eleison) Judge Claude Frollo longed To purge the world of vice and sin (Kyrie eleison) 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) Dies irae (dies irae), dies illa (dies illa) Solvet saeclum in favilla Teste David cum sibylla Quantus tremor est futurus Quando Judex est venturus Sanctuary, please, give us sanctuary Quantus tremor est futurus Quantus tremor est futurus Teste David cum sibylla A baby? A monster Solvet saeclum in favilla Solvet saeclum in favilla Stop, cried the Archdeacon This is an unholy demon I'm sending it back to hell where it belongs 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 can 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 (Kyrie eleison) And for one time in his live of power and control (Kyrie eleison) Frollo felt a twinge of fear For his immortal soul What must I do? Care for the child and raise it as your own What? I'm to be saddled with this misshapen- Very well, but let him live with you, in your church Live here? Where? Anywhere Just so he's kept locked away Where no one else can see The bell tower perhaps And 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 Now here is a riddle to guess if you can Sing the bells of Notre Dame Who is the monster and who is the man? Sing the bells, bells, bells, bells Bells, bells, bells, bells Bells of Notre Dame
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Written by: Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz
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