The Bells of
Notre Dame
Clopin - Morning in Paris, the city
awakes
To the bells of Notre
Dame
The fisherman fishes, the baker man
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's
The toll 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 mysterious 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
Four frightened gypsies slid silently
under
The docks near Notre
Dame
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
Chorus -Kyrie
Eleison
Clopin - Judge Claude Frollo
longed
To purge the
world
Of vice and sin
Chorus - Kyrie
Eleison
Clopin - And he saw
corruption
Everywhere except
within
Chorus - Dies irae, dies
illa
Solvet sacclum in
favilla
Teste David cum
sibylla
Quantus tremor est
futurus
Quando Judex est
venturus
Archdeacon - See there the innocent
blood you have spilt
On the steps of Notre
Dame
Now you would add this child's blood
to your gilt
On the steps of Notre
Dame
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
Chorus - Kyrie
Eleison
Clopin - And for one time in his life
of power and control
Chorus - Kyrie
Eleison
Clopin - Frollo felt a twingle 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 misshapen...
Oh well, let him live with you in your
church
Live here? Where?
Anywhere.
Frollo - Just so he's kept locked away
where no one else can see
The bell tower
Who knows? Our lord works in
mysterious ways
Even this foul creature may yet prove
one day to be
Of use to me
Clopin - 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?
Chorus - Sing the bells, bells, bells,
bells, bells, bells, bells, bells
Bells of Notre
Dame
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