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Lyrics of The Bells of Notre Dame by Patrick Page,Jeremy Stolle,William Michals,The Hunchback of Notre Dame Ensemble (Studio Cast Recording),The Hunchback of Notre Dame Choir (Studio Cast Recording)

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 BIG BELLS AS LOUD AS THE THUNDER
AND 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
LONG YEARS AGO DID THIS STORY BEGIN
IN THIS PLACE OF NOTRE DAME
TWO ORPHAN BROTHERS WERE BOTH TAKEN IN
BY THE GRACE OF NOTRE DAME
CLAUDE, THE OLDER WHO CARED FOR HIS BROTHER
YOUNG JEHAN, FULL OF BEAUTY AND CHARM
AND THEY LIVED AND THEY GREW AND AWOKE TO THE MUSIC OF BELLS
THE BELLS OF NOTRE DAME (KYRIE ELEISON)
OH DEAR BROTHER
MEET THESE ARCHES AND THIS SACRED DOME (KYRIE ELEISON)
WE ARE BLESSED TO FIND OUR SANCTUARY AND OUR HOME
RIGHTEOUS CLAUDE FROLLO WAS EVER MORE DRAWN
LIKE A SON TO NOTRE DAME
NOT LIKE HIS PROFLIGATE BROTHER JEHAN
WHO'D HAVE NONE OF NOTRE DAME
THOUGH AS BROTHERS THEY LOVED ONE ANOTHER
FROLLO WATCHED IN DESPAIR AND ALARM
AS JEHAN WHO GREW WILD AND DEFIED AND DEFILED
ALL THE LAWS
THE LAWS OF NOTRE DAME (KYRIE ELEISON)
FATHER DUPIN: YOU MUST LEAVE, JEHAN
THIS HOLY REFUGE WHERE YOU′VE DWELLED.
JEHAN: Leave? But Father—
FATHER DUPIN: SORRY CLAUDE, BUT I'VE NO CHOICE
YOUR BROTHER IS EXPELLED
CONGREGATION: Frollo didn't hear from his brother
For several years. Meanwhile...
FROLLO WAS SENT IN UNCOMMONLY FAST THROUGH THE RANKS
THE RANKS OF NOTRE DAME
TILL HE WAS NAMED THE ARCHDEACON AT LAST AND GAVE THANKS
TO NOTRE DAME
AND THEN ONE AWFUL DAY GOT A MESSAGE
AND THE NAME THAT IT BORE WAS "JEHAN"
AND CONCEALING HIS FACE FROLLO STROLLED TO A PLACE
FAR AWAY... AWAY FROM NOTRE DAME
FROLLO: Jehan, let me take you back. I′ll bring you home.
BROTHER DEAREST, COME WITH ME
WHERE WE WILL FIND A REMEDY
AND NOTRE DAME ONCE MORE WILL BEYOUR SANCTUARY
HEALING YOU WILL BE MY GOAL
NOT JUST YOUR BODY, BUT YOUR SOUL
WE′LL BE TOGETHER IN OUR HOLY SANCTUARY
JEHAN: Enough, Claude! It's too late for me anyway. But if
You have truly discovered charity at this late date, there is someone you can help.
FROLLO: A baby? Yours? A... a monster! It′s God's punishment on you! The wicked shall not go unpunished!
JEHAN: I should have known! I was a fool to think you′d look after him!
FROLLO: Look after him? Me?
JEHAN: There is no one else!
JEHAN: Take him... if you can find it in your heart.
FROLLO: Jehan? Jehan?!
DIES IRAE (DIES IRAE)
DIES ILLA (DIES ILLA)
SOLVET SAECLUM IN FAVILLA
KYRIE ELEISON
AND THE SAINTS REGARDED FROLLO FROM THEIR STONE FACADE (KYRIE ELEISON)
AND HE FELT THEIR GAZE AS IF IT WERE THE EYES OF GOD
FROLLO: Oh Lord, you've sent me a test. This child is my cross bare.
I may not have saved my brother, but I will save this... thing.
SEE THIS LONESOME CREATURE FROM WHOM LESSER MEN WOULD FLEE
I WILL KEEP AND CARE FOR HIM AND TEACH HIM AT MY KNEE
TO THINK LIKE ME
CONGREGATION: And Frollo gave the child a name. A cruel name that means half-formed... Quasimodo!
NOW HERE IS A RIDDLE TO GUESS IF YOU CAN
SING THE BELLS OF NOTRE DAME
WHAT MAKES A MONSTER AND WHAT MAKES A MAN?
SING THE BELLS, BELLS, BELLS
BELLS, BELLS, BELLS, BELLS, BELLS
THE BELLS OF NOTRE DAME
Writer(s): Stephen Laurence Schwartz, Alan Irwin Menken

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