The Bells of Notre Dame

Lyrics

[CONGREGATION & CHOIR] Ah-ah-ah Ah-ah-ah Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah Ah-ah-ah Ah-ah-ah Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah [CONGREGANT (CLOPIN)] Morning in Paris The city awakes To the bells of Notre Dame [CONGREGANTS] 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 [CONGREGATION, CHOIR] The bells of Notre Dame [CONGREGATION] Long years ago did this story begin In this place of Notre Dame [TWO CONGREGANTS] Two orphan brothers were both taken in By the grace of Notre Dame [CONGREGANT (FROLLO)] Claude, the older, who cared for his brother [CONGREGANT (JEHAN)] Young Jehan, full of beauty and charm [BOTH] And they lived and they grew And awoke to the music Of bells [CONGREGATION, CHOIR] The bells of Notre Dame [CHOIR] Kyrie Eleison [FROLLO] Oh, dear brother, 'neath these arches and this sacred dome [CHOIR] Kyrie Eleison [FROLLO] We are blessed to find our sanctuary and our home [CONGREGATION] Righteous Claude Frollo was ever more drawn Like a son to Notre Dame [CONGREGANT (JEHAN)] Not like his profligate brother Jehan Who'd have none of Notre Dame [CONGREGANT (CLOPIN)] Though as brothers they loved one another Frollo watched in despair and alarm [CONGREGATION] As Jehan who grew more wild And defied and defiled All the laws [CONGREGATION, CHOIR] The laws of Notre Dame [CHOIR] Kyrie Eleison [FATHER DUPIN] You must leave, Jehan This holy refuge where you've dwelled [CHOIR] Kyrie Eleison [FROLLO, spoken] Leave? But, Father... [FATHER DUPIN] Sorry, Claude, but I've no choice Your brother is expelled [CONGREGANT (FROLLO), spoken] And Frollo didn't hear from his brother for several years.  [CONGREGATION] Meanwhile... [CONGREGANT, with CONGREGATION] Frollo ascended uncommonly fast Through the ranks of Notre Dame Till he was named the Archdeacon at last And gave thanks to Notre Dame [CONGREGANT] And then one doleful day got a message [FROLLO] And the name that it bore was... "Jehan"! [FEMALE CONGREGANT] And concealing his face Frollo stole to a place Far away [CONGREGATION] Away from Notre Dame [FROLLO, spoken] Jehan! Let me take you back. I'll bring you home.  [FROLLO] Brother, dearest, come with me Where we will find a remedy And Notre Dame once more will be Your sanctuary Healing you will be my goal Not just your body but your soul We'll be together in our Holy sanctuary [JEHAN, spoken] 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, spoken] A baby? Yours? Oh - a monster! It's God's judgment on you! The wicked shall not go unpunished! [JEHAN, spoken] I should have known. I was a fool to think that you would look after him.  [FROLLO, spoken] Look after him? Me? [JEHAN, spoken] He has nobody else. Take him... if you can find it in your heart... [FROLLO, spoken] Jehan...Jehan?! (Baby cries) [CHOIR MEN, CONGREGATION MEN] Dies irae [CHOIR WOMEN, CONGREGATION WOMEN] Dies irae [CHOIR MEN, CONGREGATION MEN] Dies illa [CHOIR WOMEN, CONGREGATION WOMEN] Dies illa [CHOIR & CONGREGATION] Solvet saeclum In favilla Ah-ah-ah Ah-ah-ah Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah Kyrie Eleison [CONGREGATION] And the saints regarded Frollo from their stone façade [CHOIR] Kyrie Eleison [CONGREGATION] And he felt their gaze as if it were the eyes of God [FROLLO, spoken] Oh, Lord, you've sent me a test. This child is my cross to bear. I may not have saved my brother, but I will save this...thing [FROLLO] See this loathsome creature from whom lesser men would flee I will keep and care for him and teach him at my knee To think like me [CONGREGANTS, spoken] And Frollo gave the child a name A cruel name that means... [CONGREGATION, spoken] "Half-formed" [FROLLO, spoken] Quasimodo! [CONGREGANT (CLOPIN)] Now here is a riddle to guess if you can Sing the bells of Notre Dame [CONGREGANT (QUASIMODO)] What makes a monster and what makes a man? [CONGREGATION, CHOIR] What makes a monster and what makes a man? (What makes a monster and what makes a man?) Sing the bells, bells, bells, bells Bells, bells, bells, bells Bells of Notre Dame (Ah-ah-ah Ah-ah-ah Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah)