The Bells of Notre Dame
Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
Music by Alan Menken
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 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 are beautiful, aren’t they? The bells. So many colors of
sound, so many changing moods. But, they do not ring all by themselves.
No, there is a bellringer.
Now, you think this is just an ordinary scarf, don’t you? No, this scarf
belonged to a magical woman who - along with the famous bellringer - once
brought Paris to its knees. You see, this is not only the tale of a beautiful
woman - it is also the tale of a man and a monster.
Dark was the night when our tale was begun
On the docks near Notre Dame
GYPSY MOTHER
Hush, little one.
CLOPIN
Four frightened Gypsies slid silently under
The docks near Notre Dame
GYPSY MOTHER
Please, please be quiet.
CLOPIN
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
The bells of Notre Dame
One of the most powerful officials in Paris was the Minister of Justice.
Justice Frollo was a man
With morals so pristine
That he swore he would make
All of Paris just as clean
FROLLO
You there! What is she hiding?
GYPSY MOTHER
Please Sir, I only come into the city seeking help for my baby.
FROLLO
Baby? A likely story. What have you stolen? See what that gypsy has in her
hands.
CLOPIN
And the poor woman ran for her life!
GYPSY MOTHER
Sanctuary! Please give us sanctuary!
FROLLO
This is a child of Satan! I shall send it back where it belongs.
CLOPIN
Stop! Cried the Archdeacon.
ARCHDEACON
What have you done? What have you in your hands?
FROLLO
An unholy demon that this woman has borne.
ARCHDEACON
Lord help us! She’s dead!
FROLLO
Dead?
ARCHDEACON
See here the innocent blood you have spilt
On the steps of Notre Dame
FROLLO
I was merely enforcing the law. I never meant to hurt her.
ARCHDEACON
Now you would add this child’s blood to your guilt
On the steps of Notre Dame?
FROLLO
This misshapen monster can have no life here!
ARCHDEACON
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!
CLOPIN
And the saints looked down on Frollo
From their stone facade
And he knew he must do penance
In the eyes of God
FROLLO
You’re right, father. God has sent me this challenge. I will take this...
thing and look after it. But I ask a favor of you in return.
ARCHDEACON
What is it?
FROLLO
I have no home to speak of. Let him live here, in the church.
ARCHDEACON
Live here? Where?
FROLLO
Anywhere. The bell tower, perhaps. And let us agree never to speak of what
has happened here today. In return, I will raise the child as my own.
ARCHDEACON
Very well.
FROLLO
See this loathsome creature
From whom lesser men would flee
I will ennoble him.
I will keep and care for him
And teach him at my knee
To think like me
CLOPIN
And he gave the child a thoughtless 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?
CHORUS
Sing the bells, bells, bells, bells
Bells, bells, bells, bells
Bells of Notre Dame!
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