Composer : Alan Menken/Stephen Schwartz
CLOPIN:
Morning in Paris the city awakes
To the bells of Notre Dame
CONGREGATION:
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
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
FROLLO:
Claude, the older, who cared for his brother
Jehan:
Young Jehan, full of beauty and charm
FROLLO & JEHAN:
And they lived and they grew
And awoke to the music of bells
The bells of Notre Dame
(Kyrie Eleison)
FROLLO:
Oh, dear brother
'Neath these arches and this sacred dome
(Kyrie Eleison)
We are blessed to find our sanctuary
And our home
CONGREGATION:
Righteous Claude Frollo
Was ever more drawn
Like a son to Notre Dame
Jehan:
Not like his profligate brother Jehan
Who'd have none of Notre Dame
CONGREGATION:
Though as brothers they loved one another
Frollo watched in despair and alarm
As Jehan who grew more 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
(Kyrie Eleison)
FROLLO:
Leave? But, Father...
FATHER DUPIN:
Sorry, Claude, but I've no choice
Your brother is expelled
FROLLO:
And Frollo didn't hear from his brother for several years
CONGREGATION:
Meanwhile
Frollo ascended uncommonly fast
Through the ranks of Notre Dame
Till he was named the Archdeacon at last
And gave thanks to Notre Dame
And then one doleful day got a message
FROLLO:
And the name that it bore was "Jehan"
CONGREGATION:
And concealing his face
Frollo stole 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 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:
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? Oh - a monster! It's God's judgment on you! The wicked shall not go unpunished!
JEHAN:
I should have known. I was a fool to think that you would look after him
FROLLO:
Look after him? Me?
JEHAN:
He has nobody else. Take him. If you can find it in your heart
FROLLO:
Jehan...Jehan?!
BABY CRIES
(Dies irae, dies illa)
(Solvet saeclum in favilla)
(Kyrie eleison)
CONGREGATION:
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 to bear. 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..."
FROLLO:
Quasimodo!
CLOPIN:
Now here is a riddle to guess if you can
Sing the bells of Notre Dame
QUASIMODO:
What makes a monster?
And what makes a man?
CONGREGATION:
What makes a monster and what makes a man?
Sing the bells, bells, bells, bells
Bells, bells, bells, bells
Bells of Notre Dame
