The Bells of Notre Dame

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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

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, 'neath 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 more wild

And defied and defiled

All the laws

The laws of Notre Dame

Kyrie Eleison

You must leave, Jehan

This holy refuge where you've dwelled

Kyrie Eleison

Leave? But, Father...

Sorry, Claude, but I've no choice

Your brother is expelled

And Frollo didn't hear from his brother for several years. 

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

And the name that it bore was... "Jehan"!

And concealing his face

Frollo stole to a place

Far away

Away from Notre Dame

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

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. 

A baby? Yours? Oh - a monster! It's God's judgment on you! The wicked shall not go unpunished!

I should have known. I was a fool to think that you would look after him. 

Look after him? Me?

He has nobody else. Take him... if you can find it in your heart...

Jehan...Jehan?!

(Baby cries)

Dies irae

Dies irae

Dies illa

Dies illa

Solvet saeclum

In favilla

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Kyrie Eleison

And the saints regarded Frollo from their stone façade

Kyrie Eleison

And he felt their gaze as if it were the eyes of God

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 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

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?

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

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