| Ring out the bells Upon this day of days!
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| May all the angels
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| Of the Lord above
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| In jubilation
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| Sing their songs of praise!
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| And crown this
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| Blessed time with
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| Peace and love.
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| The Baron and Baroness de Thénard wish to pay their respects to the groom!
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| I forget where we met
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| Was it not at the Chateau Lafarge
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| Where the Duke did that puke
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| Down the Duchess’s de-coll-etage?
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| No, 'Baron de Thénard'
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| The circles I move in are humbler by far.
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| Go away, Thénardier!
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| Do you think I don’t know who you are?
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| He’s not fooled. |
| Told you so.
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| Show M’sieur what you’ve come here to show.
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| Tell the boy what you know!
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| Pity to disturb you at a feast like this
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| But five hundred francs surely wouldn’t come amiss.
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| In God’s name say what you have to say.
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| But first you pay! |
| [ What I saw, clear as light,
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| Jean Valjean in the sewers that night.
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| Had this corpse on his back
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| Hanging there like a bloody great sack.
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| I was there, never fear.
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| Even found me this fine souvenir.
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| I know this! |
| This was mine!
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| This is surely some heavenly sign!
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| One thing more, mark this well
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| It was the night the barricades fell.
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| Then it’s true. |
| Then I’m right.
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| Jean Valjean was my savior that night!
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| As for you, take this too!
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| God forgive the things that we do.
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| Come my love, come Cosette,
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| This day’s blessings are not over yet! |