The Bells Of Notre Dame

作曲 : 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