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Belle

Music composed by Alan Menken
Lyrics written by Howard Ashman.
Performed by Paige O'Hara [Belle], Alec Murphy [Baker], Alvin Epstein [Bookseller], Jesse Corti [LeFou], Richard White [Gaston], Kath Souci [Bimbette] and Mary Kay Bergman [Bimbette].

Belle

Little town

It's a quiet village

Ev'ry day

Like the one before

Little town

Full of little people

Waking up to say:

Townsfolk

Bonjour!

Bonjour! Bonjour! Bonjour!

Belle

There goes the baker with his tray, like always

The same old bread and rolls to sell

Ev'ry morning just the same

Since the morning that we came

To this poor provincial town

Baker

Good Morning, Belle!

Belle

'Morning, Monsieur.

Baker

Where are you off to?

Belle

I just finished the most wonderful story about a

beanstalk and an ogre and a -

Baker

That's nice. Marie! The baguettes! Hurry up!

Townsfolk

Look there she goes that girl is strange, no question

Dazed and distracted, can't you tell?

Never part of any crowd

'Cause her head's up on some cloud

No denying she's a funny girl that Belle Man I

Bonjour

Woman I

Good day

Man I

How is your fam'ly?

Woman II

Bonjour

Man II

Good day

Woman II

How is your wife?

Woman III

I need six eggs

Man III

That's too expensive

Belle

There must be more than this provincial life

Bookseller

Ah, Belle.

Belle

Good Morning. I've come to return the book I borrowed. Bookseller

Bookseller

Finished already?

Belle

Oh, I couldn't put it down. Have you got anything new?

Bookseller

Ha Ha! Not since yesterday.

Belle

That's all right. I'll borrow . . . . . this one!

Bookseller

That one? But you've read it twice!

Belle

Well, it's my favorite! Far off places, daring swordfights, magic

spells, a prince in disguise - Bookseller

If you like it all that much, it's yours!

Belle

But sir!

Bookseller

I insist.

Belle

Well, thank you. Thank you very much!

Townsfolk

Look there she goes that girl is so peculiar

I wonder if she's feeling well

With a dreamy far-off look

And her nose stuck in a book

What a puzzle to the rest of us is Belle

Belle

Oh, isn't this amazing?

It's my fav'rite part because you'll see

Here's where she meets Prince Charming

But she won't discover that it's him 'til chapter three

Woman

Now it's no wonder that her name means "beauty"

Her looks have got no parallel

Shopkeeper

But behind that fair facade

I'm afraid she's rather odd

Very diff'rent from the rest of us

Townsfolk

She's nothing like the rest of us

Yes, diff'rent from the rest of us is Belle

LeFou

Wow! You didn't miss a shot, Gaston! You're the greatest hunter

in the whole world!

Gaston

I know.

LeFou

No beast alive stands a chance against you. Ha ha ha! And no girl,

for that matter.

Gaston

It's true, LeFou. And I've got my sights set on that one.

LeFou

Hm! The inventor's daughter?

Gaston

She's the one - the lucky girl I'm going to marry.

LeFou

But she's ...

Gaston

The most beautiful girl in town.

LeFou

I know, but ...

Gaston

That makes her the best. And don't I deserve the best?

LeFou

Well, of course! I mean you do, but -

Gaston

Right from the moment when I met her, saw her

I said she's gorgeous and I fell

Here in town there's only she

Who is beautiful as me

So I'm making plans to woo and marry Belle

Bimbettes

Look there he goes

Isn't he dreamy?

Monsieur Gaston

Oh he's so cute

Be still my heart

I'm hardly breathing

He's such a tall, dark, strong and handsome brute

Man I

Bonjour!

Gaston

Pardon

Man II

Good day

Man III

Mais oui!

Matron

You call this bacon?

Woman I

What lovely grapes!

Man IV

Some cheese

Woman II

Ten yards

Man IV

one pound

Gaston

'scuse me!

Cheese merchant

I'll get the knife

Gaston

Please let me through!

Woman I

This bread - Man V

Those fish -

Woman I

it's stale!

Man V

they smell!

Baker

Madame's mistaken.

Belle

There must be more than this provincial life!

Gaston

Just watch, I'm going to make Belle my wife!

Townsfolk

Look there she goes a girl who's strange but special

A most peculiar mad'moiselle

It's a pity and a sin

She doesn't quite fit in

'Cause she really is a funny girl

A beauty but a funny girl

She really is a funny girl

That Belle

Belle (Reprise)

Music composed by Alan Menken.
Lyrics written by Howard Ashman.
Performed by Paige O'Hara [Belle], Alec Murphy [Baker], Alvin Epstein [Bookseller],Jesse Corti [LeFou], Richard White [Gaston], Kath Souci [Bimbette] and Mary Kay Bergman [Bimbette].

Belle

Is he gone? Can you imagine? He asked me to marry him. Me, the

wife of that boorish, brainless ...

"Madame Gaston!"

Can't you just see it?

"Madame Gaston!"

His "little wife"

No sir! Not me!

I guarantee it

I want much more than this provincial life

I want adventure in the great wide somewhere

I want it more than I can tell

And for once it might be grand

To have someone understand

I want so much more than they've got planned

Gaston

Music composed by Alan Menken.
Lyrics written by Howard Ashman.
Performed by Richard White [Gaston] & Jesse Corti [LeFou].

Gaston Who does she think she is? That girl has tangled with the wrong man! No one says "no" to Gaston!

LeFou

Heh heh. Darn right.

Gaston

Dismissed! Rejected! Publicly Humiliated!

Why, it's more than I can bear.

LeFou

More beer?

Gaston

What for? Nothing helps. I'm disgraced.

LeFou

Who, you? Never! Gaston, you've got to pull yourself together.

Gosh it disturbs me to see you, Gaston

Looking so down in the dumps

Every guy here'd love to be you, Gaston

Even when taking your lumps

There's no man in town as admired as you

You're ev'ryone's favorite guy

Ev'ryone's awed and inspired by you

And it's not very hard to see why

No one's slick as Gaston

No one's quick as Gaston

No one's neck's as incredibly thick as Gaston

For there's no man in town half as manly

Perfect, a pure paragon

You can ask any Tom, Dick or Stanley

And they'll tell you whose team they prefer to be on

Chorus

No one's been like Gaston

A king pin like Gaston

LeFou

No one's got a swell cleft in his chin like Gaston

Gaston

As a specimen, yes, I'm intimidating

Chorus

My what a guy, that Gaston

Give five "hurrahs!"

Give twelve "hip-hips!"

LeFou

Gaston is the best

And the rest is all drips

Chorus

No one fights like Gaston

Douses lights like Gaston

Cronie

In a wrestling match nobody bites like Gaston

Bimbettes

For there's no one as burly and brawny

Gaston

As you see I've got biceps to spare

LeFou

Not a bit of him's scraggly or scrawny

Gaston

That's right!

And ev'ry last inch of me's covered with hair

Cronies

No one hits like Gaston

Townsman

Matches wits like Gaston

LeFou

In a spitting match nobody spits like Gaston

Gaston

I'm espcially good at expectorating

Ptooey!

Chorus

Ten points for Gaston!

Gaston

When I was a lad I ate four dozen eggs

Ev'ry morning to help me get large

And now that I'm grown I eat five dozen eggs

So I'm roughly the size of a barge

Chorus

No one shoots like Gaston

Makes those beauts like Gaston

LeFou

Then goes tromping around wearing boots like Gaston

Gaston

I use antlers in all of my decorating

Chorus

Say it again

Who's a man among men?

And then say it once more

Who's the hero next door?

Who's a super success?

Don't you know? Can't you guess?

Ask his fans and his five hangers-on

There's just one guy in town who's got all of it down

LeFou

And his name's G A S T

G A S T E

G A S T O oh!

Chorus

Gaston

Gaston (Reprise)

Music composed by Alan Menken.
Lyrics written by Howard Ashman.
Performed by Richard White [Gaston] & Jesse Corti [LeFou].

Maurice Help! Someone help me!

Tavern keeper

Maurice?

Maurice

Please! Please, I need your help.

He's got her - he's got her locked in the dungeon!

LeFou

Who?

Maurice

Belle. We must go. N-not a minute to lose!

Gaston

Whoa! Slow down, Maurice. Who's got Belle locked in a dungeon?

Maurice

A beast! A horrible, monstrous beast!

Patron I

Is it a big beast?

Maurice

Huge!

Patron II

With a long, ugly snout?

Maurice

Hideously ugly!

Drinker III

And sharp, cruel fangs?

Maurice

Yes! Yes! Will you help me?

Gaston

All right, old man. We'll help you out.

Maurice

You will? Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you!

Tavern keeper

Crazy old Maurice.

Patron I

He's always good for a laugh.

Gaston

Crazy old Maurice, hmmm?

Crazy old Maurice. Hmmm.

LeFou, I'm afraid I've been thinking

LeFou

A dangerous pastime

Gaston

I know

But that whacky old coot is Belle's father

And his sanity's only "so-so"

Now the wheels in my head have been turning

Since I looked at that loony, old man

See, I've promised myself I'd be married to Belle

And right now I'm evolving a plan

If I ...

LeFou

Yes?

Gaston

Then we ...

LeFou

No! Would she ...

Gaston

Guess!

LeFou

Now I get it!

Both

Let's go!

No one plots like Gaston

Gaston

Takes cheap shots like Gaston

LeFou

Plans to persecute harmless crackpots like Gaston

Chorus

So his marriage we soon'll be celebrating

My what a guy!

Gaston

Be Our Guest

Music composed by Alan Menken.
Lyrics written by Howard Ashman.
Performed by Jerry Orbach [Lumiere] & Angela Lansburry [Mrs Potts].

Lumiere

Ma chère Mademoiselle, it is with deepest pride and

greatest pleasure that we welcome you tonight. And

now we invite you to relax, let us pull up a chair

as the dining room proudly presents - your dinner!

Be our guest

Put our service to the test

Tie your napkin 'round your neck, chérie

And we provide the rest

Soup' du jour

Hot hors d'oeuvres

Why, we only live to serve

Try the grey stuff, it's delicious

Don't believe me? Ask the dishes

They can sing

They can dance

After all, Miss, this is France

And a dinner here is never second best

Go on, unfold your menu

Take a glance and then you'll

Be our guest

Oui, our guest

Be our guest

Beef ragout

Cheese soufflé

Pie and pudding "en flambé"

We'll prepare and serve with flair

A culinary cabaret

You're alone

And you're scared

But the banquet's all prepared

No one's gloomy or complaining

While the flatware's entertaining

We tell jokes

I do tricks

With my fellow candlesticks

Mugs

And it's all in perfect taste

That you can bet

All

Come on and lift your glass

You've won your own free pass

To be out guest

Lumiere

If you're stressed

It's fine dining we suggest

All

Be our guest

Lumiere

Life is so unnerving

For a servat who's not serving

He's not whole without a soul to wait upon

Ah, those good old days when we were useful

Suddenly those good old days are gone

Ten years we've been rusting

Needing so much more than dusting

Needing exercise, a chance to use our skills

Most days we just lay around the castle

Flabby, fat and lazy

You walked in and oops-a-daisy!

Mrs Potts

It's a guest

Sakes alive, well I'll be blessed

Wine's been poured and thank the Lord

I've had the napkins freshly pressed

With dessert

She'll want tea

And my dear that's fine with me

While the cups do their soft shoeing

I'll be bubbling, I'll be brewing

I'll get warm

Piping hot

Heaven's sakes! Is that a spot?

Clean it up! We want the company impressed

We've got a lot to do

Is it one lump or two

For you, our guest?

Chorus

She's our guest

Mrs Potts

She's our guest

Chorus

She's our guest

Be our guest

Our command is your request

It's ten years since we had anybody here

And we're obsessed

With your meal

With your ease

Yes, indeed, we aim to please

While the candlelight's still glowing

Let us help you

We'll keep going

Course by course

One by one

'Til you shout, "Enough! I'm done!"

Then we'll sing you off to sleep as you digest

Tonight you'll prop your feet up

But for now, let's eat up

Be our guest

Please, be our guest

Something There

Music composed by Alan Menken.
Lyrics written by Howard Ashman.
Performed by Paige O'Hara [Belle], Robby Benson [Beast], David Ogden Stiers [Cogsworth], Jerry Orbach [Lumiere] and Angelica Lansburry [Mrs Potts].

Belle

There's something sweet

And almost kind

But he was mean and he was coarse and unrefined

And now he's dear

And so I'm sure

I wonder why I didn't see it there before

Beast

She glanced this way

I thought I saw

And when we touched she didn't shudder at my paw

No it can't be

I'll just ignore

But then she's never looked at me that way before

Belle

New and a bit alarming

Who'd have ever thought that this could be?

True that he's no Prince Charming

But there's something in him that I simply didn't see

Lumiere

Well, who'd have thought?

Mrs Potts

Well, bless my soul

Cogsworth

Well, who'd have known?

Mrs Potts

Well, who indeed?

Lumiere

And who'd have guessed they'd come together on their own?

Mrs Potts

It's so peculiar. Wait and see

Lumiere and Cogsworth

We'll wait and see

All three

A few days more

There may be something there that wasn't there before

Cogsworth

You know, perhaps there's something there that wasn't

there before

Mrs Potts

There may be something there that wasn't there before

The Mob Song

Music composed by Alan Menken.
Lyrics written by Howard Ashman.
Performed by Richard White [Gaston], Paige O'Hara [Belle], David Ogden Stiers [Cogsworth], Jerry Orbach [Lumiere] and Angela Lansburry [Mrs Potts].

Gaston

The Beast will make off with your children.

He'll come after them in the night.

Belle

No!

Gaston

We're not safe till his head is mounted on my wall!

I say we kill the Beast!

Mob

Kill him!

Man I

We're not safe until he's dead

Man II

He'll come stalking us at night

Woman

Set to sacrifice our children to his monstrous appetite

Man III

He'll wreak havoc on our village if we let him wander free

Gaston

So it's time to take some action, boys

It's time to follow me

Through the mist

Through the woods

Through the darkness and the shadows

It's a nightmare but it's one exciting ride

Say a prayer

Then we're there

At the drawbridge of a castle

And there's something truly terrible inside

It's a beast

He's got fangs

Razor sharp ones

Massive paws

Killer claws for the feast

Hear him roar

See him foam

But we're not coming home

'Til he's dead

Good and dead

Kill the Beast!

Belle

No! I won't let you do this!

Gaston

If you're not with us, you're against us!

Bring the old man!

Maurice

Get your hands off me!

Gaston

We can't have them running off to warn the creature.

Belle

Let us out!

Gaston

We'll rid the village of this Beast. Who's with me?

Mob

I am! I am! I am!

Light your torch

Mount your horse

Gaston

Screw your courage to the sticking place

Mob

We're counting on Gaston to lead the way

Through a mist

Through a wood

Where within a haunted castle

Something's lurking that you don't see ev'ry day

It's a beast

One as tall as a mountain

We won't rest

'Til he's good and deceased

Sally forth

Tally ho

Grab your sword

Grab your bow

Praise the Lord and here we go!

Gaston

We'll lay siege to the castle and bring back his head!

Belle

I have to warn the Beast! This is all my fault!

Oh, Papa, what are we going to do?

Maurice

Now, now, we'll think of something.

Mob

We don't like

What we don't understand

In fact it scares us

And this monster is mysterious at least

Bring your guns

Bring your knives

Save your children and your wives

We'll save our village and our lives

We'll kill the Beast!

Cogsworth

I knew it! I knew it was foolish to get our hopes up.

Lumiere

Maybe it would have been better if she had never come at all.

Could it be?

Mrs Potts

Is it she?

Lumiere

Sacre Bleu! Invaders!

Cogsworth

Encroachers!

Mrs Potts

And they have the mirror!

Cogsworth

Warn the Master!

If it's a fight they want, we'll be ready for them!

Who's with me?

Gaston

Take whatever booty you can find. But remember,

the Beast is mine!

Objects

Hearts ablaze

Banners high

We go marching into battle

Unafraid although the danger just increased

Mob

Raise the flag

Sing the song

Here we come, we're fifty strong

And fifty Frenchmen can't be wrong

Let's kill the Beast!

Mrs Potts

Pardon me, Master.

Beast

Leave me in peace.

Mrs Potts

But sir! The castle is under attack!

Mob

Kill the Beast!

Kill the Beast

Lumiere

This isn't working!

Featherduster

Oh Lumiere, we must do something!

Lumiere

Wait, I know!

Mob

Kill the Beast!

Mrs Potts

What shall we do, Master?

Beast

It doesn't matter now. Just let them come.

Mob

Kill the Beast!

Beauty And The Beast

Music composed by Alan Menken.
Lyrics written by Howard Ashman.
Performed by Angela Lansburry [Mrs Potts].

Tale as old as time
True as it can be
Barely even friends
Then somebody bends
Unexpectedly
Just a little change
Small to say the least
Both a little scared
Neither one prepared
Beauty and the Beast

Ever just the same
Ever a surprise
Ever as before
Ever just as sure
As the sun will rise

Tale as old as time
Tune as old as song
Bittersweet and strange
Finding you can change
Learning you were wrong
Certain as the sun
Rising in the east
Tale as old as time
Song as old as rhyme
Beauty and the Beast

Tale as old as time
Song as old as rhyme
Beauty and the Beast

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