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Belle


Music: Alan Menken
Lyrics: Howard Ashman
Performed by: Paige O'Hara (Belle), Alec Murphy (Baker), Alvin Epstein (Bookseller), Jesse Corti (LeFou), Richard White (Gaston), Kath Souci (Bimbette), Mary Kay Bergman (Bimbette)

MIDI:   Belle


            [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! 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:] The bookshop. 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:] 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!
            Your 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



Reprise


Music: Alan Menken
Lyrics: Howard Ashman
Performed by: Paige O'Hara

            [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

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Be Our Guest


Music: Alan Menken
Lyrics: Howard Ashman
Performed by: Jerry Orbach (Lumiere), Angela Lansbury (Mrs Potts)
MIDI:   Be Our Guest


            ([Lumiere:] Ma chere 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
            Be our guest
            Put our service to the test
            Tie your napkin 'round your neck, cherie
            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 souffle
            Pie and pudding "en flambe"
            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
            Be our guest
            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
            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
            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
            Be our guest
            Be our guest
            Please, be our guest

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Gaston


Music: Alan Menken
Lyrics: Howard Ashman
Performed by: Richard White, Jesse Corti
MIDI: Gaston

            ([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



Reprise


Music: Alan Menken
Lyrics: Howard Ashman
Performed by: Richard White, Jesse Corti

MIDI: Gaston Reprise


            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 . . . {whisper}
            [LeFou:] Yes?
            [Gaston:] Then we . . . {whisper}
            [LeFou:] No! Would she . . .
            [Gaston:] {whisper} 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

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The Mob Song


Music: Alan Menken
Lyrics: Howard Ashman
Performed by: Richard White

MIDI:   Mob Song


            ( [Gaston:] The Beast will make off with your children.
            [Mob:] {gasp}
            [Gaston:] 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!
            Kill the Beast!

            ( [Mrs Potts:] What shall we do, Master?
            [Beast:] It doesn't matter now. Just let them come. )

            [Mob:] Kill the Beast!
            Kill the Beast!
            Kill the Beast!


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Something There


Music: Alan Menken
Lyrics: Tim Rice
Performed by: Paige O'Hara & Robby Benson
MIDI: Something There


           [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 somthing there that wasn't there before
           [Mrs Potts:] There may be something there that wasn't there before

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Beauty and the Beast


Music: Alan Menken
Lyrics: Howard Ashman
Performed by: Angela Lansbury
MIDI: Beauty and the Beast


            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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