(Clopin )
Morning in Paris, the city awakes 
To the bells of Notre Dame 
The fisherman fishes, the bakerman 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 

Listen, they're beautiful, no? 
So many colors of sound, so many changing moods 
Because you know, they don't ring all by themselves 
- They don't? - 
No, silly boy. 
Up there, high, high in the dark bell tower 
lives the mysterious bell ringer. 
Who is this creature - Who? - 
What is he? - What? - 
How did [bad word] to be there - How? - 
Hush, and Clopin will tell you 
It is a tale, a tale of a man and a monster. 

Dark was the night when our tale was begun 
On the docks near Notre Dame 
(Man #1) 
Shup it up, will you! 
(Man #2) 
We'll be spotted! 
(Gypsy) 
Hush, little one. 
(Clopin) 
Four frihtened gypsies slid silently under 
The docks near Notre Dame 
(Man #3) 
Four guilders for safe passage into Paris 
(Clopin) 
But a trap had been laid for the gypsies 
And they gazed up in fear and alarm 
At a figure whose clutches 
Were iron as much as the bells 
(Man #4) 
Judge Claude Frollo 
(Clopin) 
The bells of Notre Dame 
 [bad word] 
Kyrie Eleison (Lord have mercy) 
(Clopin) 
Judge Claude Frollo longed 
To purge the world 
Of vice and sin  [bad word]  
Kyrie Eleison (Lord have mercy) 
(Clopin) 
And he saw [bad word] 
Ev'rywhere 
Except within 
(Frollo) 
Bring these gypsy vermin to the palace of justice 
(Guard) 
You there, what are you hiding? 
(Frollo) 
Stolen goods, no doubt. Take them from her 
(Clopin) 
She ran  [bad word]  
Dies irae, dies illa (Day of wrath, that day) 
Solvet saeclum in favilla (Shall consume the world in ashes) 
Teste David [bad word] sibylla (As prophesied by David and the sibyl) 
Quantus tremor est [bad word] (What trembling is to be) 
Quando Judex est [bad word] (When the Judge [bad word]  
(Gypsy) 
Sanctuary, please give us sanctuary 
(Frollo) 
baby? monster! 
(Archdeacon) 
Stop! 
(Clopin) 
Cried the Archdeacon 
(Frollo) 
This is an unholy deamon. 
I'm sending it back to [bad word]  where it belongs. 
(Archdeacon) 
See there the innocent blood you have spilt 
On the steps of Notre Dame 
(Frollo) 
I am guiltless. She ran, I pursued. 
(Archdeacon) 
Now you would add this child's blood to your guilt 
On the steps of Notre Dame 
(Frollo) 
My conscience is clear 
(Archdeacon) 
You can lie to yourself and your minions 
You can claim that you haven't a qualm 
But you never [bad word] from 
Nor hide what you've done from the eyes 
The very eyes of Notre Dame  [bad word]  
Kyrie Eleison (Lord have mercy) 
(Clopin) 
And for one time in his life 
Of power and control  [bad word]  
Kyrie Eleison (Lord have mercy) 
(Clopin) 
Frollo felt a twinge of fear 
For his immortal soul 
(Frollo) 
What must I do? 
(Archdeacon) 
Care for the child, and raise it as your own 
(Frollo) 
What? I'd be settled with this misshapen ...? 
Very well. Let him live with you, in your church. 
(Archdeacon) 
Live here? Where? 
(Frollo) 
Anywhere 
Just so he's kept locked away 
Where no one else can see 
The bell tower, perhaps 
And who knows, our Lord works in mysterious ways 
Even this foul creature may 
Yet prove one day to be 
Of use to me 
(Clopin) 
And Frollo gave the child a [bad word] name 
name that means half-formed--Quasimodo 
Now here is a riddle to guess if you can 
Sing the bells of Notre Dame 
Who is the monster and who is the man? 
(Clopin and [bad word]  
Sing the bells, bells, bells, bells 
Bells, bells, bells, bells 
Bells of Notre Dame