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Les Miserables
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[1832. The teeming, squalid streets of Paris. Beggars, urchins, prostitutes, students, etc.]
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Beggars:
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Look down, and see the beggars at your feet
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Look down and show some mercy if you can
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Look down and see
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The sweepings of the streets
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Look down, look down,
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Upon your fellow man!
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Gavroche:
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How do you do? My name's Gavroche
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These are my people, here's my patch
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Not much to look at, nothing posh
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Nothing that you'd call up to scratch
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This is my school, my high society
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Here in the slums of Saint Michele
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We live on crumbs of humble piety
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Tough on the teeth, but what the hell!
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If you're poor?
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If you're free?
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Follow me, follow me!
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Beggars:
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Look down, and show some mercy if you can
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Look down, look down, upon your fellow man
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[An old beggar woman finds a young prostitute occupying her patch.]
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Old Beggar Woman:
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What you think yer at?
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Hanging round me pitch?
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If you're new around here, girl
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You've got a lot to learn
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Young Prostitute:
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Listen you old bat
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Crazy bloody witch
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'Least I give my customers
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Some pleasure in return
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Old Beggar Woman:
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I know what you give!
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Give 'em all the pox!
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Spread around your poison
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Till they end up in a box
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Pimp:
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Leave the poor old cow,
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Move it, Madeleine
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She used to be no better
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Till the clap got to her brain
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Beggars:
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When's it gonna end?
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When we gonna live?
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Something's gotta happen now or
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Something's gonna give...
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It'll come, it'll come, it'll come
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It'll come, it'll come
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Enjolras:
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Where the leaders of the land?
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Where are the swells who run this show?
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Marius:
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Only one man - and that's Lamarque
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Speaks for these people here below
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Beggars:
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See our children fed
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Help us in our shame
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Something for a crust of bread
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In Holy Jesus' name
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Urchin:
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In the Lord's Holy name.
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Beggars:
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In his name, in his name, in his name...
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Marius:
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Lamarque is ill and fading fast!
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Won't last the week out so they say
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Enjolras:
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With all the anger in the land
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How long before the judgement day?
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Before we cut the fat ones down to size?
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Before the barricades arise?
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Gavroche:
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Watch out for old Thenardier
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All of his family is on the make
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Once ran a hash-house down the way
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Bit of a swine and no mistake
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He's got a gang
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The bleeding layabout
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Even his daughter does her share
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That's Eponine, she knows her way about
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Only a kid, but hard to scare
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Do we care?
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Not a cuss!
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Long live us, long live us!
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Beggars:
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Look down, and show some mercy if you can
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Look down, look down, upon your fellow man!
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