OFFICIAL:
By royal edict, warrant of arrest
The gypsy known as Esmeralda
Being under suspicion of sorcery, witchcraft
And the arts of Hell
Anyone found harboring or helping her
Will be charged as well
FROLLO:
Hunt down the gypsy Esmeralda
Don't let her flee
And vanish in the night
These are the flames of Esmeralda
While she is free
Your torches must burn bright
PHOEBUS & SOLDIERS:
Hunt down the gypsy Esmeralda
Don't let her flee
And vanish in the night
These are the flames of Esmeralda
While she is free
Our torches will burn bright
FROLLO:
Have no fear, my boy. We will find her and capture her!
The wicked shall not go unpunished
The heart of the wicked is of little worth
The wicked shall not go unpunished
CONGREGANT:
All through the city, at more fevered pitch
Than the bells of Notre Dame
PHOEBUS:
Two gold pieces for the one who leads us to Esmeralda
CONGREGANT:
Frollo's men sought Esmeralda, the witch
With the might of Notre Dame
PHOEBUS:
Four gold pieces for the one who leads us to Esmeralda
CONGREGATION:
Till at last, they were told of a brothel
Where they sometimes hid gypsies from harm
But the madam, that whore
Denied it and swore by the Saints
The Saints of Notre Dame
SOLDIER:
We're looking for La Esmeralda
MADAM:
Never heard of her
FROLLO:
If you want your house to remain standing, give us the gypsy girl
MADAM:
I know nothing of gypsy girls
FROLLO:
Very well. We'll set fire to it. Burn it. Did you hear me, Captain?
PHOEBUS:
And he held the torch
That crackled like the gypsy's voice
FROLLO:
Are you disobeying a direct order?
PHOEBUS:
And he knew this was the moment
He must make a choice
FROLLO:
I knew it. She's bewitched you, too.
You would throw away a promising career? Captain?
Carry out the order!
PHOEBUS:
God help the outcasts
Or nobody will!
FROLLO:
Coward! Traitor! Gypsy's pawn
You're relieved of your patrol
PHOEBUS:
Consider it my highest honor
FROLLO:
Kyrie Eleison
God have mercy on your soul
Arrest Captain Phoebus
ESMERALDA:
No!
FROLLO:
You see?! There she is!
Good people of Paris
I've heard the calling of the Lord
The time has come to take our city back
We'll save our Paris
Expunge this heathen Gypsy Horde
Before we're overrun, we must attack!
FROLLO & SOLDIERS & CITIZENS:
Hunt down the gypsy and the soldier
Don't let them flee
And vanish in the night
We'll find the gypsy and the soldier
While they are free
Our torches will burn bright
QUASIMODO:
Fire! Fire! Smoke and flame!
Esmeralda, where are you?
In this dark, I call your name
Is that all that I can do?
PHOEBUS:
What have I done for Esmeralda?
Why did I hear her words inside my head?
And still I think of Esmeralda
With my career and body left for dead
QUASIMODO:
Out there somewhere she is lost
PHOEBUS & FROLLO:
Somwhere she is lost
QUASIMODO:
Esmeralda!
ALL:
Where is the girl called Esmeralda
The flames grow tall
And sharp as fleurs-de-lis
(Misericordia)
All Paris burns for Esmeralda
QUASIMODO & FROLLO & PHOEBUS:
And still it all
Comes down to her and me
(Et dona nobis pacem)
FROLLO:
The devil dwells in Esmeralda
QUASIMODO & PHOEBUS:
Oh Esmeralda, oh Esmeralda
FROLLO:
Resist his charm
QUASIMODO & CITIZENS:
Wake up the city and sound the alarm!
FROLLO & SOLDIERS:
Wake up the city and sound the alarm!
ALL:
These are the flames of Esmeralda
The night is singing of Esmeralda
Even the bells
Sing the bells
Notre Dame! Of Notre Dame!