The Sad Tale Of The Beauxhommes

[STORYTELLER (MAN 1), spoken]
The Sad Tale of the Beauxhommes

[STORYTELLER (WOMAN 2), spoken]
A history lesson!

[STORYTELLERS (MEN, EXCEPT DANIEL)]
Some... say... some... say...

[MEN]
Some...
Say...
Some...
Say...

[STORYTELLER (MAN 1), spoken]
Four generations past
In the time of Napoleon
There came to this island
A Frenchman, Armand

[ALL (EXCEPT ARMAND, DANIEL, TI MOUNE)]
Armand!
Armand!

[STORYTELLER (MAN 1), spoken]
And he built a great fortune
And he built a grand mansion
And he wed a fine lady
So pale and so blonde

[MADAME ARMAND (WOMAN 1)]
Armand!

[STORYTELLER (WOMAN 2)]
But Armand took his pleasure
With the women who served him:
Black peasant girls from
The village beyond

[PEASANT GIRLS (WOMAN 1, ANDREA)]
Armand!

[STORYTELLER (WOMAN 2)]
And the loveliest one
Bore the Frenchman a son
Such a fine peasant son —

[ARMAND]
For Armand!

[STORYTELLER (WOMAN 2)]
A beautiful child
The pale color
Of coffee mixed with cream

[ALL (EXCEPT DANIEL, TI MOUNE)]
The beautiful one
The beautiful son
Beauxhomme

[STORYTELLER (MAN 1), spoken]
They named him:

[ALL (EXCEPT DANIEL, TI MOUNE)]
Beauxhomme

[STORYTELLER (MAN 1), spoken]
Beauxhomme

[ALL (EXCEPT DANIEL, TI MOUNE)]
The beautiful one
The beautiful son
Beauxhomme

[STORYTELLER (MAN 1), spoken]
And the boy grew to be a man
And the great war began

[ALL (EXCEPT DANIEL, TI MOUNE)]
Blacks fought against French
And the hated Napoleon
They fought for their island
And finally won

[MEN (EXCEPT DANIEL)]
We won!

[BEAUXHOMME (MAN 2), STORYTELLER (MAN 1)]
We won!

[STORYTELLER (MAN 1), spoken]
And Armand sailed for France

[STORYTELLER (WOMAN 2), spoken]
By the seat of his pants...

[ALL (EXCEPT DANIEL, TI MOUNE)]
...driven out
By his beautiful son!

[ALL (EXCEPT DANIEL, TI MOUNE)]
The beautiful one!
The beautiful son!
Beauxhomme, beauxhomme
The beautiful one!

[BEAXHOMME, DANIEL]
What was his is now mine!

[THE BEAUTIFUL ONE!]
The beautiful son! Beauxhomme!

[STORYTELLER (WOMAN 2)]
But Armand left behind a terrible, terrible curse

[ALL (EXCEPT ARMAND, DANIEL, TI MOUNE)]
I curse my son

[ARMAND, spoken]
I curse my only son!

[ALL (EXCEPT ARMAND, DANIEL, TI MOUNE)]
I curse his sons

[ARMAND, spoken]
All of his sons!

[ALL (EXCEPT ARMAND, DANIEL, TI MOUNE)]
Generations—

[ARMAND, spoken]
All Beauxhommes yet unborn!

[ALL (EXCEPT ARMAND, DANIEL, TI MOUNE)]
In advance

[ARMAND, spoken]
Your black blood will keep you
Forever on this island...
While your hearts yearn
Forever for France!

[ALL (EXCEPT DANIEL, TI MOUNE)]
The unlucky one
The unlucky son
Beauxhomme. Beauxhomme
From bad blood to worse
The name of the curse:
Beauxhomme
They despise us for our blackness
It reminds them
Where they're from
The sad, sad tale
Of the Beauxhommes!
Beauxhomme!