The Wedding Chorale

Ring out the bells
Upon this day of days!

May all the angels
Of the lord above.

In jubilation
Sing their songs of praise!

And crown this
Blessed time with
Peace and love.

(the procession becomes a dancing celebration. A waltz is played)

The baron and baroness de thénard wish to pay their respects to the groom!

I forget where we met
Was it not at the Chateau Lafarge
Where the duke did that puke
Down the duchess's de-coll-etage?

No, `baron de Thénard'
The circles I move in are humbler by far
Go away, Thénardier
Do you think I don't know who you are?

He's not fooled. Told you so
Show m'sieur what you've come here to show
Tell the boy what you know!

Pity to disturb you at a feast like this
But five hundred francs surely wouldn't come amiss
In god's name say what you have to say
But first you pay.

What I saw, clear as light
Jean valjean in the sewers that night
Had this corpse on his back
Hanging there like a bloody great sack
I was there, never fear
Even found me this fine souvenir.

(thénardier shows marius a ring)

I know this! This was mine
This is surely some heavenly sign!
One thing more, mark this well
It was the night the barricades fell.

Then it's true. Then I'm right
Jean Valjean was my savior that night!

(marius punches thénardier and then throws money at him)

As for you, take this too
God forgive the things that we do
Come my love, come Cosette
This day's blessings are not over yet!