The Wedding Chorale

CHORUS 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 crowd this blessed time with peace and love! MAJOR DOMO The Baron and Baroness de Thenard wish to pay their respects to the groom! THENARDIER I forget where we met was it not at tthe chateau Lafarge where the Duke did that puke down the Duchesses decolletage? MARIUS No 'Baron De Thenard' the circles I move in are humbler by far! Go away, Thenardier! Do you think I don't know who you are? MADAME THENARDIER He's not fooled told you so! Show M'sieur what you've come here to show tell the boy what you know! MARIUS When I look at you I remeber Eponine, who gave her birth, she was more than you deserved and happier I hope than here on Earth! THENARDIER So it goes! Heaven knows life has dealt me some terrible blows! MADAME THENARDIER You got cash and a heart you could give us a bit of a start! We can prove plain as ink your bride's father is not what you think! THENARDIER There's a tale I could tell MADAME THENARDIER Information we're willing to sell... THENARDIER There's a man that he slew I saw the corpse clear as I'm seeing you what I tell you is true! MADAME THENARDIER Pity to disturb you at a feast like this but surely 500 franc wouldn't come amiss MARIUS In god's name say what you have tosay! THENARDIER 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 some bloody great sack I was there never fear even found me this fine souviner! MARIUS I kno this this is mine! Surely this is some heavenly sign! THENARDIER One thing more mark this well it was the night that the barricade fell MARIUS Then it's true then I'm right Jean Valjean was my saviour that night! As for you take this too! God forgive us the things that we do! Come, my love, come Cosette this days blessings are not over yet!