Fantines Arrest

Intro                          N.C.                     Verse Tell me quickly what’s the story Who saw what and why and where? Let him give a full description Let him answer to Javert! Bridge Javert would you believe it? I was lost here in the dark When this prostitute attacked me You can see she left her mark Verse She will answer for her actions If you make a full report You may rest assured M’sieur That she will answer to the court. Bridge There’s a child who sorely needs me Please M’sieur she’s but that high Holy God is there no mercy? If I go to jail she’ll die! Verse I have heard such protestations Every day for twenty years Let’s have no more explainations Save your breath save your tears Honest work just reward That’s the way to please the Lord. Interlude      A moment of your time Javert      I do believe this woman’s tale But M’sieur Mayor!    You’ve done your duty Let her be    She needs a doctor not a jail. But M’sieur Mayor! Can this be? Where will she end - This child without a friend? C-Part I’ve seen your face before    Show me some way to help you   How have you come to grief In such a place as this?    M’sieur don’t mock me now I pray    It’s hard enough I’ve lost my pride    You let your foreman send me away Yes you were there and turned aside C-Part    I never did no wrong Is it true what I have done?    My daughter’s close to dying To an innocent soul?   If there’s a God above Had I only known then... He’d let me die instead Outro In His name my task has just begun I will take her to the hospital But M’sieur Mayor!         I will see it done!