Here's something new
I think I'll give it a try
Come closer you
I like to see what I buy
The usual price
for just one slice of your pie
I don't want you
No no M'sieur Let me go
Is this a trick
I won't pay more
No not at all
You've got some nerve
You little slut
You've got some gall
It's the same with a tart
as it is with a grocer
The customer sees
what he gets in advance
It's not for the whore to say
Yes Sir or No Sir
Not for the harlot to pick
and to choose
Or to lead me to a dance
I'll kill you you bastard
Try any of that
Even a whore
who has gone to the bad
Won't be had by a rat
By Christ you'll pay for
what you have done
This rat will make you bleed
You'll see I guarantee
I'll make you suffer
For this disturbance of the peace
For this insult to life and property
I beg you don't report me Sir
I'll do whatever you may want
Make your excuse to the police
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
In this nest of whores and vipers
Let one speak who saw it all
Who laid hands on
This good man here
What's the substance of this brawl
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
I have heard such protestations
Every day for twenty years
Let's have no more explanations
Save your breath
and save your tears
Honest work just reward
That's the way to please the Lord
A moment of your time Javert
I do believe this woman's tale
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
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
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
In His name
My task has just begun
I will see it done
M'sieur Mayor
Take her to the hospital
But M'sieur Mayor
I will see it done