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Musical: Once On This Island
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STORYTELLER The Sad Tale of the Beauxhommes. A history lesson! STORYTELLER The boy's name was Daniel. Daniel Beauxhomme. A boy from another world. Another people. A people descended for the French. MEN & WOMEN Some say... Some say... Some say... Some say... STORYTELLER Four generations past In the time of Napoleon There came to this island A Frenchman, Armand. All Armand! ARMAND Armand! STROYTELLER 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 Armand! MADAME ARMAND But Armand took his pleasure With the women who served him Black peasant girls from The village beyond TWO WOMEN Armand! STORYTELLER And the loveliest one Bore the Frenchman a son Such a fine peasant son ARMAND For Armand! WOMAN A beautiful child. The pale color of coffee mixed with cream. ALL The beautiful one, the beautiful son Beauxhomme STORYTELLER They named him: ALL Beauxhomme The beautiful one, the beautiful son Beauxhomme STORYTELLER And the boy grew to be a man And the great war began. ALL Blacks fought against French And the hated Napoleon They fought for their island And finally won Men (Not Armand) We Won! We Won! BEAUXHOMME We Won! BEAUXHOMME And Armand sailed for France By the seat of his pants Driven out by his beautiful son! ALL The beautiful One The beautiful Son Beauxhomme, Beauxhomme BEAUXHOMME What was his is now mine! The Beautiful One The beautiful Son Beauxhomme! STORYTELLERS But Armand left behind a terrible, terrible curse. I curse my son ARMAND I curse my only son! STORYTELLERS I curse his sons ARMAND All of his sons! STORYTELLERS Generations ARAMAND All Beauxhomme yet unborn! STORYTELLERS In advance ARMAND Your black blood will keep you forever on this island... While your hearts yearn forever for France! STORYTELLERS The unlucky one, the unlucky son Beauxhomme, Beauxhomme. From bad blood to worse The name of the curse: Beauxhomme. The despise us for our blackness, It reminds them where they're from The sad, sad tale Of the Beauxhomme! Beauxhomme! TI MOUNE Tonton, he needs me! Without me, he'll die! MAMA He will not want you, Ti Moune! TI MOUNE Please, Mama. Please Tonton. Give me your blessing and let me go. I will go to him! [Thanks to arch_crisen@yahoo.com for lyrics] Back to main page: Once On This Island Lyrics
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