The Second Attack (Death of Gavroche) Lyrics – Les Miserables

[ENJOLRAS, spoken]
Fire!

[ENJOLRAS]
How do we stand, Feuilly?
Make your report

[FEUILLY]
We've guns enough
But ammunition's short

[MARIUS]
I will go into the streets
There are bodies all around
Ammunition to be had
Lots of bullets to be found

[ENJOLRAS]
I can't let you go
It's too much of a chance!

[MARIUS]
And the same thing is true
For any man here!

[VALJEAN]
Let me go
He's no more than a boy
I am old
I have nothing to fear
[GAVROCHE]

You need somebody quicker
And I volunteer!

[GAVROCHE is already climbing the barricade.]

[LESGLES]
Come back, Gavroche, don't you dare!

[JOLY]
Someone pull him down at once!

[GAVROCHE]
Look at me, I'm almost there!

[A gunshot. It misses.]

[GAVROCHE]
Little people know
When little people fight
We may look easy pickings
But we've got some bite

[Another gunshot. GAVROCHE is wounded.]

[GAVROCHE]
So never kick a dog
Because he's just a pup
[GAVROCHE is shot again.]

[GAVROCHE]
We'll fight like twenty armies
And we won't give up

[GAVROCHE throws the ammunition to the students.]

[GAVROCHE]
So you'd better run for cover
When the pup grows—

[A final gunshot. GAVROCHE dies.]
Last Update: July, 11th 2025