[RINGMASTER]
Flushed with wine Marie Antoinette
Casts down her red, white and blue rosette
An impetuous and dangerous vignette
[OFFICER]
And then with her harming little shoe
She grinds the precious symbol underfoot
what a lark, what a hoot
The regiments all follow suit
The regiments
[CHORUS]
The regiments
[OFFICER]
The regiments
[CHORUS]
The regiments
[OFFICER & CHORUS]
The regiments all follow suit
[REVOLUTIONARY PRIEST]
Red, white and blue and they all follow suit
[CHILDREN'S CHORUS]
Red, white and blue and they all follow suit
[REVOLUTIONARY PRIEST]
In Paris there is nothing to eat
[CHORUS]
Not a crust, not a crumb
Not a grain of wheat
[REVOLUTIONARY PRIEST]
They think that starving may weaken the man in the street
[CHORUS]
Not a chance, they're used to the heat
[REVOLUTIONARY PRIEST]
In Versailles they drink wine and dine on freshly baked bread
[CHORUS]
The peacock sprawls upon his bed
[REVOLUTIONARY PRIEST]
We choke on the bones of swallowed pride instead
[CHORUS]
Soon they'll see what a feast they've made
[REVOLUTIONARY PRIEST]
A bitter feast
[REVOLUTIONARY PRIEST & CHORUS]
For the Parisians
[CHORUS]
...for the Parisians
[RINGMASTER]
These hags, these shrews, these courtesans
These animals we call women
Have marched hear through the pouring rain
TO bring the baker home again
[CHORUS]
Louis protests; he cries
[KING]
Veto, veto! I'll give you all bread if you just let me go!
[RINGMASTER]
These fishwives with their babies, these animals called ladies
Will carry back home to Paris
The King, The Queen, and The Dauphin
[REVOLUTIONARY PRIEST]
Versailles has loomed to the regiments' final bow
[CHORUS]
Versailles bloomed
[REVOLUTIONARY PRIEST]
All fawning before
[REVOLUTIONARY PRIEST & CHILDREN'S CHORUS]
The Austrian cow!
[CHORUS]
Fawning on bended knee
[REVOLUTIONARY PRIEST]
The party's over
[REVOLUTIONARY PRIEST & CHILDREN'S CHORUS]
Take down the marquee
[CHORUS]
Hang up your dancing shoes in the hanging tree
[REVOLUTIONARY PRIEST]
We'll take the baker back to Paris
[REVOLUTIONARY PRIEST & CHILDREN'S CHORUS]
Back to Paris
[TROUBLEMAKER & MALE CHORUS]
He'll make bread for the prince we decree
[REVOLUTIONARY PRIEST, CHILDREN'S CHORUS, & FEMALE CHORUS]
The shrews, the hags and the courtesans
[TROUBLEMAKER & MALE CHORUS]
The animals we call women
[REVOLUTIONARY PRIEST, CHILDREN'S CHORUS, & FEMALE CHORUS]
Will take back the King to Paris
[REVOLUTIONARY PRIEST & CHILDREN'S CHORUS]
The crowd now seven thousand strong
[TROUBLEMAKER & MALE CHORUS]
Bore the royal coach along
[REVOLUTIONARY PRIEST & CHILDREN'S CHORUS]
With trophies raised on pikes above
[TROUBLEMAKER & MALE CHORUS]
The guardsman’s heads they had cut off
[TROUBLEMAKER]
Adieu Versailles
[MALE CHORUS]
It rains, it pours, the crowd roars
[REVOLUTIONARY PRIEST]
Bonjour Paris
[CHORUS]
Adieu Versailles
[COMPANY]
Bonjour Paris, adieu Versailles