COSETTE

There is a castle on a cloud,

I like to go there in my sleep,

Aren't any floors for me to sweep,

Not in my castle on a cloud.



There is a room that's full of toys,

There are a hundred boys and girls,

Nobody shouts or talks too loud,

Not in my castle on a cloud.



There is a lady all in white,

Holds me and sings a lullaby,

She's nice to see and she's soft to touch,

She says, "Cosette, I love you very much."



I know a place where no one's lost,

I know a place where no one cries,

Crying, at all, is not allowed,

Not in my castle on a cloud.

Oh help! I think I hear them now!

And I'm nowhere finished sweeping and scrubbing

and polishing the floor!

Oh, it's her! It's Madame!



M. THENARDIER

Now, look who's here.

The little Madame herself!

Pretending once again she's been so

awfully good!

Better not let me catch you slacking,

better not catch my eye!

Ten rotten francs your mother sends me,

what is that going to buy?

Now take that pail, 

my little "Mademoiselle"

And go and fetch the water from the well

We shouldn't have taken you in, in the first place!

How stupid the things that we do!

Like mother like daughter the scum off the street!!

(Eponine walks in)

Eponine, come on dear, Eponine!

Let me see you, 

you look very nice in that little blue hat!

There's some little girls who don't know how to behave

And they don't know what to wear 

and I'm saying thank heavens for that!

Still hear Cosette??

Your tears will do you no good!

I told you to fetch some water from the well in the wood.



COSETTE

Please do not send me out alone!

Not in the darkness on my own!



M. THENARDIER

Enough of that, or I'll forget to be nice.

You heard me ask for something 

and I never ask twice!....