RINGMASTER
Flushed with wine Marie Antoinette
Casts down her red, white and blue rosette
An impetuous and dangerous vignette
OFFICER
And then with her charming 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 peaco*k 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
Are marching 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
Have carried back here 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