Stephen Flaherty - When We are Wed lyrics

ANDREA My dear Mademoiselle I have something to say Something I fear was left unsaid Many thanks for All you've given Daniel But do not be misled My dear Mademoiselle You dance so very well I pray you'll dance for Daniel And for me When we are wed DANIEL Ti Moune, Andrea and I have been promised To each other since we were children Our parents are old friends TI MOUNE But Daniel... DANIEL This is how things are done, Ti Moune It's expected TI MOUNE Daniel, please... DANIEL We can still be together TI MOUNE(Sings) We'll race away in a car DANIEL I can't change who I am, or where I'm from TI MOUNE AS silver as the moon DANIEL There will always be a place for you here TI MOUNE We will live beside the sea We'll have children A garden And a tree... DANIEL Ti Moune, I thought you understood. We Can never marry TI MOUNE Oh gods... Oh gods... are you there? Are you there...? VOICES(overlapping) There can never be anythign between a Peasant and a grand homme They despise us for our blackness Marry you! You are mad! You're not supposed to be in here Now what can he want with a woman like that? If he lives, how angry the gods will be! The boy has the will of the devil himself He'll soon throw her out! What can a peasant do for a grand homme But shine his shoes? He will not want you Ti Moune! Blacker than coal and low as dirt I can tell you this: they'll never stand before a priest! Some girls you marry, some you love Oh, Ti Moune, what has this boy done to you? The girl will have the gods to repay! The gods to repay... The gods to repay...