Show Les Miserables Cast Lyrics"Do You Hear The People Sing?" [Enjolras:] [Combeferre:] [Courfeyrac:] [All:] [Feuilly:] [All:] Thanks to xTashleyx for adding these lyrics. In the French version of the musical, this song was being performed once in the first act. After the musical was adopted in English, it was sung twice: the second time as the final song. During the years, "Do You Hear The People Sing?" has become a protest anthem, e.g. at the 2011 Wisconsin protests and the 2013 protests in Turkey.
soundtrack: "Les Misérables: The Complete Symphonic Recording" (1989) Do You Hear the People Sing? Song LyricsENJOLRAS Do you hear the people sing? Singing a song of angry men? It is the music of a people Who will not be slaves again! When the beating of your heart Echoes the beating of the drums There is a life about to start When tomorrow comes! COMBEFERRE Will you join in our crusade? Who will be strong and stand with me? Beyond the barricade Is there a world you long to see? Courfeyrac: Then join in the fight That will give you the right to be free! ALL Do you hear the people sing? Singing a song of angry men? It is the music of a people Who will not be slaves again! When the beating of your heart Echoes the beating of the drums There is a life about to start When tomorrow comes! FEUILLY Will you give all you can give So that our banner may advance Some will fall and some will live Will you stand up and take your chance? The blood of the martyrs Will water the meadows of France! ALL Do you hear the people sing? Singing a song of angry men? It is the music of a people Who will not be slaves again! When the beating of your heart Echoes the beating of the drums There is a life about to start When tomorrow comes! Genius Annotation This story is not from the “French Revolution,” but from one of the subsequent attempted revolutions, post-Napoleon. However, this is not just the song of one obscure uprising in early 19th century France. This is the song of all oppressed people, anytime, anywhere, anyhow, longing to live for their own sake and not for another’s. ENJOLRAS COMBEFERRE ALL FEUILLY ALL What is the main song in Les Miserables?A Heart Full of Love.
Do you hear the people sing meaning?The song “Do You Hear the People Sing?” from the celebrated musical and movie “Les Miserables” lyrically symbolizes the heart of all protests and popular movements — people who believe that their voices are being silenced. Music is one of society's best teachers.
Is Les Miserables an opera?Even Broadway musicals in which the music never stops , such as Les Miserables, Evita and Tommy, are actually operas.
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