BELLE

Little town, it's a quiet village

Every day like the one before

Little town, full of little people

Waking up to say

ENSEMBLE

Bonjour! Bonjour!

Bonjour! Bonjour! Bonjour!

BELLE

There goes the baker with his tray, like always

The same old bread and rolls to sell

Every morning just the same

Since the morning that we came

To this poor, provincial town

MONSIEUR JEAN

Good Morning, Belle!

BELLE

Good morning, Monsieur Jean

Have you lost something again?

MONSIEUR JEAN

Well, I believe I have

Problem is, I've-I can't remember what

Oh well, I'm sure it'll come to me

Where are you off to?

BELLE

To return this book to Père Robert

It's about two lovers in fair Verona

MONSIEUR JEAN

Sounds boring

ENSEMBLE

Look there she goes, that girl is strange, no question

Dazed and distracted, can't you tell?

Never part of any crowd

'Cause her head's up on some cloud

No denying she's a funny girl that Belle

Bonjour! Good day! How is your family?

Bonjour! Good day! How is your wife?

I need six eggs! That's too expensive!

BELLE

There must be more than this provincial life!

PERE ROBERT

Ahh, if it isn't the only bookworm in town!

So, where did you run off to this week?

BELLE

Two cities in Northern Italy

I didn't want to come back

Have you got any new places to go?

PERE ROBERT

I'm afraid not

But you may re-read any of the old ones that you'd like

BELLE

Your library makes our small corner of the world feel big

PERE ROBERT

Bon voyage!

ENSEMBLE

Look there she goes, the girl is so peculiar

I wonder if she's feeling well

With a dreamy, far-off look

And her nose stuck in a book

What a puzzle to the rest of us is Belle

BELLE

Oh, isn't this amazing?

It's my favourite part because—you'll see

Here's where she meets Prince Charming

But she won't discover that it's him 'til Chapter Three!

ENSEMBLE

Now it's no wonder that her name means "Beauty"

Her looks have got no parallel

But behind that fair facade

I'm afraid she's rather odd

Very diff'rent from the rest of us

She's nothing like the rest of us

Yes, diff'rent from the rest of us is Belle!

GASTON

Look at her, LeFou—my future wife

Belle is the most beautiful girl in the village

That makes her the best

LEFOU

But she's so well-read!

And you're so athletically inclined

GASTON

Yes But ever since the war, I've felt like I've been missing something And she's the only girl that gives me that sense of

LEFOU

Mmm je ne sais quoi?

GASTON

I don't know what that means

Right from the moment when I met her, saw her

I said she's gorgeous and I fell

Here in town, there's only she

Who is beautiful as me

So I'm making plans to woo and marry Belle

ENSEMBLE

Look there he goes

Isn't he dreamy?

Monsieur Gaston

Oh, he's so cute!

Be still, my heart

I'm hardly breathing

He's such a tall, dark, strong and handsome brute!

WOMAN 1

Bonjour!

GASTON

Pardon

BELLE

Good day

WOMAN 2

Mais oui!

WOMAN 3

You call this bacon?

WOMAN 4

What lovely flowers!

Man 1

Some cheese

WOMAN 5

Ten yards!

MAN 1

One pound

GASTON

Excuse me

CHEESE MERCHANT

I'll get the knife

GASTON

Please let me through!

WOMAN 6

This bread

WOMAN 7

Those fish

WOMAN 6

It's stale!

WOMAN 7

They smell!

MEN

Madame's mistaken

WOMEN

Well, maybe so

BELLE

There must be more than this provincial life!

GASTON

Just watch, I'm going to make Belle my wife!

ENSEMBLE

Look there she goes

That girl is strange but special

A most peculiar mademoiselle!

It's a pity and a sin

She doesn't quite fit in

'Cause she really is a funny girl

A beauty but a funny girl

She really is a funny girl

That Belle!