[RINGMASTER] Flushed with wine Marie Antoinette Casts down her red, white and blue rosette An impetuous and dangerous vignette
[OFFICER] And then with her harming 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 peacock 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 Have marched hear 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 Will carry back home 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