REVOLUTIONARY SLAVE In Santo Domingo and elsewhere To slaves of sugar and despair
REVOLUTIONARY SLAVE & CHORUS Silver, sugar, indigo Silver, sugar, indigo Silver, sugar, indigo Silver, sugar, indigo Silver, sugar, indigo Silver, sugar, indigo Silver, sugar, indigo Silver, sugar, indigo Make even the wisest man "idiot!" Make even the wisest man "idiot!"
REVOLUTIONARY SLAVE Bring freedom to the
REVOLUTIONARY SLAVE & CHORUS
Colonies
REVOLUTIONARY SLAVE & CHORUS Act on principal
REVOLUTIONARY SLAVE Equality, fraternity and
REVOLUTIONARY SLAVE & CHORUS Liberty
REVOLUTIONARY SLAVE Are
REVOLUTIONARY SLAVE & CHORUS Not just word after all
REVOLUTIONARY SLAVE But
REVOLUTIONARY SLAVE & CHORUS Sugar is sweet
REVOLUTIONARY SLAVE And
REVOLUTIONARY SLAVE & CHORUS Coffee is strong
REVOLUTIONARY SLAVE And
REVOLUTIONARY SLAVE & CHORUS Hope goes down with the sun
REVOLUTIONARY SLAVE & CHORUS And the sun goes down behind
CONDORCET & MARIE MARIANNE Mountains of silver Valleys of sugar And shiploads of indigo Make even the wisest man "idiot!"
REVOLUTIONARY SLAVE & CHORUS Make even the wisest man "idiot!"
MARIE MARIANNE So come ye ships Across the sea Let’s cast into the deep This shame and misery In Paris they condemn our rage Condorcet stands his ground and says:
CONDORCET My friends if we believe in freedom
Then we must unlock this cage
COMPANY Vive Condorcet, hear him scold them The frigid reactionary old men Good God above it’s over Enough is enough! Enough, enough, enough To the Windward Isles Revolution has arrived They will only free us when They need us to fight for them
CONDORCET & MARIE MARIANNE Cast into the deep sea This shame and this misery Silver, Sugar and Indigo Makes even the wisest man "idiot!"