Look down and see the beggars at your feet

Look down and show some mercy if you can

Look down and see the sweepings of the street

Look down, look down,

Upon your fellow man!

'Ow do you do? My name's Gavroche.

These are my people. Here's my patch.

Not much to look at, nothing posh

Nothing that you'd call up to scratch.

This is my school, my high society

Here in the slums of Saint Michele

We live on crumbs of humble piety

Tough on the teeth, but what the hell!

Think you're poor?

Think you're free?

Follow me! Follow me!

Look down and show some mercy if you can

Look down, look down, upon your fellow man!

What you think yer at?

Hanging round me pitch?

If you're new around here, girl

You've got a lot to learn!

Listen you old bat...

Crazy bloody witch...

'Least I give me customers

Some pleasure in return!

I know what you give!

Give 'em all the pox!

Spread around your poison

Till they end up in a box.

Leave the poor old cow,

Move it, Madeleine.

She used to be no better

Till the clap got to her brain.

When's it gonna end?

When we gonna live?

Something's gotta happen now or

Something's gonna give

It'll come, it'll come, it'll come

It'll come, it'll come, it'll come

Where are the leaders of the land?

Where are the swells who run this show?

Only one man - and that's Lamarque

Speaks for these people here below.

See our children fed

Help us in our shame

Something for a crust of bread

In Holy Jesus' name

In the Lord's Holy name.

In his name, in his name, in his name...

Lamarque is ill and fading fast!

Won't last the week out, so they say.

With all the anger in the land

How long before the judgement day?

Before we cut the fat ones down to size?

Before the barricades arise?

Watch out for old Thenardier

All of his family's on the make

Look down and show some mercy if you can

Once ran a hash-house down the way

Look down, look down upon your fellow man!