所属专辑:Once on This Island (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
时长: 03:55
The Sad Tale of the Beauxhommes - Once on This Island Ensemble/Gerry McIntyre[00:00:00]
The Sad Tale of the Beauxhommes[00:00:03]
A history lesson[00:00:06]
The boy's name was Daniel Beauxhomme[00:00:10]
A boy from another world[00:00:13]
Another people A people descended for the French[00:00:15]
Some say some say[00:00:20]
Some say some say[00:00:22]
Four generations past[00:00:24]
In the time of Napoleon[00:00:25]
There came to this island[00:00:28]
A Frenchman Armand[00:00:30]
Armand Armand[00:00:32]
And he built a great fortune[00:00:40]
And he built a grand mansion[00:00:42]
And he wed a fine lady[00:00:44]
So pale and so blonde[00:00:46]
Armand[00:00:49]
But Armand took his pleasure[00:00:51]
With the women who served him[00:00:53]
Black peasant girls from[00:00:55]
The village beyond[00:00:57]
Armand[00:01:00]
And the loveliest one[00:01:02]
Bore the Frenchman a son[00:01:04]
Such a fine peasant son[00:01:06]
For Armand[00:01:08]
A beautiful child the pale color[00:01:12]
Of coffee mixed with cream[00:01:16]
The beautiful one the beautiful son[00:01:20]
Beauxhomme[00:01:24]
They named him[00:01:26]
Beauxhomme[00:01:27]
Beauxhomme[00:01:27]
The beautiful one the beautiful son[00:01:28]
Beauxhomme[00:01:32]
And the boy grew to be a man[00:01:36]
And the great war began[00:01:40]
Blacks fought against French[00:01:45]
And the hated Napoleon[00:01:46]
They fought for their island[00:01:48]
And finally won[00:01:50]
We won we won[00:01:52]
And Armand sailed for France[00:01:56]
By the seat of his pants[00:01:58]
Driven out by his beautiful son[00:02:00]
The beautiful one[00:02:06]
The beautiful son[00:02:08]
Beauxhomme Beauxhomme[00:02:10]
What was his is now mine[00:02:13]
The Beautiful one[00:02:14]
The beautiful son[00:02:16]
Beauxhomme Beauxhomme[00:02:18]
But Armand left behind a terrible[00:02:22]
Terrible curse[00:02:26]
I curse my son[00:02:28]
I curse my only son[00:02:30]
I curse his sons[00:02:32]
All of his sons[00:02:35]
Generations[00:02:36]
All Beauxhomme yet unborn[00:02:39]
In advance[00:02:40]
Your black blood will keep you[00:02:44]
Forever on this island[00:02:47]
While your hearts yearn forever for France[00:02:50]
The unlucky one the unlucky son[00:03:05]
Beauxhomme Beauxhomme[00:03:09]
From bad blood to worse[00:03:13]
The name of the curse[00:03:15]
Beauxhomme[00:03:17]
The despise us for our blackness[00:03:21]
It reminds them where they're from[00:03:29]
The sad sad tale[00:03:37]
Of the Beauxhomme[00:03:43]
Beauxhomme[00:03:49]