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Drinker three
come on you old pest
Drinker two
fetch a bottle of your best
Drinker one
what's the nectar of the day?
(thenardier enters with a flask of wine)
Thenardier
here, try this lot
guaranteed to hit the spot
or i'm not thenardier
Drinkers
gissa glass a rum
landlord, over here!
Thenardier
right away, you scum (to himself)
right away, m'sieur (to customer)
Diner one
god this place has gone to hell
Diner two
so you tell me every year
Drinker six
mine host thenardier
he was there so they say,
at the field of waterloo
Drinker seven
got there, it's true
when the fight was all through
Drinker one
but he knew just what to do
crawling through the mud
so i've heard it said
picking through the pockets
of the english dead
Drinker eight
he made a tidy score
from the spoils of war
Thenardier
my band of soaks
my den of dissolutes
my dirty jokes, my always pissed as newts.
my sons of whores
spent their lives in my inn
homing pigeons homing in
they fly through my doors
and their money's as good as yours
Diner one
ain't got a clue
what he put in this stew
must have scraped it off the street
Diner two
god what a wine!
chateau neuf de turpentine
must have pressed it with his feet
Drinkers
landlord over here!
where's the bloody man?
one more for the road!
thenardier, one more slug o' gin.
Girl
just one more, or my old man is gonna do me in.
(thenardier greets a new customer)
Thenardier
welcome, m'sieur
sit yourself down
and meet the best
innkeeper in town
as for the rest,
all of 'em crooks
rooking their guests
and cooking the books.
seldom do you see
honest men like me
a gent of good intent
who's content to be
Master of the house
doling out the charm
ready with a handshake
and an open palm
tells a saucy tale
makes a little stir
customers appreciate a bon-viveur
glad to do a friend a favor
doesn't cost me to be nice
but nothing gets you nothing
everything has got a little price!
Master of the house
keeper of the zoo
ready to relieve 'em
of a sou or two
watering the wine
making up the weight
pickin' up their knick-knacks
when they can't see straight
everybody loves a landlord
everybody's bosom friend
i do whatever pleases
jesus! won't i bleed 'em in the end!