Once on This Island movie - The Sad Tale of the Beauxhommes lyrics
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[STORYTELLER]<br>
The Sad Tale of the Beauxhommes.<br>
A history lesson!<br>
<br>
[STORYTELLER]<br>
The boy's name was Daniel. Daniel <br>
Beauxhomme. A boy from another world.<br>
Another people. A people descended for the <br>
French.<br>
<br>
[MEN]<br>
Some say...<br>
Some say...<br>
Some say...<br>
Some say...<br>
<br>
[WOMEN]<br>
Some say...<br>
Some say...<br>
Some say...<br>
Some say...<br>
<br>
[STORYTELLER]<br>
Four generations past<br>
In the time of Napoleon<br>
There came to this island<br>
A Frenchman, Armand.<br>
<br>
[All]<br>
Armand!<br>
<br>
[ARMAND]<br>
Armand!<br>
<br>
[STROYTELLER]<br>
And he built a great fortune<br>
And he built a grand mansion<br>
And he wed a fine lady<br>
So pale and so blonde<br>
<br>
[MADAME ARMAND]<br>
Armand!<br>
<br>
[MADAME ARMAND]<br>
But Armand took his pleasure<br>
With the women who served him<br>
Black peasant girls from<br>
The village beyond<br>
<br>
[TWO WOMEN]<br>
Armand!<br>
<br>
[STORYTELLER]<br>
And the loveliest one<br>
Bore the Frenchman a son<br>
Such a fine peasant son<br>
<br>
[ARMAND]<br>
For Armand!<br>
<br>
[WOMAN]<br>
A beautiful child.<br>
The pale color<br>
of coffee mixed with cream.<br>
<br>
[ALL]<br>
The beautiful one, the beautiful son<br>
Beauxhomme<br>
<br>
[STORYTELLER]<br>
They named him:<br>
<br>
[ALL]<br>
Beauxhomme<br>
The beautiful one, the beautiful son<br>
Beauxhomme<br>
<br>
[STORYTELLER]<br>
And the boy grew to be a man<br>
And the great war began.<br>
<br>
[ALL]<br>
Blacks fought against French<br>
And the hated Napoleon<br>
They fought for their island<br>
And finally won<br>
<br>
[Men (Not Armand)]<br>
We Won!<br>
We Won!<br>
<br>
[BEAUXHOMME]<br>
We Won!<br>
<br>
[BEAUXHOMME]<br>
And Armand sailed for France<br>
By the seat of his pants<br>
Driven out by his beautiful son!<br>
<br>
[ALL]<br>
The beautiful <br>
One<br>
The beautiful<br>
Son<br>
Beauxhomme,<br>
Beauxhomme<br>
<br>
[BEAUXHOMME]<br>
What was his<br>
is now mine!<br>
<br>
The Beautiful <br>
One<br>
The beautiful <br>
Son <br>
Beauxhomme!<br>
<br>
[BEAUXHOMME]<br>
Beauxhomme!<br>
<br>
[STORYTELLERS]<br>
But Armand left behind a terrible, <br>
terrible curse.<br>
<br>
I curse my son<br>
<br>
[ARMAND]<br>
I curse my only son!<br>
<br>
[STORYTELLERS]<br>
I curse his sons<br>
<br>
[ARMAND]<br>
All of his sons!<br>
<br>
[STORYTELLERS]<br>
Generations<br>
<br>
[ARAMAND]<br>
All Beauxhomme yet unborn!<br>
<br>
[STORYTELLERS]<br>
In advance<br>
<br>
[ARMAND]<br>
Your black blood<br>
will keep you<br>
forever on this <br>
island... <br>
While your hearts<br>
yearn forever <br>
for France!<br>
<br>
[STORYTELLERS]<br>
The unlucky one, the unlucky son<br>
Beauxhomme, Beauxhomme.<br>
From bad blood to worse<br>
The name of the curse:<br>
Beauxhomme.<br>
<br>
The despise us for our blackness,<br>
It reminds them where they're from<br>
The sad, sad tale<br>
Of the Beauxhomme!<br>
Beauxhomme!<br>
<br>
[TI MOUNE]<br>
Tonton, he needs me! Without me, he'll die!<br>
<br>
[MAMA]<br>
He will not want you, Ti Moune!<br>
<br>
[TI MOUNE]<br>
Please, Mama. Please Tonton. Give me your <br>
blessing and let me go. I will go to him!<br>
<br>
