Joly:
There's a boy climbing the barricade!
Marius:
Good God! What are you doing?
'Ponine, have you no fear?
Have you seen my beloved?
Why have you come back here?
Eponine:
Took the letter like you said
I met her father at the door
He said he would give it
She collapses in his arms
Don't think I can stand any more.
Marius:
Eponine, what's wrong? I feel...
There's something wet upon your hair
There is blood on his hands
Eponine, you're hurt
You need some help!
Oh God, it's everywhere....

A Little Fall of Rain

Eponine:
Don't you fret, M'sieur Marius
I don't feel any pain
A little fall of rain
Can hardly hurt me now
You're here, that's all I need to know
And you will keep me safe
And you will keep me close
And rain will make the flowers grow.
Marius:
But you will live, 'Ponine - dear God above,
If I could heal your wounds with words of love.
Eponine:
Just hold me now, and let it be.
Shelter me, comfort me
Marius:
You would live a hundred years
If I could show you how
I won't desert you now...
Eponine:
The rain can't hurt me now
This rain will wash away what's past
And you will keep me safe
And you will keep me close
I'll sleep in your embrace at last.

The rain that brings you here
Is Heaven-blessed!
The skies begin to clear
And I'm at rest
A breath away from where you are
I've come home from so far
Eponine:   Marius: (in counterpoint)
So don't you fret, M'sieur MariusHush-a-bye, dear Eponine,
I don't feel any pain You won't feel any pain
A little fall of rain  A little fall of rain
Can hardly hurt me now Can hardly hurt you now

Marius:
I'm here
Eponine:
That's all I need to know
Eponine:   Marius: (in counterpoint)
 And you will keep me safe I will stay with you
 And you will keep me close Till you are sleeping

Eponine:
And rain...
Marius:
And rain...
Eponine:
Will make the flowers...
Marius:
Will make the flowers... grow...
She dies. Marius kisses her, then lays her on the ground.

Enjolras:
She is the first to fall
The first of us to fall upon this barricade
Marius:
Her name was Eponine
Her life was cold and dark, yet she was unafraid.
Combeferre:
We fight here in her name
Prouvaire:
She will not die in vain.
Lesgles:
She will not be betrayed.
They carry her body off.

Night of Anguish

Valjean arrives, dressed as a soldier.

Joly:
Here comes a man in uniform
What brings you to this place?
Valjean:
I come here as a volunteer
Joly:
Approach and show your face.
Sentry:
You wear an army uniform.
Valjean:
That's why they let me through.
Joly:
You've got some years behind you sir.
Valjean:
There's much that I can do.
Joly:
You see that prisoner over there?
Grantaire:
A volunteer like you!
Combeferre:
A spy who calls himself Javert!
Grantaire:
He's going to get it too...
Sentry:
They're getting ready to attack!

The First Attack

Enjolras gives Valjean a gun.

Enjolras:
Take this and use it well!
But if you shoot us in the back,
You'll never live to tell.
Student 1:
Platoon of sappers advancing toward the barricade!
Student 2:
Troops behind them, fifty men or more!
Enjolras:
Fire!
Gunfire is heard.

Feuilly:
Sniper!
Valjean shoots a sniper who is aiming at Enjolras.

Lesgles:
See how they run away!
Grantaire:
By God we've won the day!
Enjolras:
They will be back again,
Make an attack again.
(To Valjean.)
For your presence of mind
For the deed you have done
I will thank you M'sieur
When our battle is won.
Valjean:
Give me no thanks M'sieur
There is something you can do.
Enjolras:
If it is in my power.
Valjean:
Give me the spy Javert
Let me take care of him!
Javert:
The law is inside out
The world is upside down
Enjolras:
Do what you have to do,
The man belongs to you.

The enemy may be regrouping. Hold yourself in readiness.
Come my friends, back to your positions.
The night is falling fast.
Valjean:
We meet again.
Javert:
You've hungered for this all your life;
Take your revenge!
           How right you should kill with a knife!
Valjean cuts the ropes which bind Javert.

Valjean:
You talk too much,
Your life is safe in my hands.
Javert:
Don't understand
Valjean:
Get out of here.
Javert:
Valjean, take care!
I'm warning you...
Valjean:
Clear out of here.
Javert:
Once a thief, forever a thief
What you want you always steal!
You would trade your life for mine.
Yes, Valjean, you want a deal!
Shoot me now for all I care!
If you let me go, beware,
You'll still answer to Javert!
Valjean:
You are wrong, and always have been wrong.
I'm a man, no worse than any man.
You are free, and there are no conditions,
No bargains or petitions.
There's nothing that I blame you for.
You've done your duty, nothing more.
If I come out of this alive, you'll find me
At number fifty-five Rue Plumet
No doubt our paths will cross again.
Valjean fires his gun into the air, Javert leaves quickly. Muted applause from the students who think Javert has been shot.

Enjolras:
Courfeyrac, you take the watch
They won't attack until it's light
Everybody stay awake
We must be ready for the fight
For the final fight
Let no one sleep tonight!

Drink With Me (The Night)

The defenders settle down for the night with wine and a song.

Enjolras:
Marius, rest.

Feuilly:
Drink with me to days gone by
Sing with me the songs we knew
Prouvaire:
Here's to pretty girls who went to our heads.
Joly:
Here's to witty girls who went to our beds.
All:
Here's to them and here's to you!
Grantaire:
Drink with me to days gone by
Can it be you fear to die?
Will the world remember you
When you fall?
Could it be your death
Means nothing at all?
Is your life just one more lie?
All:
Drink with me to days gone by
To the life that used to be
Women:
At the shrine of friendship, never say die
Men:
Let the wine of friendship never run dry
All:
Here's to you and here's to me
Marius:
Do I care if I should die
Now she goes across the sea?
Life without Cosette
Means nothing at all.
Would you weep, Cosette,
Should Marius fall?
Will you weep, Cosette,
For me?
Marius settles down to sleep.

Bring Him Home

Valjean is standing over Marius at the barricade.

Valjean:
God on high
Hear my prayer
In my need
You have always been there

He is young
He's afraid
Let him rest
Heaven blessed.
Bring him home
Bring him home
Bring him home.

He's like the son I might have known
If God had granted me a son.
The summers die
One by one
How soon they fly
On and on
And I am old
And will be gone.

Bring him peace
Bring him joy
He is young
He is only a boy

You can take
You can give
Let him be
Let him live
If I die, let me die
Let him live
Bring him home
Bring him home
Bring him home.

Dawn of Anguish

Dawn breaks.

Enjolras:
The people have not stirred
We are abandoned by those who still live in fear.
The people have not heard.
Yet we will not abandon those who cannot hear.
Let us not waste lives
Let all the women and fathers of children
Go from here.
Feuilly:
Drink with me to days gone by
Sing with me the songs we knew
All:
At the shrine of friendship
Raise your glass high
Let the wine of friendship
Never run dry
If I die, I die with you!

The Second Attack

The battle recommences.

Enjolras:
How do we stand, Feuilly? Make your report.
Feuilly:
We've guns enough, but ammunition's short
Marius:
Let me go into the streets
There are bodies all around
Ammunition to be had
Lots of bullets to be found!
Enjolras:
I won't let you go, it's too much of a chance!
Marius:
The same is true for any man here!
Valjean:
Let me go. He's no more than a boy.
I am old, I have nothing to fear.
Gavroche:
You need somebody quicker and I volunteer!
Gavroche climbs the barricade.

Lesgles:
Come back Gavroche, don't you dare!
Joly:
Someone pull him down at once!
Gavroche:
Look at me, I'm almost there!

The Death of Gavroche

(Gunshot.)
Gavroche:
Little people know, when
Little people fight, we
(Gunshot. Gavroche is wounded.)
May look easy pickings
But we've got some bite!
(He is hit again.)
So never kick a dog
Because he's just a pup
We'll fight like twenty armies
And we won't give up
So you'd better run for cover
When the pup grows....
He dies.

The Final Battle