Do You Hear The People Sing?

do you hear the people sing,
singing a song of angry men?
it is the music of a people
who will not be slaves again!
when the beating
of your heart
echoes the beating
of the drums
there is a life about to start
when tomorrow comes!


will you join in our crusade?
who will be strong
and stand with me?
somewhere beyond
the barricade
is there a world
you long to see?
then join in the fight
that will give you
the right to be free!


do you hear the people sing,
singing a song of angry men?
it is the music of a people
who will not be slaves again!
when the beating of your heart
echoes the beating
of the drums
there is a life about to start
when tomorrow comes!


will you give all you can give
so that our banner may advance?
some will fall and some will live
will you stand up
and take your chance?
the blood of the martyrs
will water the meadows of France!

do you hear the people sing,
singing a song of angry men?
it is the music of a people
who will not be slaves again!
when the beating of your heart
echoes the beating of the drums
there is a life about to start
when tomorrow comes!

--Les Miserables
Do You Hear the People Sing?