COSETTE
There is a castle on a cloud,
I like to go there in my sleep,
Aren't any floors for me to sweep,
Not in my castle on a cloud

There is a room that's full of toys,
There are a hundred boys and girls,
Nobody shouts or talks too loud,
Not in my castle on a cloud

There is a lady all in white,
Holds me and sings a lullaby,
She's nice to see and she's soft to touch,
She says, "Cosette, I love you very much"

I know a place where no one's lost,
I know a place where no one cries,
Crying, at all, is not allowed,
Not in my castle on a cloud
Oh help! I think I hear them now!
And I'm nowhere finished sweeping and scrubbing
and polishing the floor!
Oh, it's her! It's Madame!

M THENARDIER
Now, look who's here
The little Madame herself!
Pretending once again she's been so
awfully good!
Better not let me catch you slacking,
better not catch my eye!
Ten rotten francs your mother sends me,
what is that going to buy?
Now take that pail,
my little "Mademoiselle"
And go and fetch the water from the well
We shouldn't have taken you in, in the first place!
How stupid the things that we do!
Like mother like daughter the scum off the street!!
(Eponine walks in)
Eponine, come on dear, Eponine!
Let me see you,
you look very nice in that little blue hat!
There's some little girls who don't know how to behave
And they don't know what to wear
and I'm saying thank heavens for that!
Still hear Cosette??
Your tears will do you no good!
I told you to fetch some water from the well in the wood

COSETTE
Please do not send me out alone!
Not in the darkness on my own!

M THENARDIER
Enough of that, or I'll forget to be nice
You heard me ask for something
and I never ask twice!