Look down and see the beggars at your feet
Look down and show some mercy if you can
Look down and see the sweepings of the street
Look down look down
Upon your fellow man
'Ow do you do My name's Gavroche
These are my people Here's my patch
Not much to look at nothing posh
Nothing that you'd call up to scratch
This is my school my high society
Here in the slums of Saint Michele
We live on crumbs of humble piety
Tough on the teeth but what the hell
Think you're poor
Think you're free
Follow me Follow me
Look down and show some mercy if you can
Look down look down upon your fellow man
What you think yer at
Hanging round me pitch
If you're new around here girl
You've got a lot to learn
Listen you old bat
Crazy bloody witch
'Least I give me customers
Some pleasure in return
I know what you give
Give 'em all the pox
Spread around your poison
Till they end up in a box
Leave the poor old cow
Move it Madeleine
She used to be no better
Till the clap got to her brain
When's it gonna end
When we gonna live
Something's gotta happen now or
Something's gonna give
It'll come it'll come it'll come
It'll come it'll come it'll come
Where the leaders of the land
Where are the swells who run this show
Only one man - and that's Lamarque
Speaks for these people here below
See our children fed
Help us in our shame
Something for a crust of bread
In Holy Jesus' name
In the Lord's Holy name
In his name in his name in his name
Lamarque is ill and fading fast
Won't last the week out so they say
With all the anger in the land
How long before the judgement day
Before we cut the fat ones down to size
Before the barricades arise
Look down and show some mercy if you can
Look down look down upon your fellow man