IMPORTANT! I do not own the original Disney song Bells of Notre Dame from "The Hunchback of Notre Dame." I merely changed some of the words to fit the setting and characters of "Merlin."
Also, I did not write any action. If you have never seen the movie or do not remember, I suggest you go to YouTube and refresh yourself before reading. I love the idea of writing a Merlin version of this movie. I don't know if I will or not, but if you're interested in seeing me write it, just drop a comment and I'll PM you if I ever get around to it.
Thanks for reading!
Geoffrey of Monmouth:
Morning in Camelot, the citadel awakes
To the bells of Camelot
The fisherman fishes, the bakerman bakes
To the bells of Camelot
To the big bells as loud as the thunder
To the little bells soft as a psalm
And some say the soul of the city's
The toll of the bells
The bells of Camelot
Listen, they're beautiful, no?
So many colors of sound, so many changing moods
Because you know, they don't ring all by themselves
- They don't? -
No, you silly boy.
Up there, high, high in the dark bell tower
lives the mysterious bell ringer.
Who is this creature - Who? -
What is he? - What? -
How did he come to be there - How? -
Hush, Geoffrey will tell you
It is a tale, a tale of a man and a monster.
Dark was the night when our tale was begun
On the docks near Camelot
Balinor:
Shut it up, will you!
Iseldir:
We'll be spotted!
Hunith:
Hush, little one.
Geoffrey of Monmouth:
Four frightened Druids slid silently under
The docks near Camelot
Agravaine:
Four coins for safe passage into Camelot
Geoffrey of Monmouth:
But a trap had been laid for the Druids
And they gazed up in fear and alarm
At a figure whose clutches
Were iron as much as the bells
Balinor:
King Uther Pendragon
Geoffrey of Monmouth:
The bells of Camelot
Chorus:
Kyrie Eleison (Lord have mercy)
Geoffrey of Monmouth:
King Uther longed
To purge the world
Of sorcery
Chorus:
Kyrie Eleison (Lord have mercy)
Geoffrey of Monmouth:
And he saw corruption
Ev'rywhere
Except within
Uther:
Bring these Druid vermin to the palace of justice
Guard:
You there, what are you hiding?
Uther:
Enchanted objects, no doubt. Take them from her
Geoffrey of Monmouth:
She ran
Chorus:
Dies irae, dies illa (Day of wrath, that day)
Solvet saeclum in favilla (Shall consume the world in ashes)
Teste David cum sibylla (As prophesied by David and the sibyl)
Quantus tremor est futurus (What trembling is to be)
Quando Judex est venturus (When the Judge is come)
Hunith:
Sanctuary, please give us sanctuary
Uther:
A baby? No, a sorcerer!
Gaius:
Stop!
Geoffrey of Monmouth:
Cried the Physician
Uther:
This is an evil sorcerer.
I'm sending it back to hell, where it belongs.
Gaius:
See there the innocent blood you have spilt
On the steps of Camelot
Uther:
I am guiltless. She ran, I pursued.
Gaius:
Now you would add this child's blood to your guilt
On the steps of Camelot
Uther:
My conscience is clear
Gaius:
You can lie to yourself and your minions
You can claim that you haven't a qualm
But you never can run from
Nor hide what you've done from the eyes
The very eyes of Camelot
Chorus:
Kyrie Eleison (Lord have mercy)
Geoffrey of Monmouth:
And for one time in his life
Of power and control
Chorus:
Kyrie Eleison (Lord have mercy)
Geoffrey of Monmouth:
Uther felt a twinge of fear
For his immortal soul
Uther:
What must I do?
Gaius:
Care for the child, and raise it as your own
Uther:
What? I'm to be saddled with this misshapen...?
Very well. Let him live with you, in your apothecary.
Gaius:
Live here? Where?
Uther:
Anywhere
Just so he's kept locked away
Where no one else can see
The bell tower, perhaps
And who knows, our Lord works in mysterious ways
Even this foul Druid may
Yet prove one day to be
Of use to me
Geoffrey of Monmouth:
And Uther gave the child an inhuman name
A name that means pigeon-hawk, Merlin.
Now here is a riddle to guess if you can
Sing the bells of Camelot
Who is the monster and who is the man?
Geoffrey of Monmouth and Chorus:
Sing the bells, bells, bells, bells
Bells, bells, bells, bells
Bells of Camelot