Be Our Guest (Beauty And The Beast) - Angela Lansbury/Jerry Orbach.mp3

[00:02.67]Ma chere Mademoiselle, it is with deepest pride
[00:06.76]and greatest pleasure that we welcome you tonight
[00:10.46]And now we invite you to relax, let us pull up a
[00:14.52]chair as the dining room proudly presents
[00:18.86]your dinner!
[00:21.74]Be our guest
[00:25.11]Be our guest
[00:26.55]Put our service to the test
[00:28.47]Tie your napkin 'round your neck, cherie
[00:31.20]And we provide the rest
[00:33.62]Soup du jour
[00:34.72]Hot hors d'oeuvres
[00:36.11]hy, we only live to serve
[00:37.93]Try the grey stuff, it's delicious
[00:39.77]Don't believe me? Ask the dishes
[00:42.47]They can sing
[00:43.86]They can dance
[00:45.20]After all, Miss, this is France
[00:47.10]And a dinner here is never second best
[00:51.49]Go on, unfold your menu
[00:53.52]Take a glance and then you'll
[00:55.86]Be our guest
[00:57.26]Oui, our guest
[00:58.32]Be our guest
[01:00.63]Beef ragout
[01:01.74]Cheese souffle
[01:02.92]Pie and pudding "en flambe"
[01:04.73]We'll prepare and serve with flair
[01:06.83]A culinary cabaret
[01:08.70]You're alone
[01:10.19]And you're scared
[01:11.45]But the banquet's all prepared
[01:13.43]No one's gloomy or complaining
[01:15.56]While the flatware's entertaining
[01:17.64]We tell jokes
[01:18.95]I do tricks
[01:20.20]With my fellow candlesticks
[01:21.74]And it's all in perfect taste
[01:23.94]That you can bet
[01:26.14]Come on and lift your glass
[01:28.18]You've won your own free pass
[01:30.33]To be out guest
[01:31.37]If you're stressed
[01:32.66]It's fine dining we suggest
[01:34.72]Be our guest
[01:35.88]Be our guest
[01:37.10]Be our guest
[01:40.22]Life is so unnerving
[01:43.23]For a servat who's not serving
[01:45.26]He's not whole without a soul to wait upon
[01:50.22]Ah, those good old days when we were useful
[01:55.10]Suddenly those good old days are gone
[01:59.78]Ten years we've been rusting
[02:02.50]Needing so much more than dusting
[02:04.62]Needing exercise, a chance to use our skills
[02:09.26]Most days we just lay around the castle
[02:13.84]Flabby, fat and lazy
[02:16.31]You walked in and oops-a-daisy
[02:18.19]It's a guest
[02:19.21]It's a guest
[02:20.33]Sakes alive, well I'll be blessed
[02:21.91]Wine's been poured and thank the Lord
[02:23.83]I've had the napkins freshly pressed
[02:25.88]With dessert
[02:26.92]She'll want tea
[02:28.00]And my dear that's fine with me
[02:29.65]While the cups do their soft shoeing
[02:31.75]I'll be bubbling, I'll be brewing
[02:33.55]I'll get warm
[02:34.59]Piping hot
[02:35.66]Heaven's sakes! Is that a spot
[02:37.21]Clean it up! We want the company impressed
[02:40.99]We've got a lot to do
[02:42.93]Is it one lump or two
[02:44.90]For you, our guest
[02:46.30]She's our guest
[02:47.12]She's our guest
[02:48.50]She's our guest
[02:49.14]Be our guest
[02:50.14]Be our guest
[02:51.70]Our command is your request
[02:52.70]It's ten years since we had anybody here
[02:55.40]And we're obsessed
[02:56.62]With your meal
[02:57.63]With your ease
[02:58.66]Yes, indeed, we aim to please
[03:00.46]While the candlelight's still glowing
[03:03.33]Let us help you
[03:05.20]We'll keep going
[03:07.89]Course by course
[03:11.99]One by one
[03:14.55]'Til you shout, "Enough! I'm done!"
[03:17.26]Then we'll sing you off to sleep as you digest
[03:21.50]Tonight you'll prop your feet up
[03:23.23]But for now, let's eat up
[03:24.95]Be our guest
[03:27.20]Be our guest
[03:28.87]Be our guest
[03:29.81]Please, be our guest