Gaston (Reprise)
(Richard White, Jesse Corti, Rex Everhardt, et al.)

Gaston Spä¯ Prologue

Maurice:
Help! Someone help me!
Tavern keeper:
Maurice?
Maurice:
Please! Please, I need your help. He's got her - he's got her
locked in the dungeon!
LeFou:
Who?
Maurice:
Belle. We must go. N-not a minute to lose!
Gaston:
Whoa! Slow down, Maurice. Who's got Belle locked in a dungeon?
Maurice:
A beast! A horrible, monstrous beast!
Patron I:
Is it a big beast?
Maurice:
Huge!
Patron II:
With a long, ugly snout?
Maurice:
Hideously ugly!
Drinker III:
And sharp, cruel fangs?
Maurice:
Yes! Yes! Will you help me?
Gaston:
All right, old man. We'll help you out.
Maurice:
You will? Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you!
Tavern keeper:
Crazy old Maurice.
Patron I:
He's always good for a laugh.
Gaston:
Crazy old Maurice, hmmm?
Crazy old Maurice. Hmmm.

LeFou, I'm afraid I've been thinking
Lefou:
A dangerous pastime
Gaston:
I know
But that whacky old coot is Belle's father
And his sanity's only "so-so"
Now the wheels in my head have been turning
Since I looked at that loony, old man
See, I've promised myself I'd be married to Belle
And right now I'm evolving a plan

( If I . . . {whisper}
LeFou:
Yes?
Gaston:
Then we . . . {whisper}
LeFou:
No! Would she . . .
Gaston:
{whisper} Guess!
LeFou:
Now I get it!
Both:
Let's go! )

No one plots like Gaston
Gaston:
Takes cheap shots like Gaston
LeFou:
Plans to persecute harmless crackpots like Gaston
Chorus:
So his marriage we soon'll be celebrating
My what a guy!
Gaston
Gaston Spä¯ Prologue