[ti:]Be Our Guest
[ar:]Alan Menkin
[al:]Beauty and the Beast

[00:02.84]Ma chere mademoiselle.
[00:04.84]It is with deepest pride and greatest pleasure
[00:08.69]that we welcome you tonight.
[00:10.49]And now we invite you to relax.
[00:13.32]Let us pull up a chair
[00:14.73]as the dining room proudly presents...
[00:18.17]your dinner.
[00:21.20]Be... our... guest, Be our guest
[00:26.28]Put our service to the test
[00:28.57]Tie your napkin ''round your neck, cherie
[00:31.05]And we provide the rest
[00:33.27]Soup du jour, Hot hors d''oeuvres
[00:35.55]Why, we only live to serve
[00:37.81]Try the gray stuff, It''s delicious
[00:40.15]Don''t believe me, ask the dishes
[00:42.44]They can sing, they can dance
[00:44.70]After all, Miss, this is France
[00:47.19]And a dinner here is never second best
[00:51.10]Go on, unfold your menu
[00:53.55]Take a glance and then
[00:55.48]You''ll be our guest, Oui, our guest,
[00:57.93]Be our guest
[01:00.14]Beef ragout, cheese souffle
[01:02.39]Pie and pudding en flambe
[01:04.54]We''ll prepare and serve with flair
[01:06.48]A culinary cabaret
[01:08.65]You''re alone and you''re scared
[01:11.04]But the banquet''s all prepared
[01:13.18]No one''s gloomy or complaining
[01:15.34]While the flatware''s entertaining
[01:17.40]We tell jokes, I do tricks
[01:19.48]With my fellow candlesticks
[01:21.66]And it''s all in perfect taste, that you can bet
[01:25.65]Come on and lift your glass
[01:27.97]You''ve won your own free pass
[01:30.01]To be our guest... If you''re stressed
[01:32.26]It''s fine dining we suggest...
[01:34.49]Be our guest, be our guest
[01:36.68]Be our guest!
[01:40.29]Life is so unnerving
[01:42.61]For a servant who''s not serving
[01:45.24]He''s not whole without a soul to wait upon
[01:49.64]Ah, those good old days when we were useful
[01:54.53]Suddenly, those good old days are gone
[01:59.37]Ten years we''ve been rusting
[02:01.79]Needing so much more than dusting
[02:04.41]Needing exercise, A chance to use our skills
[02:09.54]Most days we just lay around the castle
[02:14.18]Flabby, fat and lazy
[02:15.84]You walked in and oops-a-daisy!
[02:17.83]It''s a guest, it''s a guest!
[02:19.82]Sakes alive, well, I''ll be blessed
[02:21.73]Wine''s been poured, and thank the Lord
[02:23.58]I''ve had the napkins freshly pressed
[02:25.51]With dessert, she''ll want tea
[02:27.40]And, my dear, that''s fine with me
[02:29.41]While the cups do their soft-shoeing
[02:31.32]I''ll be bubbling, I''ll be brewing
[02:33.18]I''ll get warm, piping hot
[02:35.12]Heaven''s sake, is that a spot?
[02:37.21]Clean it up, we want the company impressed
[02:40.73]We''ve got a lot to do
[02:42.61]Is it one lump or two?
[02:44.59]For you, our guest
[02:45.95]She''s our guest, She''s our guest!
[02:47.80]Be our guest! Be our guest! Be our guest!
[02:50.75]Our command is your request.
[02:52.47]It''s ten years since we''ve had anybody here
[02:55.13]And we''re obsessed
[02:56.30]With your meal, with your ease
[02:58.14]Yes, indeed, we aim to please
[03:00.05]While the candlelight''s still glowing
[03:02.83]Let us help you, we''ll keep going
[03:07.39]Course... by... course, One by one
[03:14.11]Till you shout, "Enough, I''m done!"
[03:16.89]Then we''ll sing you off to sleep as you digest
[03:20.66]Tonight you''ll prop, your feet up
[03:22.72]But for now, let''s eat up
[03:24.60]Be our guest, be our guest
[03:28.06]Be our guest, Please be our guest!