A father wandering in the wood With a child trembling in the shadows And I am here help Cosette I will settle any dept to make it proper I will pay, but I must pay To take Cosette away What to do what to say Shall you carry our treasure away What a gem what a pearl Beyond rubies is our little girl How can we speak of debt Let's not haggle for darling COSETTE Dear FANTINE gone to rest What have we done for her child what is best Shared each bread shared each bone Treated her like she's one of our own Like our own Monsieur Your feelings do not credit sir And I will ease your parting blow Let us not talk of bargains or bones or greed Now may I say we are agreed That would quite fit the bill If she hadn't so often been ill Little dear cost us dear Medicines are expensive Monsieur Not that we begrudged a Sou It's no more than we Christians must do One thing more one small doubt There are treacherous people about No offence please reflect Your intentions may not be correct No more words here's your price Fifteen hundred for your sacrifice Come COSETTE say goodbye Let us seek out a friendlier sky Thank you both for COSETTE It won't take you too long to forget