Normandy

[MINSTREL, spoken]
You can't just slink into the night, it's dangerous. You'll need help

[LARKEN, spoken]
I don't need help from anyone, thank you. I can go alone

[MINSTREL, spoken]
Are you sure?
Beyond the wall—

(sung)
Which you must climb?

[LARKEN]
Climb?

[MINSTREL]
It's twenty-two feet
And covered with slime

[LARKEN]
Slime?

[MINSTREL]
And infested with spiders!

[LARKEN]
Spiders?

[MINSTREL]
Oh, the spiders are sweet
Compared to the snakes!

[LARKEN]
Snakes?

[MINSTREL]
On the other side

[JESTER, spoken]
Oh, they won't hurt you, unless, of course, you plan to go alone

[LARKEN]
Well, I did. But if I'd known it was so terrible out there

[MINSTREL]
Then you'd think a second thought
And come with me
I know all the secret ways to set you free
Over the hills and to the open sea!

[LARKEN, spoken]
Then, where?

[MINSTREL]
It's April, isn't it?

[LARKEN, spoken]
April?

[MINSTREL]
Normandy is fine and fair
So Normandy is where we'll go
I can show you a beach
Where the peach blossom blows
And I know how to reach
A man who knows
A man who knows

A cozy inn
A friendly place
With rows of windows facing the sea
This time of year
The air I hear is rare and clear and warm
In Normandy!

I know a meadow covered with mustard flowers
Golden as the sun
Where a wondrous thing can happen
When an April day is done

There's a moment after the sunset
When the sky is suddenly green
And the world stands hushed and waiting
For the first white stars to convene
When you see that emerald sky
You'll know to reason why
There's not another
Place I'd rather be!

[LARKEN]
Keep your Eldorado!

[MINSTREL]
And to hell with burgundy!

[MINSTREL & LARKEN]
Come fly with me
Come try those wings
Come swift for we have things to do

[LARKEN, (MINSTREL) & BOTH]
Is there truly a beach
Where the peach blossom blows?
Are you sure you can reach
A man who knows that man who knows

A cozy inn? (There's Jessamine and—)
A friendly place? (White lilac lace and—)
Rows of windows
Facing the sea?

This time of year
The air I hear is rare and clear and warm

(Don't be afraid!)
It's warm!
(Heaven was made—)
In Normandy!