Be Our Guest

Ma chère Mademoiselle
It is with deepest pride
And greatest pleasure
That we welcome you tonight

And now, we invite you to relax
Let us pull up a chair
As the dining room proudly presents
Your dinner

Be our guest! Be our guest!
Put our service to the test
Tie your napkin 'round your neck, Cherie
And we'll provide the rest

Soup du jour, hot hors d'oeuvres
Why, we only live to serve
Try the grey stuff, it's delicious!
Don't believe me? Ask the dishes

They can sing, they can dance
After all, Miss, this is France
And a dinner here is never second best

Go on, unfold your menu
Take a glance and then you'll
Be our guest, oui, our guest
Be our guest!

We tell jokes! I do tricks
With my fellow candlesticks
(And it's all in perfect taste that you can bet)

Come on and lift your glass
You've won your own free pass
To be our guest, if you're stressed
It's fine dining, we suggest
Be our guest, be our guest!
Be our guest!

Life is so unnerving
For a servant who's not serving
He's not whole without a soul to wait upon
Most days we just lay around the castle
Flabby, fat and lazy
You walked in and oops-a-daisy!

It's a guest! It's a guest!
Sakes alive, well, I'll be blessed!
Wine's been poured, and thank the Lord
I've had the napkins freshly pressed

With dessert, she'll want tea
And, my dear, that's fine with me
While the cups do their soft-shoein'
I'll be bubbling, I'll be brewing!

I'll get warm, piping hot
Heaven's sakes! Is that a spot?
Clean it up!
We want the company impressed

We've got a lot to do!
Is it one lump or two?
For you, our guest (she's our guest)
She's our guest!

Course by course, one by one
'Til you shout, "Enough! I'm done!"
Then we'll sing you off to sleep as you digest

Tonight you'll prop your feet up
But for now, let's eat up
Be our guest, be our guest!
Be our guest!
Please, be our guest!