[CLOPIN, spoken]
And now, ladies and gentlemen, the piece de resistance!

(sung)
Here it is - the moment you've been waiting for
Here it is - you know exactly what's in store
Now's the time we laugh until our sides get sore
Now's the time we crown

[CONGREGATION]
The King of Fools!

[CLOPIN]
So make a face that's horrible and frightening
Make a face as gruesome as a gargoyle's wing
For the face that's ugliest will be the King of Fools!

Why?

[ESMERALDA, REVELERS, CHOIR]
Topsy Turvy

[CLOPIN]
Ugly folks, forget your shyness

[ESMERALDA, REVELERS, CHOIR]
Topsy Turvy
[CLOPIN]
You could soon be called 'Your Highness'!

[CLOPIN, ESMERALDA, REVELERS, CHOIR]
Put your foulest features on display
Be the King on Topsy Turvy day!

[REVELERS, CHOIR]
Topsy Turvy

[ESMERALDA, spoken]
Aren't you going to join in the competition? ...My God...

[REVELERS, CHOIR]
Topsy Turvy

[ESMERALDA, spoken]
Oh...wouldn't you like to be crowned King for a day?

[REVERLERS, CHOIR]
Topsy Turvy

[ESMERALDA, spoken]
Why not take advantage of what you've got?

[REVELERS, various, spoken]
My God, he's hideous!
Is that a mask?
It's his face!
He's the devil!
Impossible!
You're cursed!
[CLOPIN, spoken]
Ladies and gentlemen! We're in luck. We asked for the ugliest face in Paris, and we've found him, eh? Quasimodo - the Hunchback of Notre Dame!

(sung)
Everybody!

[ESMERALDA, REVELERS, CHOIR]
Once a year we throw a party here in town

[CLOPIN]
Hail to the King!

[ESMERALDA, REVELERS, CHOIR]
Once a year we turn all Paris upside-down

[CLOPIN]
Oh, what a King!

[ESMERALDA, REVELERS, CHOIR]
Once a year the ugliest will wear the crown

[CLOPIN]
Girls, give a kiss

[ESMERALDA, REVELERS, CHOIR]
Once a year on Topsy-Turvy Day
[CLOPIN]
We've never had a King like this!

[ALL]
And it's a day we do the things that we deplore
On the other three hundred and sixty four
Once a year we love to drop in
Where the beer is never stoppin'
For the chance to pop some popinjay
And crown a King that puts the top in
Topsy Turvy Day!
Topsy Turvy!
Mad and crazy
Upsy-daisy
Topsy Turvy Day!
Hey!