[ONE MAN]
If you're bent on viewing
Something doing
Come to Florence!
Where is life more active
And attractive
Than in Florence?

[ONE WOMAN & TWO MEN]
Where are people singing
At a swinging
But in Florence?

[ENSEMBLE]
Everything warrants
Our singing of Florence
So, Florence, we're singing of you
Everything warrants
Our singing of Florence
So, Florence, we're singing of you

[SEVERAL MEN]
There's artistic treasure
None can measurе
Here in Florencе
[SEVERAL WOMEN]
Great is every statue
Looking at you
Here in Florence

[SEVERAL WOMEN & MEN]
And we've gotta lotta
Terracotta
Here in Florence

[ENSEMBLE]
Praises in torrents
We shower on Florence
Oh, Florence, you always come through!

[WOMEN]
In all of Italy
No brighter star
We're singing prettily
Right where we are

[MEN]
Don't mention Napoli
Venice or Rome
Florence sings happily:
No place like home
[SEVERAL WOMEN]
If you're spending ducats
By the buckets
You're in Florence

[SEVERAL MEN]
All the girls are busty
Life is lusty
Here in Florence

[SEVERAL WOMEN]
And did you know that Dante
And Chianti
Came from Florence?

[ENSEMBLE]
Everything warrants
Our singing of Florence
So, Florence, we're singing of you
Everything warrants
Our singing of Florence
So, Florence, we're singing of you

[NARRATOR, spoken]
As the trial gets under way
Defendant Maffio has had his say
[ENSEMBLE]
Hear the drum, hear the drum
Beating out his fate
Here they come! Here they come!

[HANGMAN]
I can hardly wait!

[ENSEMBLE]
Hear the drum!
Here they come!

[MAFFIO]
At this point no angel or devil or genie
Can possibly save the neck of Cellini

[ENSEMBLE]
Here they come! Time to yell
Hail, Cellini and farewell!

[APPRENTICES]
Our master
Has met disaster
Our sculptor will sculpt no more
But high up
He'll find a tie-up
Redesigning heaven's golden door
He will make completer
The portals of Saint Peter

[MODELS]
The models of Florence
Disciples of grace
All view with abhorrence
What's now taking place

[ENSEMBLE]
Oh, models of Florence
Your master is through
Your tears fall in torrents
But what can you do?
The fatal bell has rung
The trap will soon be sprung

[MAGISTRATE, spoken]
Benvenuto Cellini, have you a final say to say? We allow three minutes.