Lovely Ladies
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Lovely Ladies is a song from the first act of the musical Les Misérables. It follows I Dreamed a Dream and is followed by Fantine's Arrest. Sometimes, Lovely Ladies and Fantine's Arrest are counted as one song. It is a fast-paced and joyful, though somewhat aggressive tune. It slows down for Fantine's solo at the end of the number. In the original French, the song is known as Tu viens chéri!
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The most of Lovely Ladies is a chorus sung by a group of whores about their trade. It is interrupted by small scenes between Fantine and an Old Woman, who first buys her locket and then her hair. At last, the whores and a pimp persuade her to join them. Fantine, still needing money for Cosette, does so.
