![]() The Disney song lyrics to “The Mob Song” are one of the many fan favorites for all the wonderful Beauty and the Beast song lyrics. Kill the Beast! Kill the Beast! Are You a Fan of The Mob Song? Raise the flag, sing the song Here we come, we’re fifty strong And fifty Frenchmen can’t be wrong Let’s kill the Beast! Hearts ablaze, banners high We go marching into battle Unafraid although the danger’s just increased ![]() (Seen in a deleted scene and on the soundtrack) We don’t like what we don’t understand In fact, it scares us And this monster is mysterious at least Bring your guns, bring your knives Save your children and your wives We’ll save our village and our lives We’ll kill the Beast! Sally forth! Tally ho! Grab your sword! Grab your bow! Praise the Lord and here we go! There’s a beast running wild, there’s no question But I fear the wrong monster’s released Kill the Beast! Light your torch, mount your horseĬall it war, call it threat You can bet they all will follow For in times like this, they’ll do just as I say It’s a beast! He’s got fangs, razor-sharp ones! Massive paws, killer claws for the feast Hear him roar! See him foam! But we’re not coming home ‘Til he’s dead! Good and dead! ![]() Through the mist, through the wood Through the darkness and the shadows It’s a nightmare, but it’s one exciting ride Say a prayer, then we’re there At the drawbridge of a castle And there’s something truly terrible inside So it’s time to take some action, boys It’s time to follow me! Unafraid, although the danger just increased We won’t rest till he’s good and deceased Something’s lurking that you don’t see every day It’s a beast he’s got fangs, razor-sharp ones It’s a nightmare, but it’s one exciting rideĪnd there’s something truly terrible inside He’ll wreak havoc on our village if we let him wander free Set to sacrifice our children to his monstrous appetite The Mob Song Lyrics – 1991 Beauty and the Beast ![]() For the 2017 live-action Beauty and the Beast remake, Alan Menken adjusted the lyrics to reflect LeFou starting to turn against Gaston.Don Hahn, who produced Beauty and the Beast, further said that the lyrics were written as “almost a metaphor for” the stigmatization associated with people living with HIV/AIDS.Lyricist Howard Ashman, who had AIDS by the time he wrote the song and viewed the Beast’s curse as an allegory for AIDS, was inspired by public sentiment at the time against AIDS and the gay community when writing the song’s lyrics.According to Don Hahn, the song’s creation had largely been influenced by Howard Ashman’s final days in his struggle against AIDS. “The Mob Song” was not originally present in the film but was added in later.The book Sigmund Romberg says the song is “a cinematic recreation of Nelson Eddy’s nocturnal march ‘Stouthearted Men’ in the 1940 musical film New Moon.Although the Bimbettes and the village women do not participate in “The Mob Song” at all in the film, they do participate in the 2017 remake of the film and in some versions of Beauty and the Beast Live on Stage.Gaston makes an allusion to Shakespeare’s Macbeth by borrowing a quote from Lady Macbeth, one of the antagonists of the story, the original phrase being, “But screw your courage to the sticking place, and we’ll not fail.”.
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