Topsy Turvy
The Hunchback Lyrics

Come one, come all
Everyone is invited to come

Leave your loops and milking stools
Abandon your daily routine

Coop the hens and pen the mules
Put the animals away for the day

Close the churches and the schools
Cancel usual activities

It's the day for breaking rules
This is a day for doing things differently

Come and join the feast of Fools!
Celebrate the topsy turvy day with us

Once a year we throw a party here in town
This event happens only once in a year

Once a year we turn all Paris upside down
We change every regular behavior in the town

Every man's a king and every king's a clown
Everyone can act as how they like

Once again it's topsy turvy day
Today is a day of chaos and change

It's the day the devil in us gets released
Our wild side takes over

It's the day we mock the prig and shock the priest
Ordinarily more serious figures are ridiculed today

Everything is topsy turvy at the feast of fools
Today everything is out of order

Topsy turvy
Things are upside down

Everything is upsy daysy
Everything is mixed up

Everyone is acting crazy
Everyone is acting differently

Dross is gold and and weeds are a bouquet
Value is reversed

That's the way on topsy turvy day
This is typical for this day

Beat the drums and blow the trumpets
Musical instruments are played loudly

Join the bums and thieves and strumpets
Everyone is welcome

Streaming in from Chartres to Calais
People come from all around

Scurvy knaves are extra scurvy
Even the worst people behave worse

On the sixth of January
This day is a holiday/was traditionally celebrated on January 6th

All because it's topsy turvy day
The reason for this celebration is that it is topsy turvy day

Hurry, hurry here's your chance
Come quickly to not miss out

See the mystery and romance
Witness some strange particulars and observe a love interest

See the finest girl in France
Observe the most beautiful girl in France

Make an entrance to entrance
Enter the stage in a captivating manner

Dance, la Esmeralda, dance!
Dance, Esmeralda, dance and entertain us

Here it is, the moment you've been waiting for
The event you have anticipated for has arrived

Here it is, you know exactly what's in store
You are familiar with the chaotic plans

Now's the time we laugh until our sides get sore
It's time to have fun and laugh uncontrollably

Now's the time we crown the King of Fools
We choose the person with the ugliest appearance as the King of Fools

You all remember last year's king?
Remember the previous year's ugly king of fools?

So make a face that's horrible and frightening
Put on a hideous appearance

Make a face as gruesome as a gargoyle's wing
Imitate the appearance of a terrifying creature

For the face that's ugliest will be the King of Fools
The ugliest face will be the king

Ugly folks, forget your shyness
Those with hideous looks, don't be shy

You could soon be called Your Highness
You may end up being crowned king

Put your foulest features on display
Show your ugliest appearance

Be the king of topsy turvy day
Win the title of the king of this day

Hail to the king
Salute the new king

Girls, give a kiss!
The girls should kiss the new king

We've never had a king like this
The new king has an especially frightening appearance

And it's the day we do the things that we deplore
This is the day we do what we usually don't approve of

On the other three hundred and sixty-four
On all other typical days of the year

Once a year we love to drop in
We enjoy attending this event

Where the beer is never stoppin'
Where there is always plenty of alcohol

For the chance to pop some popinjay
The opportunity to ridicule someone characteristic of the establishment

And pick a king who'll put the top in Topsy Turvy
And to crown a new king of fools

Mad and crazy, upsy daysy, Topsy Turvy Day!
This day is a wild and frenzied celebration