Flash mob serenades Wisconsin Capitol with 'Do You Hear the People Sing' (w/video)

Flash mob serenades Wisconsin Capitol with 'Do You Hear the People Sing' (video)
David Medaris on Monday 02/28/2011

The ongoing protests against Gov. Walker's proposal to strip public employees and their unions of collective bargaining rights hit yet another high note today with a rousing rendition of "Do You Hear the People Sing?" from Les Miserables early Sunday afternoon inside the Capitol.Led by an ensemble of trained vocalists and musicians, the song gathered strength from a vast chorus of demonstrators who joined in the refrain:


Do you hear the people sing,
singing the song of working men?
It is the music of a people who will not be slaves again.
When the beating of your heart echoes the beating of the drums,
there is a life about to start when tomorrow comes.

Past galleries festooned with banners and signs, the voices rose from the rotunda floor. Watch the video:


http://www.isthmus.com/video/article.php?article=32537

It made my day.

made it to the screen because it is so powerful.

Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!

Combeferre
Will you join in our crusade?
Who will be strong and stand with me?
Somewhere beyond the barricade
Is there a world you long to see?

Courfeyrac
Then join in the fight
That will give you the right to be free!!

All
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!

Feuilly
Will you give all you can give
So that our banner may advance
Some will fall and some will live
Will you stand up and take your chance?
The blood of the martyrs
Will water the meadows of France!

All
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes

< From: http://www.metrolyrics.com/do-you-hear-the-people-sing-lyrics-les-miserables.html >

Thanks for sharing.