While the City Slumbered

While the City Slumbered is a song from the North American version of the musical The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

The song narrates what happens to a chained and despairing Quasimodo the night before Esmeralda is to be executed.

Lyrics
Chorus: Kyrie eleison

Congregants: While the city slumbered Quasimodo sat awake As the night crept pitilessly onward Not one word he uttered Not one movement did he make Awaiting the inexorable dawn

Chorus: Kyrie eleison