Be Our Guest – English Lyrics

• By: Various Artists
• Album: Beauty and the Beast

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the magical world of "Be Our Guest" from Disney's Beauty and the Beast! This iconic and energetic show tune, filled with lively vocabulary related to hospitality, food, and entertainment, offers a fantastic way to immerse yourself in English. Its clear, repetitive phrases and expressive delivery make it perfect for grasping new words and understanding natural conversational flow, all while enjoying a classic piece of animated cinema history.

[English]

Be our guest, be our guest

Put our service to the test

Tie your napkin 'round your neck, cherie

And we provide the rest

Soup du jour, hot hors d'oeuvres

Why, we only live to serve

Try the gray stuff, it's delicious

Don't believe me? Ask the dishes

They can sing, they can dance

After all, Miss, this is France

And a dinner here is never second best

Go on, unfold your menu

Take a glance and then

You'll be our guest

Oui, our guest, be our guest

Beef ragout, cheese souffle

Pie and pudding en flambe

We'll prepare and serve with flair

A culinary cabaret

You're alone and you're scared

But the banquet's all prepared

No one's gloomy or complaining

While the flatware's entertaining

We tell jokes, I do tricks

With my fellow candlesticks

Und it's all in perfect taste that you can bet

Come on and lift your glass

You've won your own free pass

To be our guest

If you're stressed

It's fine dining, we suggest

Be our guest, be our guest, be our guest

Life is so unnerving

For a servant who's not serving

He's not whole without a soul to wait upon

Ah, those good old days

When we were useful

Suddenly those good old days are gone

Ten years, we've been rusting

Needing so much more than dusting

Needing exercise, a chance to use our skills

Most days we just lay around the castle

Flabby, fat and lazy

You walked in and oops-a-daisy

It's a guest, it's a guest

Sakes alive, well, I'll be blessed

Wine's been poured and thank the Lord

I've had the napkins freshly pressed

With dessert, she'll want tea

And, my dear, that's fine with me

While the cups do their soft-shoein'

I'll be bubblin', I'll be brewin'

I'll get warm, piping hot

Heaven's sake, is that a spot?

Clean it up, we want the company impressed

We've got a lot to do

Is it one lump or two?

For you, our guest, she's our guest

She's our guest, she's our guest

Be our guest, be our guest

Our command is your request

It's ten years since we've had anybody here

And we're obsessed

With your meal, with your ease

Yes, indeed, we aim to please

While the candlelight's still glowing

Let us help you, we'll keep going

Course by course, one by one

'Til you shout, "Enough, I'm done"

Then we'll sing you off to sleep

As you digest

Tonight, you'll prop your feet up

But for now, let's eat up

Be our guest, be our guest, be our guest

Please be our guest

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
service /ˈsɜːrvɪs/ B1	noun - the act of helping or doing work for someone
dinner /ˈdɪnər/ A2	noun - the main meal of the day, typically in the evening
restaurant /ˈrɛstərənt/ B1	noun - a place where people pay to sit and eat meals
menu /ˈmɛnjuː/ A2	noun - a list of food and drinks served in a restaurant
guest /ɡɛst/ A2	noun - a person who is invited to visit or stay at someone's house or event
pudding /ˈpʊdɪŋ/ B2	noun - a soft, sweet food made with milk, eggs, and sugar, often eaten after a meal
cheese /tʃiːz/ A2	noun - a food made from the pressed curds of milk
dance /dæns/ A2	verb - to move rhythmically to music
soup /suːp/ A1	noun - a liquid food made by boiling meat, vegetables, or other ingredients
glory /ˈɡloɹi/ B2	noun - great praise, honor, or fame
serve /sɜːrv/ A2	verb - to perform duties for someone or as part of a meal
star /stɑːr/ A1	noun - a luminous point in the night sky
delicious /dɪˈlɪʃəs/ B2	adjective - tasted very good or pleasant

Key Grammar Structures

• Put our service to the test

  ➔ Expression with 'to the test' used to indicate trying or challenging something

  ➔ The phrase means to evaluate or challenge the quality or performance of something

• Tie your napkin 'round your neck

  ➔ Imperative sentence with reflexive pronoun to give a command

  ➔ This is an imperative command instructing someone to tie their napkin around their neck

• While the cups do their soft-shoein'

  ➔ Present tense usage with personification of objects

  ➔ The cups are personified as doing a soft-shoe dance, emphasizing lively entertainment

• It's all in perfect taste that you can bet

  ➔ Adjective phrase 'in perfect taste' used as part of a prepositional phrase

  ➔ The phrase describes something as being of excellent or refined quality

• Let's eat up

  ➔ Imperative sentence with 'let's' to make a suggestion or command

  ➔ A suggestion or command for a group including the speaker to start eating

• Then we'll sing you off to sleep

  ➔ Future tense with 'will' indicating a planned action

  ➔ The speaker is indicating they will perform an action in the future

• Please be our guest

  ➔ Polite imperative using 'please' combined with 'be' to make a request

  ➔ A polite way to invite or request someone to be a guest