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Music for “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”—William Shakespeare

Act 2 scene 2

A Midsummer Night's Dream —Lullaby

FAIRIES sing.

FIRST FAIRY

You spotted snakes with double tongue,

Thorny hedgehogs, be not seen;

Newts and blind-worms, do no wrong,

Come not near our fairy queen.

CHORUS

Philomel, with melody

Sing in our sweet lullaby;

Lulla, lulla, lullaby, lulla, lulla, lullaby:

Never harm,

Nor spell nor charm,

Come our lovely lady nigh;

So, good night, with lullaby.

A Midsummer Night's Dream —Lullaby

SECOND FAIRY

Weaving spiders, come not here;

Hence, you long-legg’d spinners, hence!

Beetles black, approach not near;

Worm nor snail, do no offence.

CHORUS

Philomel, with melody

Sing in our sweet lullaby;

Lulla, lulla, lullaby, lulla, lulla, lullaby:

Never harm,

Nor spell nor charm,

Come our lovely lady nigh;

So, good night, with lullaby.

Act 3 scene 1

—Bottom's song

BOTTOM [Sings.]

The woosel cock so black of hue,

With orange-tawny bill,

The throstle with his note so true,

The wren with little quill,—

TITANIA  [Awaking.]

What angel wakes me from my flowery bed?

BOTTOM [Sings.]

The finch, the sparrow and the lark,

The plain-song cuckoo gray,

Whose note full many a man doth mark,

And dares not answer nay;—

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