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by William Shakespeare from The Tempest Act 1 scene 2
ENTER FERDINAND AND ARIEL, INVISIBLE, PLAYING AND SINGING
FERDINAND ENTERS WITH ARIEL, WHO IS INVISIBLE AND PLAYING MUSIC AND SINGING.
ARIEL
(sings)
Come unto these yellow sands,
And then take hands.
Curtsied when you have, and kissed
The wild waves whist.
Foot it featly here and there,
And, sweet sprites, The burden bear. Hark, hark!
SPIRITS
(dispersedly, within) Bow-wow.
ARIEL
The watchdogs bark.
SPIRITS
(offstage) Bow-wow.
ARIEL
Hark, hark! I hear
The strutting strain of chanticleer
Cry “Cock-a-diddle-dow.”
ARIEL
(sings)
Full fathom five thy father lies.
Of his bones are coral made.
Those are pearls that were his eyes.
Nothing of him that doth fade,
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell
SPIRITS
(within) Ding-dong.
ARIEL
Hark, now I hear them.
SPIRITS
(within) Ding-dong, bell.
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ARIEL ENTERS, INVISIBLE, SINGING AND PLAYING MUSIC.
ARIEL
(to GONZALO) My master through his art foresees the danger
That you, his friend, are, and sends me forth—
For else his project dies—to keep them living.
(sings in GONZALO ’s ear)
Part 1
While you here do snoring lie,
Open-eyed conspiracy
His time doth take.
If of life you keep a care,
Shake off slumber and beware.
Awake, awake!
Part 2
SEBASTIAN
Whilst we stood here securing your repose,
Even now, we heard a hollow burst of bellowing
Like bulls, or rather lions. Did ’t not wake you?
It struck mine ear most terribly.
ALONSO
I heard nothing.
ANTONIO
Oh, ’twas a din to fright a monster’s ear,
To make an earthquake! Sure, it was the roar
Of a whole herd of lions.
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STEPHANO ENTERS, SINGING.
I shall no more to sea, to sea,
Here shall I die ashore—
This is a very scurvy tune to sing at a man’s funeral.
Well, here’s my comfort. (drinks, sings)
The master, the swabber, the boatswain, and I,
The gunner and his mate
Loved Mall, Meg, and Marian, and Margery,
But none of us cared for Kate.
For she had a tongue with a tang,
Would cry to a sailor, “Go hang!”
She loved not the savor of tar nor of pitch,
Yet a tailor might scratch her where'er she did itch.
Then to sea, boys, and let her go hang!
This is a scurvy tune too. But here’s my comfort.
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Ban Ban Ca-Caliban
00:38
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TRINCULO
A howling monster, a drunken monster.
CALIBAN
(sings)
No more dams I’ll make for fish,
Nor fetch in firing
At requiring,
Nor scrape trencher, nor wash dish.
'Ban, 'Ban, Ca-caliban
Has a new master. Get a new man.
Freedom, high-day, high-day, freedom, freedom, high-day, freedom!
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STEPHANO
Come on, Trinculo, let us sing.
(sings)
Flout 'em and scout 'em,
And scout 'em and flout 'em.
Thought is free.
CALIBAN
That’s not the tune.
ARIEL PLAYS THE TUNE ON A TABOR AND PIPE
TRINCULO
The sound is going away. Let’s follow it, and after do our work.
STEPHANO
Lead, monster; we’ll follow. I would I could see this taborer. He lays it on.
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Marriage Blessings
01:22
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JUNO
(sings)
Honor, riches, marriage, blessing,
Long continuance, and increasing,
Hourly joys be still upon you.
Juno sings her blessings on you.
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Peter Dizozza New York, New York
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