Page 1391 - Shakespeare - Vol. 4

May you never more enjoy the light, etc.
Is not this a fine song?

BROTHER
O, a very fine one. [105]

DAUGHTER
I can sing twenty more.

BROTHER
I think you can.

DAUGHTER
Yes, truly can I; I can sing ‘The Broom’,

And ‘Bonny Robin’. Are not you a tailor?

BROTHER
Yes.

DAUGHTER
Where’s my wedding gown?

BROTHER
I’ll bring it tomorrow.

DAUGHTER
Do, very early; I must be abroad else [110]
To call the maids, and pay the minstrels.

For I must lose my maidenhead by cocklight;
’Twill never thrive else.
[She sings]
O fair, O sweet, etc.

BROTHER
You must e’en take it patiently.

GAOLER