Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Incidental Music, Op. 61 - No. 3. Song with Chorus "You spotted snakes"

No. 3 Song with Chorus "You spotted snakes" - Kathleen Battle/Frederica von Stade/Judi Dench/Boston Symphony Orchestra/小澤徵爾/Tanglewood Festival Chorus/John Oliver

Lyrics by：William Shakespeare

Composed by：Felix Mendelssohn

Come now a roundel and a fairy song

Then for the third part of a minute hence

Some to kill cankers in the musk-rose buds

Some war with rere-mice for their leathern wings

To make my small elves coats

And some keep back the clamorous owl

That nightly hoots and wonders

At our quaint spirits

Sing me now asleep

Then to your offices and let me rest

You spotted snakes with double tongue

Thorny hedgehogs be not seen

Newts and blind-worms do no wrong

Come not near our fairy queen

Newts and blind-worms do no wrong

Come not near our fairy queen

Come not near our fairy queen

Hence away

Hence away

You spotted snakes with double tongue

Thorny hedgehogs be not seen

Hence away

Hence away

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 so good night

So good night so good night

So so good night

So good night with lullaby

So so good night

So good night

So good night

So good night

So good night

So so good night

So good night with lullaby

So good night

So good night with lullaby

So good night

So so good night with lullaby

Lullaby

Weaving spiders come not here

Hence you long-legg'd spinners hence

Beetles black approach not near

Worm nor snail do no offence

Weaving spiders come not here

Hence you long-legg'd spinners hence

Hence you long-legg'd spinners hence

Hence away

Hence away

Hence away

Hence away

Weaving spiders come not here

Hence you long-legg'd spinners hence

Hence away

Hence away

Hence away

Hence away

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 so good night

So good night so good night

So so good night

So good night with lullaby

So so good night

So good night

So good night

So good night

So good night

So so good night

So good night with lullaby

So good night

So good night with lullaby

So good night

So so good night with lullaby

Lullaby

Hence away now all is well

One aloof stand sentinel