Henry IV, Part II by William Shakespeare

Act 5 - Scene 3

Gloucestershire. SHALLOW’S orchard

Silence : Ah, sirrah! quoth-a--we shall [Singing] [p] Do nothing but eat
and make good cheer, [p] And praise God for the merry year; [p]
When flesh is cheap and females dear, [p] And lusty lads roam here
and there, [p] So merrily, [p] And ever among so merrily.

Davy : Sweet sir, sit; I'll be with you anon; most sweet sir, [p]Master Page,
good Master Page, sit. Proface! What you want in [p]meat, we'll have
in drink. But you must bear; the heart's

Silence : [Singing] [p] Be merry, be merry, my wife has all; [p] For women are
shrews, both short and tall; [p] 'Tis merry in hall when beards wag
an; [p] And welcome merry Shrove-tide. [p] Be merry, be merry.

Silence : Who, I? I have been merry twice and once ere now.

Davy : [To BARDOLPH] There's a dish of leather-coats for you.

Davy : Your worship! I'll be with you straight. [To BARDOLPH] [p]A cup of
wine, sir?

Silence : [Singing] [p] A cup of wine that's brisk and fine, [p] And drink
unto the leman mine; [p] And a merry heart lives long-a.

Silence : An we shall be merry, now comes in the sweet o' th'

Silence : [Singing] [p] Fill the cup, and let it come, [p] I'll pledge you a
mile to th' bottom.

Davy : I hope to see London once ere I die.

Silence : [Singing] [p] Do me right, [p] And dub me knight. [p]
Samingo. [p]Is't not so?

Silence : Is't so? Why then, say an old man can do somewhat.

Davy : An't please your worship, there's one Pistol come from [p]court with
news.

Silence : By'r lady, I think 'a be, but goodman Puff of Barson.

Silence : [Singing] And Robin Hood, Scarlet, and John.

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