No Fear Shakespeare: As You Like It: Act 2, scene v

Enter AMIENS, JAQUES, and others

AMIENS, JAQUES, and others enter.

	AMIENS
	(sings)
	Under the greenwood tree
	Who loves to lie with me
	And turn his merry note
5	Unto the sweet bird's throat,
	Come hither, come hither, come hither.
	Here shall he see
	No enemy
	But winter and rough weather.

AMIENS

(singing)

Whoever wants to lie with me,

Under the greenwood tree,

And turn his merry song

To follow the sweet bird's singing,

Come here, come here, come here.

Here you will find

No enemy

Besides winter and rough weather.

	JAQUES
10	More, more, I prithee, more.

JAQUES

More, more, please, more.

	AMIENS
	It will make you melancholy, Monsieur Jaques.

AMIENS

It's only going to make you sad, Monsieur Jaques.

	JAQUES
	I thank it. More, I prithee, more. I can suck melancholy out
	of a song as a weasel sucks eggs. More, I prithee, more.

JAQUES

I'm glad about that. More, please, more. I can suck sadness out of a song the way a weasel sucks eggs. More, please, more.

	AMIENS
	My voice is ragged. I know I cannot please you.

AMIENS

My voice is ragged. I know I won't please you.

	JAQUES
15	I do not desire you to please me. I do desire you to sing.
	Come, more, another stanzo. Call you 'em “stanzos”?

JAQUES

I don't want you to please me, I want you to sing. Come on, another stanza—is that what you call 'em, “stanzas”?

	AMIENS
	What you will, Monsieur Jaques.

AMIENS

Call them whatever you want, Monsieur Jaques.

	JAQUES
	Nay, I care not for their names. They owe me nothing. Will
	you sing?

JAQUES

Nah, I don't care what their names are; they owe me nothing. Will you sing?