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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?

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