Would That I Could - Happy Rhodes

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|A MIDSUMMER’S NIGHT’S DREAM-William Shakespeare|

Over hill, over dale

Thorough bush, thorough brier

Over park, over pale

Thorough flood, thorough fire

Would that I could I’d be serving my Titania

Would that I could I’d never return

Would that I could I’d be loving my Oberon

Would that I could I’d stay for good

I do wander everywhere

Swifter than the moon’s sphere

And I serve the fairy queen

To dew her orbs upon the green

Would that I could I’d be serving my Titania

Would that I could I’d never return

Would that I could I’d be loving my Oberon

Would that I could I’d stay for good

The cowslips tall, her pensioners be

In their gold coats, spots you see

Those be rubies, fairy favours

In those freckles live their savours

Would that I could I’d be serving my Titania

Would that I could I’d never return

Would that I could I’d be loving my Oberon

Would that I could I’d stay for good

I must go seek some dewdrops here

And hang a pearl in every cowslip’s ear

Farewell thou lob of spirits, I’ll be gone

Our queen and all her elves come here anon

Would that I could I’d be serving my Titania

Would that I could I’d never return

Would that I could I’d be loving my Oberon

Would that I could I’d stay for good