by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Charge me! I scorn you, scurvy...
Language: English
Doll Tearsheet. Charge me! I scorn you, scurvy companion. What! you poor, base, rascally, cheating, lack-linen mate! Away, you mouldy rogue, away! I am meat for your master. Pistol. I know you, Mistress Dorothy. Doll Tearsheet. Away, you cut-purse rascal! you filthy bung, away! By wine, I'll thrust my knife in your mouldy chaps, an you play saucy cuttle with me. Away, you bottle-ale rascal! you basket-hilt stale juggler, you! Since when, I pray you, sir? God's light, with two points on your shoulder? Much!
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Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Henry IV, Part II, Act II, Scene 4, lines 1382-1390 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Joel Balzun (b. 1990), "Doll Tearsheet's Song", 2014 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Cabaret Songs, Vol. 1 "Thus Saith the Dames and Wenches", no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2021-02-10
Line count: 12
Word count: 85