Olive Monologue from Giles Corey, Yeoman: A Play

From Giles Corey, Yeoman: A Play by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

female · defiant · 1:12 min

Nancy, I will bear no more of this. If you be not quiet, I will tell my mother when she comes home. Now, Phoebe, sing the rest of the song with me, and think no more of such folly. [ (Sings with.) Phoebe. "This king, being a mind to make himself merry, He sent for the Bishop of Canterbury. 'Good-morning, Mr. Bishop,' the king did say. 'Have you come here for to live or to die?' To my down, down, down, derry down. "'For if you can't answer to my questions three, Your head shall be taken from your body; And if you can't answer unto them all right, Your head shall be taken from your body quite.' To my down, down, down, derry down." Nancy (wagging her head in time to the music). I know some words that go better with that tune.

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