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Still am I call'd-paws off (n)-the time we're wasting-
Come, brush; or else I'll give you both a basting.
[Breaking from them.
Hop off, I say! (To Ghost) Lead on; I'll quickly

follow.

(To Hor. and Mar.) Wait here; and if I want ye, lads, I'll hollo.

[Exeunt Ghost and Ham.

Hor. and Mar.

SCENE IV.

A remote Part of the Platform.

Enter GHOST and HAMLET.

Hamlet.

Hollo, you Sir! Where is't you mean to go?

I'll go no further.

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Then hold your gab (0), and hear what I've to tell;
I'm press'd for time-we keep good hours in h―ll.
Soon must I go and have another roast;

So pray attend to me.

Hamlet.

Alas, poor Ghost!

SONG.-GHOST.

(Tune" Giles Scroggins' Ghost.")

Behold in me your father's sprite,

Ri tol tiddy tol de ray,

Doom'd for a term to walk the night,
Tiddy, tiddy, &c.

You'll scarce believe me when I say,
That I'm bound to fast in fires all day,
Till my crimes are burnt and purg'd away.
Ri tol tiddy, &c.

But that I am forbid to blow,

Ri tol tiddy, &c.

The dreadful secrets which I know,
Tiddy, tiddy, &c.

I could such a dismal tale unfold,

As would make your precious blood run cold!
But, ah! those things must not be told.
Ri tol tiddy, &c.

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Your uncle is the man I mean,

Ri tol tiddy, &c.

That diddled (q) me out of my crown and my queen.— Tiddy, tiddy, &c.

O what a falling off was there!

But brief let me be, I must back repair,
For methinks I scent the morning air.
Ri tol tiddy, &c.

One afternoon, as was my use,
Ri tol tiddy, &c.

I went to my orchard to take a snooze;
Tiddy, tiddy, &c.

When your uncle into my ear did pour

A bottle of cursed hellebore !

How little did I think I should wake no more!
Ri tol tiddy, &c.

Doom'd by a brother's hand was I,
Ri tol tiddy, &c.

To lose my crown, my wife, to die.
Tiddy, tiddy, &c.

I should like to have settled my worldly affairs,
But the rascal came on so unawares,

That I hadn't even time to say my pray❜rs.
Ri tol tiddy, &c.

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Let him never be at peace, asleep or awake.
Tiddy, tiddy, &c.

Your mother's plague let her conscience be→
But I must be off for the day-light I see.---
Adieu, adieu, adieu! Remember me!

Ri tol tiddy, &c.

[The Ghost vanishes.

Hamlet.

Remember thee !-I feel in such a flurry,
Egad, I shan't forget thee in a hurry.
Remember thee! Yea, from my souvenir,
All memoranda swift shall disappear;
There thy commandment all alone I'll write;
And if I e'er forget thee-blow me tight.

Horatio (without).

My Lord!

Marcellus.

Lord Hamlet !

Hamlet.

Damn those stupid fellows.

Horatio, here am I.-Hollo, Marcellus.

Enter HORATIO and MARCELLUS.

Marcellus.

How is't, my Lord ?-What news?-What said the Ghost?

Hamlet.

You'll blab.

Marcellus.

Not I.

Horatio.

I'm silent as a post.

Hamlet.

He said each Danish villian is a knave!

Horatio.

That all ?—He might have staid then in his grave.

Hamlet.

That's as he pleases. So good night-but ho!
I have a word to say before you go.

Never make known what you have seen to night.

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But that's not all: Now swear that if, perchance,
Like Merry Andrew, (r) I think fit to dance
And skip about the house, you'll never dare
To tell, or even hint, the reason—

Ghost (beneath).
Swear!

[They swear again.

Hamlet.

Lie still, Old Grey-bones.-Tis such chilling weather, Suppose we go and get some drink together?

Horatio.

With all my heart-Egad, I like your plan-
Marcellus, what say you, lad?

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