John Fletcher: Quotes about singing

John Fletcher was English Jacobean playwright. Explore interesting quotes on singing.
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“Come, sing now, sing; for I know you sing well;
I see you have a singing face.”

The Wild Goose Chase (c. 1621; published 1652), Act II. 2.

“Three merry boys, and three merry boys,
And three merry boys are we,
As ever did sing in a hempen string
Under the gallow-tree.”

Act III, scene 2. Song.
Rollo, Duke of Normandy, or The Bloody Brother, (c. 1617; revised c. 1627–30; published 1639)
Variant: Three merry boys, and three merry boys,
And three merry boys are we,
As ever did sing in a hempen string
Under the gallow-tree.

“Sing a song of sixpence.”

Act V, scene 2.
The Tragedy of Bonduca (1611–14; published 1647)