[bad word]              Night has spread her pall once more,
                    And the pris'ner still is free:
               Open is his dungeon door,
                    Useless now his dungeon key.
               He has shaken off his yoke--
                    How, no mortal man can tell!
               Shame on loutish jailor-folk--
                    Shame on sleepy sentinel!

     [Enter DAME [bad word] and KATE]

DAME           Warders are ye?
                    Whom do ye ward?
               Warders are ye?
                    Whom do ye ward?
               Bolt, bar, and key,
                    Shackle and cord,
               Fetter and chain,
                    Dungeon and stone,
               All are in vain--
                    Prisoner's flown!
          Spite of ye all, he is free-- he is free!
          Whom do ye ward? Pretty warders are ye!

WOMEN               Pretty warders are ye!
                    Whom do ye ward?
               Spite of ye all, he is free-- he is free!
               Whom do ye ward?
                    Pretty warders are ye!

MEN            Up and down, and in and out,
               Here and there, and round about;
               Ev'ry chamber, ev'ry house,
               Ev'ry [bad word] that holds a mouse,
               Ev'ry crevice in the keep,
               Where a beetle black could creep,
               Ev'ry outlet, ev'ry drain,
               Have we searched, but all in vain, all in vain.

WOMEN               Warders are ye?
                    Whom do ye ward?

MEN            Ev'ry house, ev'ry [bad word]  ev'ry drain,

WOMEN               Warders are ye?
                    Whom do ye ward?

MEN            Ev'ry chamber, ev'ry outlet,
               Have we searched, but all in vain.

WOMEN               Night has spread her pall once more,
               And the pris'ner still is free:

MEN            Warders are we? Whom do we ward? 
                         Whom do we ward?
               Warders are we? Whom do we ward? 
                         Whom do we ward?

WOMEN               Open is his dungeon door,
               Useless his dungeon key!

ALL            Spite of us all, he is free, he is free!

MEN            Pretty warders are we, he is free!
               Spite of us all, he is free, he is free!

WOMEN               Open is his dungeon door,

MEN            Spite of us all, he is free, he is free!
               Pretty warders are we, he is free! He is free!

WOMEN          He is free! He is free! 
                    Pretty warders are ye,

ALL            He is free! He is free! 
                    Pretty warders are ye/we!

     [Exeunt all.]