| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| You spotted Snakes with double tongue, | You spotted snakes with double tongue, | MND II.ii.9 |
| Thorny Hedgehogges be not seene, | Thorny hedgehogs, be not seen; | MND II.ii.10 |
| Newts and blinde wormes do no wrong, | Newts and blindworms, do no wrong, | MND II.ii.11 |
| Come not neere our Fairy Queene. | Come not near our Fairy Queen. | MND II.ii.12 |
| CHORUS | |
| Philomele with melodie, | Philomel with melody | MND II.ii.13 |
| Sing in your sweet Lullaby. | Sing in our sweet lullaby, | MND II.ii.14 |
| Lulla, lulla, lullaby, lulla, lulla, lullaby, | Lulla, lulla, lullaby; lulla, lulla, lullaby. | MND II.ii.15 |
| Neuer harme, | Never harm | MND II.ii.16 |
| nor spell, nor charme, | Nor spell nor charm | MND II.ii.17 |
| Come our louely Lady nye, | Come our lovely lady nigh. | MND II.ii.18 |
| So good night with Lullaby. | So good night, with lullaby. | MND II.ii.19 |
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| Weauing Spiders come not heere, | Weaving spiders, come not here; | MND II.ii.20 |
| Hence you long leg'd Spinners, hence: | Hence, you longlegged spinners, hence! | MND II.ii.21 |
| Beetles blacke approach not neere; | Beetles black, approach not near, | MND II.ii.22 |
| Worme nor Snayle doe no offence. | Worm nor snail, do no offence. | MND II.ii.23 |
| CHORUS | |
| Philomele with melody, &c. | Philomel with melody | MND II.ii.24 |
| Sing in our sweet lullaby, | MND II.ii.25 |
| Lulla, lulla, lullaby; lulla, lulla, lullaby. | MND II.ii.26 |
| Never harm | MND II.ii.27 |
| Nor spell nor charm | MND II.ii.28 |
| Come our lovely lady nigh. | MND II.ii.29 |
| So good night, with lullaby. | MND II.ii.30 |