...later critics, doubting its truth, come generally to think that the refrain, common to both, "Black spirits, and white, red spirits and gray, Mingle, mingle, mingle, you that mingle may." came from a much earlier day, from the common songs of the people. There is a certain resemblance between...

...elves and fairies in a ring, enchanting all that you put in. ALL: (Tune : " Farmer in the Dell") Black spirits and white Red spirits and gray Mingle, mingle, mingle, You that mingle may. Green spirits and purple Yellow spirits and blue Mingle, mingle, mingle, You that mingle new. Orange...

...middle's best, and that give me. THE WITCH, ii. 2. MS. undated. A Charm Song about a Vessel. BLACK spirits and white, red spirits and gray, Mingle, mingle, mingle, you that mingle may. Titty, Tiffin, keep it stiff in; Firedrake, Puckey, make it lucky; Liard, Robin, you must bob in. Round,...

...problematical. The text, according to the Quarto of 1 674, is as follows : Mustek and Song. Hec. Black Spirits, and white, Red Spirits and gray; Mingle, mingle, mingle, You that mingle may. / Witch. Tiffin, Tiffin, keep it stiff in, Fire drake Puckey, make it luckey: Lyer Robin, you must...

...Middleton, and incorporated by D'Avenant in his version of Macbeth printed in 1673, reads thus:— Black ever thick; regard Titinius, And tell me what thou not'st about the field. [Pindarus Titty. Tiffin', Keep it stiff in; Firedrake, Puckey, Make it lucky; Liard, Robin, You must bob in....

...Shall be my gauge, For tale or lay. GNOME MAN disappears, MASTER continues, to all the others: "Black spirits and white, Red spirits and gray, Mingle, mingle, mingle, You that mingle may." Mingling Chorus. FROLICS, STORIES, and all the characteisjota in this chorus, marching and countermarching...

...least one of them, Middleton's 'charm-song' in iv.1, still enjoyed an almost L7rtext-like status: Black spirits and white, red spirits and gray, Mingle, mingle, mingle, you that mingle may! In modern editions of Macbeth this is simply cued in in a stage direction; Piave's libretto at this...

...each other, scholars have concluded that the chant was "in all probability, a traditional one." Black spirits and white, red spirits and gray, Mingle, mingle, mingle, you that mingle may! Titty, Tiffin, Keep it stiff in; Firedrake, Puckey, Make it lucky; Liard, Robin, You must bob in. Round,...

..."witch's caldron" of races; rhetorically stirring the cauldron for his listeners, he chanted: Black spirits and white, Red spirits and gray, Mingle, mingle, mingle, You that mingle may. With a straight face, Daniel repeated the most preposterous stories about the Filipinos. "The travelers...

...CHORUS Around, around, about, about, All ill come running in, all good keep out. Leveridge HECATE Black spirits and white, Red spirits and gray; Mingle, mingle, mingle, You that mingle may. CHORUS Mingle, mingle, mingle, You that mingle may. WITCH 7 Tiffin, Tiffin, keep it stiff in, Firedrake,...