Jack.
Indeed it’s not! I’ll rouse the sleepy-heads,
And send them scurrying home to seek their beds!
Queen.
But you’ll not hurt them, Jacky dear?
Jack.Not I!
To wake them with my gentlest nips I’ll try.
[Sings, as he circles around the children,
touching them lightly: Air, “Skye Boat Song.”]
Children awake, I merrily sing!