Dunsinane Blues (After Macbeth)

Lyrics

[Verse 1] "Macbeth," said an apparition "Shall never vanquished be Until," said the apparition "Great Birnam Wood to High Dunsinane Hill Shall come against him." Mac said, "That will Never be, that'll never be I will not be afraid of death or bane Till Birnam Forest comes to Dunsinane" [Verse 2] Macduff marching with his army Came toward Birnam Wood Macbeth waited in his castle And Malcolm said, "Let every soldier hew him Down a bough and bear it before him" Macbeth that day was heard to say "I will not be afraid of death or bane Till Birnam Forest comes to Dunsinane" [Verse 3] Macbeth listened to a servant "I looked toward Birnam and Anon," said the wretched servant "Methought the wood began to move May you see it comin', I say a moving grove" Then quoth the Scot, "The spirit said, 'Fear not Till Birnam Wood do come to Dunsinane' And now a wood comes towards Dunsinane" [Verse 4] "Macbeth," said another apparition "Macbeth, beware Macduff Beware," said another apparition "Be bloody, bold and resolute and laugh to scorn The power of man, for none of woman born Can harm Macbeth." Did this disarm Macbeth? He said, "Swords I smile at, weapons laugh to scorn Brandished by a man that's of a woman born" [Verse 5] Macbeth fighting in a battle Sighted Macduff who said "Despair," then, to put it my way "Now's the time for you to be a wary 'un I really wasn't born, it was a Caesarian" Macbeth is said to have lost his head But he never was afraid of death or bane Till Birnam Forest came to Dunsinane Ah