Mojo, Will, & Me

 

Today’s Totally Random Line(s)

           

Why, now you have done me right.

 

-Sir John Falstaff

King Henry the Fourth Part II    Act V, Scene iii, Line 70

 

But what about the next line. Here’s the full piece from the text

Falstaff

        [To Silence, seeing him take off a bumper]   

        Why, now you have done me right.

Silence

        [Singing]

        Do me right,

        And dub me knight,

        Samingo.

 

Interesting, eh? Lots to discuss.

We’re near the end of this play. In the scene previous, Henry IV has died, and Hal has met with the king’s counselors and assured them that he’s no longer Hal, he is now King Henry V.

Then we switch over to Shallow’s orchard where Shallow, Falstaff, Bardolf, and Silence are getting drunk. Silence is singing throughout the scene.

So a bumper is a large, full glass. Falstaff is addressing Silence and the fact that he just drank a bumper when he says you have done me right. And Silence responds to that with his three lines of song. Samingo might be a bastardization of Sir Mingo, whoever that is.

These guys are about to learn that Hal is now King Henry V, and they’re going to celebrate this fact thinking that their drinking buddy is now king. What they don’t know is that King Henry V is no longer Hal, and that these guys will not have a friend in King Henry V. Oh well.

Do me right, and dub me knight, Samingo.

I like that. Do me right, and dub me knight, Samingo. It’s catchy, even without a tune.
It reminds me a little of JT's 

Do me wrong, but do me right. 

Tell me lies, but hold me tight. 

Save your good-byes for the morning light. 

But don't let me be lonely tonight.

I wonder why JT doesn't mention Samingo?

Here you go.

(8) James Taylor - Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight (Live at the Beacon Theater) - YouTube