Hush, Hush! Not a Word Lyrics

(Enter KING, FREDERIC and RUTH)

RECITATIVE, CHORUS AND SOLO: Hush, hush! not a word
FREDERIC: Hush, hush! not a word; I see a light inside!
The Major-Gen'ral comes, so quickly hide!

PIRATES: Yes, yes, the Major-General comes! (Exeunt KING, FREDERIC, SAMUEL, and RUTH)

POLICE: Yes, yes, the Major-General comes!

GENERAL: (entering in dressing-gown, carrying a light)
Yes, yes, the Major-General comes!
Tormented with the anguish dread
Of falsehood unatoned,
I lay upon my sleepless bed,
And tossed and turned and groaned.
The man who finds his conscience ache
No peace at all enjoys;
And as I lay in bed awake,
I thought I heard a noise.
MEN: He thought he heard a noise-- ha! ha!

GENERAL: No, all is still
In dale, on hill;
My mind is set at ease--
So still the scene,
It must have been
The sighing of the breeze.