Midnight's bell goes ting, ting, ting

Britten, Benjamin

Midnight's bell goes ting, ting, ting, ting, ting,

Then dogs do howl, and not a bird does sing

But the nightingale, and she cries twit, twit, twit;

Owls then on every bough do sit;

Ravens croak on chimneys' tops;

The cricket in the chamber hops;

The nibbling mouse is not asleep,

But he goes peep, peep, peep, peep, peep;

And the cats cry mew, mew, mew,

And still the cats cry mew, mew, mew.