Sad time, sad nights, nine times nine Witch's brew night, time on time I have told that to a frog In the stew goes tongue of dog And the branded cat doth mew The hedge maze squeals and whines Three sisters hand in hand All chanting magic rhymes Eye of bats and blindworm sting Lizard's leg and swallow's wing Root of hemlock slips off you In the stew goes drops of dew And the old wardog doth howl The crawlers screech and scream Three sisters hand in hand All leaping for a dream Sad time, sad nights, nine times nine Witch's brew night, time on time I have told that to a frog In the stew goes tongue of dog And the branded cat doth mew The hedge maze squeals and whines Three sisters hand in hand All chanting magic rhymes