Be gone

Fairies be gone, and be alwaies away.

Melpomene, be gone; / Hag of my Fancy, let me now alone: / Night-mare my ſoul no more; Go take thy flight / Where Traytors Ghoſts keep an eternal night; […]

Sir Fran. But me no Buts Be gone, Sir: Dare to ask me for Money agen Refuse Forty Thousand Pound! Out of my Doors, I say, without reply.

Be gone, thou impudent VVretch, to Hell, thy proper Place: thou art a Deſpiſer of my glorious Majeſty, and your Frame of Spirit ſavours of Blaſphemy.

Be gone [translating exī], whether born today or earlier, whether created today or earlier: with this formula I call out, lead out, and sing out from the limbs and marrow of this person here this disease, plague, pain, polyp, redness, goiters, tonsils, inflammation, growths, tumor, and swelling.

'Be gone tartlets! Your feminine charms hold no power over me,' he said, tears of laughter falling down his face to drip from his pointed little chin. 'You should know I prefer quiche to tarts.'

While you’ll find a giddy variety of sounds on TikTok – ranging from the classic ('Paint It Black' by the Rolling Stones is currently trending) to the extremely memey (‘Be Gone Thot’ by an alien influencer called Lil Mayo) – the most consistently trending sounds tend to err towards the childlike.

When your rooster crows at the break o' dawn Look out your windo' and I'll be gone You're the reason I'm a travelin' on But don't think twice, it's all right.