Hardly punishment. I'd say it is music to my ears. And I thought it was pretty darn good!
I will check it in to the MW, but I'm not quite ready to say that it is Ready for PL. Now, I have to apologize. We had many messages exchanged early on in this topic as regards singing. That said, there was no reason for me to suspect that all claiming roles for this play would have read through all of these. In the end, I decided, with the wise counsel of many others who provided guidance, that we would approach this as a recital of a play. That did make sense, in that the libretto is essentially a play script. It does not identify specific music, though of course we all know that H&G is normally performed as an opera.
This post is typical of several posts on topic that identify the problems attendant on approaching this project as a "musical" one.
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So, before I can PL your section I have to ask. What tune were you singing? Is it PD? Those factors might apply. But the thing is that the libretto text that we are reading from does not "demand" that Dewman sing or identify a particular melody (I suppose it would really be an aria in an operatic performance). I'm sure that Todd is monitoring this topic, but I don't know if we will care to weigh in on your recording.
Can I ask another question: How would you feel about reciting the Dewman stanza? I'm sure that you could get lyrical, but I'm not entirely sure that it's OK to perform the text as a song that may or may not be PD. When I decided it best to proceed as a recital I didn't bother to research the music any further.
Again, I apologize. What's your feeling?
Last of Gretel? Oh, no, I hope not! I'm rather fond of that lass! 
I'll PL it as soon as I can, but probably not until tomorrow. Cheers. 