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When That I Was a Little Tiny Boy (Shakespeare)

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 4:10 pm
by bleachededen
Here is my favorite Shakespeare song, sung by Feste, the jester in Twelfth Night.
(here's a preview of the melody I learned as a child: last.fm/music/Broadside%2520Band/_/When ... %20was%20a)

I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

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When that I was and a little tiny boy,
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,
A foolish thing was but a toy,
For the rain it raineth every day.

But when I came to man’s estate,
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,
‘Gainst knaves and thieves men shut the gate,
For the rain it raineth every day.

But when I came, alas! to wive,
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,
By swaggering could I never thrive,
For the rain it raineth every day.

But when I came unto my beds,
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,
With toss-pots still had drunken heads,
For the rain it raineth every day.

A great while ago the world begun,
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,
But that’s all one, our play is done,
And we’ll strive to please you every day.