DUKE. Pursue him, and entreat him to a peace:
He hath not told us of the captain yet:
When that is known, and golden time convents,
A solemn combination shall be made

Of our dear souls. Meantime, sweet sister,
We will not part from hence. Cesario, come;
For so you shall be, while you are a man;
But when in other habits you are seen,
Orsino's mistress and his fancy's queen.

CLO. [Sings]

[Exeunt all, except Clown.

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, &c.

'Gainst knaves and thieves men shut their gate,

For the rain, &c.

But when I came, alas! to wive,

With hey, ho, &c.

By swaggering could I never thrive,

For the rain, &c.

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375 When that I was and a little tiny boy] "and" is grammatically redundant; it is awkwardly introduced in order to suit the musical accompaniment. The song was doubtless a popular ditty of the day, which Shakespeare borrowed. The burden in the second and fourth lines of each stanza is repeated in the fool's song, Lear, III, ii, 75. The words with traditional tune, of which no early copy is known to be extant, appear in Chappell's Popular Music.

But when I came unto my beds,

With hey, ho, &c.

With toss-pots still had drunken heads,
For the rain, &c.

A great while ago the world begun,

With hey, ho, &c.

But that's all one, our play is done,

And we'll strive to please you every day.

[Exit.

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