Shakespeare's Songs/When That I Was and a Little Tiny Boy
From Twelfth Night.
When That I Was and a Little Tiny Boy
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 their 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.