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As You Like It

Act IV, Scene 2

The forest.
 
[Enter JAQUES, Lords, and Foresters]
 
JAQUES
Which is he that killed the deer?
 
A Lord
Sir, it was I.
 
JAQUES
Let's present him to the duke like a Roman conqueror, and it would do well to set the deer's horns upon his head, for a branch of victory; Have you no song forester for this purpose?
 
FORESTER
Yes sir.
 
JAQUES
Sing it: 'tis no matter how it be in tune, so it make noise enough.
 
SONG.
 
FORESTER
             ,          ,            ,           ,
      What shall | he have | that killed | the deer?
            ,        ,          ,          ,
      His leath|er skin,| and horns | to wear:
             ,          ,          ,            ,           ,      o   oo
      Then sing | him home,| the rest | shall bear | this burd|en;   |
             ,         ,          ,          ,
      Take thou | no scorn | to wear | the horn,
          ,        ,           ,           ,
      It was | a crest | ere thou | wast born,
            ,         ,       ,        o
      Thy fath|er's fath|er wore | it,
       ,          ,        ,       oo
      And thy | father | bore it.|
            ,          ,          ,      ,
      The horn,| the horn,| the lust|y horn,
          ,        ,          ,          ,
      Is not | a thing | to laugh | to scorn.
 
[Exeunt]

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