A great while ago the world begun, 428 <With> hey, ho, the wind and the rain, 429 But that’s all one, our play is done, 430 And we’ll strive to please you every day.
< All but the Fool > exit.
FOOL sings
When that I was and a little tiny boy, 412
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, 413
A foolish thing was but a toy , 414
For the rain it raineth every day. 415
But when I came to man’s estate , 416
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, 417
’Gainst knaves and thieves men shut their gate, 418
For the rain it raineth every day. 419
But when I came, alas, to wive, 420
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, 421
By swaggering could I never thrive, 422
For the rain it raineth every day. 423
But when I came unto my beds, 424
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, 425
With tosspots still had drunken heads, 426
For the rain it raineth every day. 427
A great while ago the world begun, 428
< With > hey, ho, the wind and the rain, 429
But that’s all one , our play is done, 430
And we’ll strive to please you every day. 431
< He exits. >
