The Ballad Literature and Popular Music of the Olden Time/Volume 1/Reign of Elizabeth/When that I Was a Little Tiny Boy
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When that I was a li -- tle ti -- ny boy,
With a heigh ho! the wind and the rain,
A fool -- ish thing was but a toy,
For_the rain it rain -- eth ev’ -- ry day,
With a heigh ho! the wind and the rain,
And the rain it rain -- eth ev’ -- ry day.
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For other versions of this work, see When that I was and a little tiny boy.
When that I Was a Little Tiny Boy
The Fool’s song which forms the Epilogue to Twelfth Night is still sung on the stage to this tune. It has no other authority than theatrical tradition. A song of the same description, and with the same burden, is sung by the Fool in King Lear, act iii., sc. 2—
“He that has a little tiny wit,
With a heigh ho! the wind and the rain,
Must make content with his fortunes fit,
For the rain it raineth every day.”
With a heigh ho! the wind and the rain,
Must make content with his fortunes fit,
For the rain it raineth every day.”
The following is the song in Twelfth Night:—
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When that I was a li -- tle ti -- ny boy,
With a heigh ho! the wind and the rain,
A fool -- ish thing was but a toy,
For_the rain it rain -- eth ev’ -- ry day,
With a heigh ho! the wind and the rain,
And the rain it rain -- eth ev’ -- ry day.
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But when I came to man's estate,
With a heigh ho! &c.,
’Gainst knaves and thieves men shut their gate,
For the rain, &c.
With a heigh ho! &c.,
’Gainst knaves and thieves men shut their gate,
For the rain, &c.
But when I came, alas! to wive,
With a heigh ho! &c.,
By swaggering I could never thrive,
For the rain, &c.
With a heigh ho! &c.,
By swaggering I could never thrive,
For the rain, &c.
But when I came unto my bed,
With a heigh ho! &c.,
With toss-pots still I’d drunken head,
For the rain, &c.
With a heigh ho! &c.,
With toss-pots still I’d drunken head,
For the rain, &c.
A great while ago the world begun,
With a heigh ho! the wind and the rain;
But that is all one, our play is done,
And we'll strive to please you every day.
With a heigh ho! the wind and the rain;
But that is all one, our play is done,
And we'll strive to please you every day.