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| Enter JAQUES and LORDS, like foresters |
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JAQUES enters with LORDS, dressed like foresters. |
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Which is he that killed the deer? |
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Which one of you killed the deer? |
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Sir, it was I. |
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It was me, sir. |
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Let's present him to the duke like a Roman conqueror. And |
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it would do well to set the deer's horns upon his head for a |
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branch of victory.—Have you no song, forester, for this |
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purpose? |
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Let's bring this man to the duke, like a triumphant Roman conqueror. Put the deer's horns on his head, like a victory branch. Do you have a song, forester, for this occasion? |
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Sing it. 'Tis no matter how it be in tune, so it make noise |
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enough. |
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Then sing it. It doesn't matter if it's in tune so long as it's loud enough. |
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(sings)
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What shall he have that killed the deer?
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His leather skin and horns to wear.
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Then sing him home.
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(The rest shall bear this burden.)
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Take thou no scorn to wear the horn.
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It was a crest ere thou wast born.
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Thy father's father wore it,
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And thy father bore it.
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The horn, the horn, the lusty horn
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Is not a thing to laugh to scorn.
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What should we give to the man who killed this deer?
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Give him the hide and the horns to wear.
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Then sing this song to send him home
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(The other LORDS pick up the deer)
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Don't be ashamed to wear the horns.
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They've been worn since before you were born.
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Your father's father wore it,
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And your father endured it.
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The horn, the horn, the lustful horn
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Is not to be laughed at or scorned.
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