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
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branch of victory.—Have you no song, forester, for this
purpose?
JAQUES
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?
SECOND LORD
Yes, sir.
SECOND LORD
Yes, sir.
JAQUES
Sing it. 'Tis no matter how it be in tune, so it make noise
enough.
JAQUES
Then sing it. It doesn't matter if it's in tune so long as it's loud enough.
SECOND LORD
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(sings)
What shall he have that killed the deer?
His leather skin and horns to wear.
Then sing him home.
(The rest shall bear this burden.)
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Take thou no scorn to wear the horn.
It was a crest ere thou wast born.
Thy father's father wore it,
And thy father bore it.
The horn, the horn, the lusty horn
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Is not a thing to laugh to scorn.
SECOND LORD
(sings)
What should we give to the man who killed this deer?