No Fear Shakespeare: As You Like It: Act 4, scene ii

Enter JAQUES and LORDS, like foresters

JAQUES enters with LORDS, dressed like foresters.

	JAQUES
	Which is he that killed the deer?

JAQUES

Which one of you killed the deer?

	FIRST LORD
	Sir, it was I.

FIRST LORD

It was me, sir.

	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
5	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
10	(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.)
15	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
20	Is not a thing to laugh to scorn.

SECOND LORD

(sings)

What should we give to the man who killed this deer?

Give him the hide and the horns to wear.

Then sing this song to send him home

(The other LORDS pick up the deer)

Don't be ashamed to wear the horns.

They've been worn since before you were born.

Your father's father wore it,

And your father endured it.

The horn, the horn, the lustful horn

Is not to be laughed at or scorned.

Exeunt

They all exit.