No Fear Shakespeare: As You Like It: Act 5, scene iii

	With a hey, and a ho, and a hey-nonny-no,
	These pretty country folks would lie
	In springtime, the only pretty ring time,
25	When birds do sing, Hey ding a ding, ding.
	Sweet lovers love the spring.
	This carol they began that hour,
	With a hey, and a ho, and a hey hey-nonny-no,
	How that a life was but a flower
30	In springtime, the only pretty ring time,
	When birds do sing, Hey ding a ding, ding.
	Sweet lovers love the spring.
	And therefore take the present time,
	With a hey, and a ho, and a hey hey-nonny-no,
35	For love is crownèd with the prime
	In springtime, the only pretty ring time,
	When birds do sing, Hey ding a ding, ding.
	Sweet lovers love the spring.

With a hey, and a ho, and a hey-nonny-no

The pretty country folk would lie

In the springtime, the only proper wedding-time,

The time when birds sing, Hey ding-a-ding-ding.

Sweet lovers love the spring.

They wrote this song at that time,

With a hey, and a ho, and a hey-nonny-no,

About how life was as short-lived as a flower

In the springtime, the only proper wedding time,

The time when birds sing, hey ding-a-ding-ding.

Sweet lovers love the spring.

So seize the present time,

With a hey, and a ho, and a hey-nonny-no,

For love is all perfection

In the springtime, the only proper wedding time,

The time when birds sing, Hey ding-a-ding-ding.

Sweet lovers love the spring.

	TOUCHSTONE
	Truly, young gentlemen, though there was no great matter
40	in the ditty, yet the note was very untunable.

TOUCHSTONE

Really, young men, though it wasn't a very hard song to get right, the music was still all out of tune.

	FIRST PAGE
	You are deceived, sir. We kept time. We lost not our time.

FIRST PAGE

No, sir, you're wrong; we kept the song's time, we didn't lose any.

	TOUCHSTONE
	By my troth, yes. I count it but time lost to hear such a
	foolish song. God be wi' you, and God mend your voices.—
	Come, Audrey.

TOUCHSTONE

Oh, yes you did—I lost time listening to your foolish song. God be with you, and I hope He fixes your voices! Come on, Audrey.

Exeunt

They all exit.