No Fear Shakespeare: As You Like It: Act 2, scene v

	AMIENS
	And I'll sing it. (taking paper fromJAQUES) Thus it goes:
45	If it do come to pass
	That any man turn ass,
	Leaving his wealth and ease
	A stubborn will to please,
	Ducdame, ducdame, ducdame.
50	Here shall he see
	Gross fools as he,
	An if he will come to me.

AMIENS

And I'll sing it. (taking a paper fromJAQUES) It goes like this:

(sings)

If it should come to pass

That any man turns into an ass

And leaves his wealth and ease

Simply to please his stubborn will

Ducdame, ducdame, ducdame.

Here he will see

Fools as stupid as he

If he will only come to me.

	AMIENS
	What's that “ducdame”?

AMIENS

What's that word “ducdame”?

	JAQUES
	'Tis a Greek invocation, to call fools into a circle. I'll go
55	sleep if I can. If I cannot, I'll rail against all the first-born of
	Egypt.

JAQUES

It's a Greek invocation, calling fools into a circle. I'm going to take a nap, if I can—if I can't, I'll curse all the first-born children of Egypt.

	AMIENS
	And I'll go seek the duke. His banquet is prepared.

AMIENS

And I'll go find the duke; his banquet is ready.

Exeunt severally

They all exit in separate directions.