The Wind and the Rain
William Shakespeare
1564 to 1616
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For the rain it raineth every day.
For the rain it raineth every day.
A great while ago the world begun,
But when I came to man’s estate,
And we’ll strive to please you every day.
When that I was and a little tiny boy,
But that’s all one, our play is done,
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,
But when I came unto my beds,
A foolish thing was but a toy,
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,
With toss-pots still had drunken heads,
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,
For the rain it raineth every day.
By swaggering could I never thrive,
But when I came, alas! to wive,
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,
For the rain it raineth every day.
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,
’Gainst knaves and thieves men shut their gate,
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