Act 5, scene 3

Act V  Scene III The forest.
[Enter TOUCHSTONE and AUDREY]
TOUCHSTONE To-morrow is the joyful day, Audrey; to-
morrow will we be married.
AUDREY I do desire it with all my heart; and I hope it is
no dishonest desire to desire to be a woman of the
world.
Here comes two of the banished duke's pages.

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[Enter two Pages]
First Page Well met, honest gentleman.
TOUCHSTONE By my troth, well met. Come, sit, sit, and
a song.
Second Page We are for you: sit i' the middle. 10
First Page Shall we clap into't roundly, without
hawking or spitting or saying we are hoarse, which
are the only prologues to a bad voice?
Second Page I'faith, i'faith; and both in a tune, like
two gipsies on a horse.
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SONG.
It was a lover and his lass,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,
That o'er the green corn-field did pass
In the spring time, the only pretty ring time,
When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding:
Sweet lovers love the spring.




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Between the acres of the rye,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino
These pretty country folks would lie,
In spring time, the only pretty ring time,
When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding:
Sweet lovers love the spring. .


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This carol they began that hour,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,
How that a life was but a flower
In spring time, the only pretty ring time,
When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding:
Sweet lovers love the spring.

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And therefore take the present time,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino;
For love is crowned with the prime
In spring time, the only pretty ring time,
When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding:
Sweet lovers love the spring. 
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TOUCHSTONE Truly, young gentlemen, though there
was no great matter in the ditty, yet the note was
very untuneable. 		40
First Page You are deceived, sir: we kept time, we lost
not our time.
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. 		45
[Exeunt]