by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
He that has and a little tiny wit
Language: English
He that has and a little tiny wit -- With [hey, ho]1, the wind and the rain, -- Must make content with his fortunes fit, [For]2 the rain it raineth every day.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Ebel: "heigh-ho"
2 Fortner: "Though"
Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in King Lear, Act III, Scene 2 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Marc Blitzstein (1905 - 1964), "Fool's song", published 1950 [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wolfgang Fortner (1907 - 1987), "Fool's song", 1946, published 1947 [voice and piano], from Songs nach Texten von William Shakespeare mit Klavierbegleitung , no. 10, Mainz : Schott, also set in German (Deutsch) [ sung text checked 1 time]
This text (or a part of it) is used in a work
- by Steven Ebel , "The fool's air and prophecy", 2007 [tenor, flute, violin, cello, piano]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Karl Georg Mantey FIN FRE ; composed by Wolfgang Fortner.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Paavo Cajander)
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo) , no title
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This text was added to the website: 2006-11-24
Line count: 4
Word count: 30