When that I was and a little tiny boy

When that I was and a little tiny boy,
[With]1 hey, ho, the wind and the rain,
A foolish thing was but a toy,
For the rain it raineth every day.

But when I came to man's estate,
[With]1 hey, ho, the wind and the rain,
'Gainst knaves and thieves men shut their gate,
For the rain it raineth every day.

[ But when I came, alas! to wive,
[With]1 hey, ho, the wind and the rain,
By swaggering could I never thrive,
For the rain it raineth every day.]2

[ But when I came unto my beds,
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,
With toss-pots still had drunken heads,
For the rain it raineth every day.]3

A great while ago the world [begun]4,
[With]1 hey, ho, the wind and the rain,
But that's all one, our play is done,
And we'll strive to please you every day.

by William Shakespeare (1564-1616) , from Twelfth Night, Act V, Scene 1

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by David Werner Amram (1930-) , "The wind and the rain", from Five Shakespeare Songs, no. 4.
by Garth Baxter (1946-) , "When that I was and a little tiny boy" [voice and guitar], from Four Songs from Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, no. 4.
by Lee Hoiby (1926-) , "When that I was and a little boy", 1955 [voice and lute], from Songs of the Fool, no. 3.
by Mervyn, Lord Horder, the Second Baron of Ashford (1910-1998) , "When that I was and a little tiny boy", alternate title: "The wind and the rain", from A Shropshire Lad, no. 4.
by Mervyn, Lord Horder, the Second Baron of Ashford (1910-1998) , "When that I was and a little tiny boy" [soprano and baritone duet with piano], from Four Shakespeare Duets, no. 4.
by Erich Korngold (1897-1957) , "For the rain, it raineth every day", op. 29 no. 5, from Songs of the Clown, no. 5.
by Elizabeth Maconchy (1907-1994) , "The Wind and the Rain", from Four Shakespeare Songs, no. 4.
by Roger Quilter (1877-1953) , "Hey, ho, the wind and the rain", op. 23 no. 5.
by Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) , "With hey, ho, the wind and the rain", op. 60 (Incidental Music from Trettondagsafton (Twelfth night)) no. 2 (1909). [voice and guitar or piano], also set in Swedish
by Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) , "The rain it raineth every day", op. 65 no. 3, from The Clown's Songs from Twelfth Night, no. 3.

by Wilhelm Petersen (1890-1957) , "Epilog des Narren", op. 46 no. 3, from Lieder aus Shakespeare-Dramen, no. 3.
by Robert Alexander Schumann (1810-1856) , "Schlußlied des Narren", op. 127 (Lieder und Gesänge von Kerner, Heine, Strachwitz, Shakespeare) no. 5 (1840).

by Peter Arnold Heise (1830-1879) , "Dengang jeg var kun saa stor som saa", op. 4 no. 2.

by Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) , "Hållilå, uti storm och regn", op. 60 (Incidental Music from Trettondagsafton (Twelfth night)) no. 2 (1909). [voice and guitar or piano], also set in English

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