Fool's song

He that has and a little tiny wit --
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, --
Must make content with his fortunes fit,
[For]1 the rain it raineth every day.

by William Shakespeare (1564-1616) , no title, from King Lear, Act III, Scene 2

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.
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.

FIN Finnish (Paavo Cajander)

Date added to the website: 2006-11-24.

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