by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Translation by François Pierre Guillaume Guizot (1787 - 1874)
What shall he have that kill'd the deer?
Language: English
What shall he have that kill'd the deer?
His leather skin and horns to wear.
[Then sing him home; the rest shall bear this burden.]1
Take thou no scorn, to wear the horn;
It was a crest ere thou wast born:
Thy father's father wore it,
And thy father bore it:
The horn, the horn, the lusty horn
Is not a thing to laugh to scorn.
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Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in As You Like It, Act IV, 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 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895 - 1968), "The horn" [ voice and piano ], from Shakespeare Songs, Book IX, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Camille de Sainte-Croix (1859 - 1915) ; composed by Paul Vidal.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767 - 1845) , from Wie es euch gefällt and by Johann Ludwig Tieck (1773 - 1853) , from Wie es euch gefällt ; composed by Adolph Martin Foerster.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (François Pierre Guillaume Guizot)
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Line count: 9
Word count: 67
Que donnerons‑nous à celui qui a tué le...
Language: French (Français) after the English
Que donnerons-nous à celui qui a tué le daim ? Nous lui ferons porter sa peau et son bois ! Ensuite conduisons-le chez lui en chantant. Ne dédaignez point de porter la corne ; Elle servit de cimier, avant que vous fussiez né. Le père de ton père la porta, Et ton propre père l’a portée aussi. La corne, la corne, la noble corne, N’est pas une chose à dédaigner.
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Text Authorship:
- by François Pierre Guillaume Guizot (1787 - 1874) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in As You Like It, Act IV, 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):
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Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2016-01-20
Line count: 9
Word count: 67