As You Like It by William Shakespeare

Act 4 - Scene 2

The forest

(stage directions) : Enter JAQUES and LORDS, in the habit of foresters

Jaques (lord) : Which is he that killed the deer?

Lord : Sir, it was I.

Jaques (lord) : Let's present him to the Duke, like a Roman conqueror; and [p]it would
do well to set the deer's horns upon his head for a [p]branch of
victory. Have you no song, forester, for this purpose?

Lord : Yes, sir.

Jaques (lord) : Sing it; 'tis no matter how it be in tune, so it make
noise [p]enough. [p] SONG. [p] What shall he have that
kill'd the deer? [p] His leather skin and horns to wear. [p]
[The rest shall hear this burden:] [p] Then sing
him home. [p] Take thou no scorn to wear the horn; [p] It was a
crest ere thou wast born. [p] Thy father's father wore it; [p]
And thy father bore it. [p] The horn, the horn, the lusty
horn, [p] Is not a thing to laugh to scorn. Exeunt

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