Act V, Scene 3

The forest

Enter TOUCHSTONE and AUDREY

• Touchstone. To-morrow is the joyful day, Audrey; to-morrow will we
  be married.

• Audrey. I do desire it with all my heart; and I hope it is no
  dishonest desire to desire to be a woman of the world. Here come
  two of the banish'd Duke's pages. 2365

Enter two PAGES

• First Page. Well met, honest gentleman.

• Touchstone. By my troth, well met. Come sit, sit, and a song.

• Second Page. We are for you; sit i' th' middle.

• First Page. Shall we clap into't roundly, without hawking, or 2370
  spitting, or saying we are hoarse, which are the only prologues
  to a bad voice?

• Second Page. I'faith, i'faith; and both in a tune, like two gipsies
  on a horse.
  SONG. 2375
  It was a lover and his lass,
  With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,
  That o'er the green corn-field did pass
  In the spring time, the only pretty ring time,
  When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding. 2380
  Sweet lovers love the spring.
  Between the acres of the rye,
  With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,
  These pretty country folks would lie,
  In the spring time, &c. 2385
  This carol they began that hour,
  With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,
  How that a life was but a flower,
  In the spring time, &c.
  And therefore take the present time, 2390
  With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,
  For love is crowned with the prime,
  In the spring time, &c.

• Touchstone. Truly, young gentlemen, though there was no great
  matter in the ditty, yet the note was very untuneable. 2395

• First Page. You are deceiv'd, sir; we kept time, we lost not our
  time.

• Touchstone. By my troth, yes; I count it but time lost to hear such
  a foolish song. God buy you; and God mend your voices. Come,
  Audrey. Exeunt 2400