When that I was and a little tiny boy With a 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 a 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 a hey-ho, the wind and the rain By swaggering I could never thrive For the rain it raineth every day But when I came unto my beds With a hey-ho, the wind and the rain With tosspots still had drunken heads For the rain it raineth every day A great while ago the world began With a 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