Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind (mp3 Sample)

As You Like It, Act II, Scene 7

Lyrics

Blow, blow, thou winter wind,

Thou art not so unkind

As man's ingratitude;

Thy tooth is not so keen

Because thou art not seen,

Although thy breath be rude.


Heigh-ho! sing heigh-ho! unto the green holly:

Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly:

Then, heigh-ho! the holly!

This life is most jolly.


Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky,

Thou dost not bite so nigh

As benefits forgot:

Though thou the waters warp,

Thy sting is not so sharp

As friend remember'd not.


Heigh-ho! sing heigh-ho! unto the green holly:

Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly:

Then, heigh-ho! the holly!

This life is most jolly.

About the Song

Peter Conover wrote this version of "Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind" for an Austin Shakespeare Festival production of As You Like It, in which he played the court minstrel Amiens.

Dog Legs & Feet's Jon Watson played Touchstone the clown in the same production, and later asked for permission to use Conover's version of the song in the band's shows. It appears here as arranged by Dog Legs & Feet.

Track Info

Lyrics by William Shakespeare.

Music by Peter Conover.

Arranged by Dog Legs & Feet.

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