| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| Musicke, Song. | SONG | AYL IV.ii.9b |
| What shall he haue that kild the Deare? | What shall he have that killed the deer? | AYL IV.ii.10 |
| His Leather skin, and hornes to weare: | His leather skin and horns to wear. | AYL IV.ii.11 |
| Then sing him home, the rest shall beare | Then sing him home, the rest shall bear | AYL IV.ii.12 |
| this burthen; | This burden. | AYL IV.ii.13 |
| Take thou no scorne to weare the horne, | Take thou no scorn to wear the horn, | AYL IV.ii.14 |
| It was a crest ere thou wast borne, | It was a crest ere thou wast born, | AYL IV.ii.15 |
| Thy fathers father wore it, | Thy father's father wore it, | AYL IV.ii.16 |
| And thy father bore it, | And thy father bore it, | AYL IV.ii.17 |
| The horne, the horne, the lusty horne, | The horn, the horn, the lusty horn, | AYL IV.ii.18 |
| Is not a thing to laugh to scorne. | Is not a thing to laugh to scorn. | AYL IV.ii.19 |