{"id":3223,"date":"2012-08-03T20:32:49","date_gmt":"2012-08-04T01:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/?p=3223"},"modified":"2017-08-20T14:05:46","modified_gmt":"2017-08-20T19:05:46","slug":"shakespeare-song-parody-filled-with-woe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/archives\/3223","title":{"rendered":"Shakespeare Song Parody: Filled with Woe"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve long enjoyed the Shakespeare song parodies posted by Bardfilm<\/a> and ShakespeareGeek<\/a>. Now, it’s my turn to join in the fun. If this works out, maybe I’ll make it a regular feature.<\/p>\n

The idea is to take a popular song and change the words so that it’s about Shakespeare. Here is my first attempt. Enjoy!<\/p>\n

Filled with Woe<\/strong>
\nsung to the tune of “Somebody That I Used to Know”<\/p>\n

(With apologies to Gotye, Kimbra, and my readers…)<\/p>\n

Now and then I think of when you were my whole tomorrow,
\nLike when I kissed you at your father\u2019s masquerade;
\nTold myself that you were right for me,
\nBut felt alone under your balcony,
\nAnd yet I always felt that parting was such sweet sorrow.<\/p>\n

You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness,
\nLike how we know our parents never would approve;
\nSo when you heard that I was banish\u00e9d,
\nWell, you said that we would still be wed,
\nBut I\u2019ll admit that I feared it was over.<\/p>\n

But you didn\u2019t have to kill yourself,
\nTaking poison on your wedding day and come to nothing,
\nAnd losing you was hard enough,
\nBut you\u2019re lying dead near Tybalt and that feels so rough.<\/p>\n

O, you didn\u2019t have to do this, no,
\nBut I bought some poison, killed Count Paris, now I join your number;
\nThus, with a kiss, I let you go,
\nNow I die somebody who is filled with woe!<\/p>\n

Now I die somebody who is filled with woe!
\nNow I die somebody who is filled with woe!<\/p>\n

* * *<\/center><\/p>\n

Now and then I think about our plan to stay together,
\nAnd now I\u2019m guessing that you never really got my note;
\nA pity you did not survive,
\nBecause the whole time I was still alive;
\nThy lips are still warm, Romeo,
\nAnd so, happy dagger, kill me –
\nI\u2019m somebody who is filled with woe!<\/p>\n

* * *<\/center>Somebody!
\nFilled with woe!
\nSomebody!
\nFilled with woe!<\/p>\n

Now I die somebody who is filled with woe!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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