{"id":3428,"date":"2012-09-07T22:26:03","date_gmt":"2012-09-08T03:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/?p=3428"},"modified":"2013-09-01T17:54:27","modified_gmt":"2013-09-01T22:54:27","slug":"shakespeare-song-parody-mourn-this-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/archives\/3428","title":{"rendered":"Shakespeare Song Parody: Mourn This Way"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the sixth of a series<\/a> of parodies, in which I change the lyrics to a popular song to make it about Shakespeare. <\/p>\n

Enjoy!<\/p>\n

\nMourn This Way<\/strong>
\nsung to the tune of “Born This Way”<\/p>\n

(With apologies to Lady Gaga and, I guess, Weird Al Yankovic…)<\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t matter if you loved him,
\nOr capital M-O-M.
\nJust throw some black on,
\n\u2018Cause you can mourn this way, baby!<\/p>\n

My mama told me when I was young,
\nI’d one day become the king.
\nBut when my father died, my uncle did,
\nWhile she was glad to wear his ring.<\/p>\n

And now I\u2019m seeing my father\u2019s ghost;
\n\u201cAvenge my unnatural death\u201d he\u2019ll say.
\nI\u2019ll fool my uncle, keep him off his guard,
\nWith the crafty madness I can play.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m gonna change how I look,
\nThen read some words from a book,
\nAnd I\u2019ll wear all black, baby,
\n\u2018Cause I mourn this way.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m gonna put on a show;
\nI\u2019ll get my uncle to go,
\nAnd I\u2019ll wear all black, baby,
\n\u2018Cause I mourn this way.<\/p>\n

Mourn this way!<\/p>\n

Oh, I\u2019ll watch him at the play.
\nMaybe I can mourn this way.
\nMaybe I can mourn this way.<\/p>\n

Mourn this way!<\/p>\n

Oh, I\u2019ll watch him at the play.
\nMaybe I can mourn this way.
\nAll black, baby,
\n\u2018Cause I mourn this way.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nI\u2019m not a king; I\u2019m just a prince.
\nI\u2019m not a king; I\u2019m just a prince.
\nI\u2019m not a king; I\u2019m just a prince.<\/p>\n

My uncle murdered Dad and took his crown;
\nI know just how far fetched that sounds.
\nBut now the king\u2019s fled from the play, so I\u2019ll
\nTake the ghost\u2019s word for a thousand pounds.<\/p>\n

\u201cDirect your vengeance against the king,
\nBut not capital M-O-M.\u201d Hey, hey, hey!
\nIf I confront her, then the ghost will come:
\nTruepenny, hic et ubique.<\/p>\n

And now my girlfriend\u2019s gone mad,
\nBecause I murdered her dad,
\nAnd I wore all black, baby,
\n\u2018Cause I mourn this way.<\/p>\n

I took a trip with some friends;
\nToo bad they\u2019ll now meet their ends,
\nWhile I wear all black, baby,
\n\u2018Cause I mourn this way.<\/p>\n

Oh, I sent them on their way.
\nMaybe I can mourn this way.
\nMaybe I can mourn this way.<\/p>\n

Mourn this way!<\/p>\n

Oh, I sent them on their way.
\nMaybe I can mourn this way.
\nAll black, baby,
\n\u2018Cause I mourn this way.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nI\u2019m not a king; I\u2019m just a prince.
\nHereditary governments
\nHave quite a lot to answer for
\nIn Copenhagen, Elsinore!<\/p>\n

And soon I\u2019ll need to fear no toil,
\nI\u2019ll shuffle off this mortal coil,
\nSo get yourself some black today,
\n\u2018Cause, baby, you can mourn this way.<\/p>\n

No matter king, queen, or knave,
\nPrince, yeoman, beggar, or slave;
\nYou gotta wear black, baby,
\nWhen you mourn at my grave.<\/p>\n

No matter Danish, German,
\nNorwegian, Pole, Swede, or Finn;
\nYou gotta wear black, baby,
\nSo your mourn can begin.<\/p>\n

Out to the graveyard I\u2019ll go,
\nTalk to this skull that I know,
\nAnd I\u2019ll wear all black, baby,
\n\u2018Cause I mourn this way.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll match Laertes with swords,
\nThen get my final rewards,
\nAnd you\u2019ll wear all black, baby,
\n\u2018Cause you\u2019ll mourn this way, yeah.<\/p>\n

Oh, this is my final day.
\nHoratio, you\u2019ll mourn this way.
\nMaybe you can mourn this way.<\/p>\n

Mourn this way!<\/p>\n

Oh, this is my final day.
\nHoratio, you\u2019ll mourn this way.
\nAll black, baby,
\n\u2018Cause you\u2019ll mourn this way.<\/p>\n

You can mourn this way, hey!
\nYou can mourn this way, hey!
\nJust wear all black, baby,
\nYou can mourn this way, hey!<\/p>\n

You can mourn this way, hey!
\nYou can mourn this way, hey!
\nJust wear all black, baby,
\nYou can mourn this way, hey!<\/p>\n

I\u2019m DOA, so mourn this way\u2026
\nI\u2019m DOA, so mourn this way\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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