{"id":3723,"date":"2012-11-30T06:00:50","date_gmt":"2012-11-30T11:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/?p=3723"},"modified":"2017-08-20T15:05:56","modified_gmt":"2017-08-20T20:05:56","slug":"shakespeare-song-parody-the-death-of-kings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/archives\/3723","title":{"rendered":"Shakespeare Song Parody: The Death of Kings"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the 13th in a series<\/a> of pop-music parodies for Shakespeare fans.<\/p>\n

Enjoy!<\/p>\n

The Death of Kings<\/strong>
\nsung to the tune of “Single Ladies”<\/p>\n

(With apologies to Beyonc\u00e9, and people who don’t like song parodies…)<\/p>\n

All the death of kings. All the death of kings.
\nAll the death of kings. All the death of kings.
\nAll the death of kings. All the death of kings.
\nAll the death of kings. Now put your guard up!<\/p>\n

Just come ashore (shore), losing the war (war),
\nLet\u2019s talk of grave grim things.
\nGather around (round), sit on the ground (ground),
\nTo tell stories of the death of kings.
\nSome poisoned by wives (wives), or war claimed their lives (lives),
\nSome died of hypertension.
\nBut when you supplant (plant), that simply can\u2019t (can\u2019t)
\nBe good for your country.<\/p>\n

\u2018Cause if you liked it then you shoulda left the king on it.
\nIf you liked it then you shoulda left the king on it.
\nDon\u2019t be shocked when my heirs make a thing of it.
\nIf you liked it then you shoulda left the king on it.<\/p>\n

Whuh uh uh. Uh uh uh, uh uh uh, uh uh uh.
\nWhuh uh uh. Uh uh uh, uh uh uh, uh uh uh.<\/p>\n

If you liked it then you shoulda left the king on it.
\nIf you liked it then you shoulda left the king on it.
\nDon\u2019t be shocked when my heirs make a thing of it.
\nIf you liked it then you shoulda left the king on it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I had soldiers to fight (fight), a clear divine right (right);
\nThe Lord up in Heaven chose me.
\nBolingbroke (brook), he came and took (took);
\nIn he comes and out goes me.
\nSince your ascension, did I mention,
\nThere\u2019s significant dissention.
\nSo you want your turn (turn), well now you\u2019re gonna learn,
\nWhat follows when you come depose me.<\/p>\n

‘Cause if you liked it then you shoulda left the king on it.
\nIf you liked it then you shoulda left the king on it.
\nDon\u2019t be shocked when my heirs make a thing of it.
\nIf you liked it then you shoulda left the king on it.<\/p>\n

Whuh uh uh. Uh uh uh, uh uh uh, uh uh uh.
\nWhuh uh uh. Uh uh uh, uh uh uh, uh uh uh.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t think that things will be as they were before:
\nA bloody civil war!
\nThe crown is what I have earned, what I deserve!
\nIt\u2019s a major travesty that\u2019s a recipe for a destiny to a misery for your children\u2019s kids and beyond\u2026<\/p>\n

As soldiers take up arms,
\nInflicting massive harms,
\nMore than you have ever known,
\nAnd like those kings, I\u2019ll be gone.<\/p>\n

All the death of kings. All the death of kings.
\nAll the death of kings. All the death of kings.
\nAll the death of kings. All the death of kings.
\nAll the death of kings. Now put your guard up!<\/p>\n

Whuh uh uh!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is the 13th in a series of pop-music parodies for Shakespeare fans. Enjoy! The Death of Kings sung to the tune of “Single Ladies” (With apologies to Beyonc\u00e9, and people who don’t like song parodies…) All the death of kings. All the death of kings. All the death of kings. All the death of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[113,4,12,48,78,3,119],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-histories","category-history","category-humor","category-music","category-parody","category-shakespeare","category-plantagenets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3723"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6456,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3723\/revisions\/6456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}