{"id":3980,"date":"2013-01-25T11:46:52","date_gmt":"2013-01-25T16:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/?p=3980"},"modified":"2013-01-27T11:04:35","modified_gmt":"2013-01-27T16:04:35","slug":"shakespeare-song-parody-the-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/archives\/3980","title":{"rendered":"Shakespeare Song Parody: The Title"},"content":{"rendered":"

A friend asked me if I was going to do song parodies<\/a> for all of Shakespeare’s plays.<\/p>\n

I don’t know if I can commit to that right now, but if I were going to do it, at some point I’d probably have to resort to something like this.<\/p>\n

Enjoy!<\/p>\n

\nThe Title<\/strong>
\nsung to the tune of “The Fighter”<\/p>\n

(With apologies to Gym Class Heroes, Ryan Tedder, and every teacher who ever had to put up with me…)<\/p>\n

Yo!<\/p>\n

I want to tell you about these two key men.
\nIt\u2019s not a tale of one or three men.
\nI don\u2019t think these are identical twin men,
\nBut I do know at the least that they are kinsmen.
\nA kinsman\u2019s a relation, you know, like a cousin.
\nYou could have a few or you could have several dozen.
\nThese men are related to more than a few men,
\nBut please remember there are only two men.<\/p>\n

And not just two kinsmen, but these two are noble,
\nA big deal for a culture not socially mobile.
\nAnd these two noble kinsmen can get into adventures,
\nAnd that\u2019s why Shakespeare and Fletcher wrote this play.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve a parody up ahead,
\nAbout a play you haven\u2019t read.
\nYou have lyrics to fill;
\nHow you gonna do it?<\/p>\n

Shakespeare fan, Bard lover,
\nJudge that book by its cover.
\nA few words, takes no time,
\nIt is clear to me, clear to me, clear to me:
\nIt\u2019s in the title; it’s in the title,
\nRight in the title.
\nIt\u2019s become clear to me, clear to me, clear to me:
\nJust read the title.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nNoble\u2019s like a duke or prince,
\nAnd if they\u2019re both noble it kind of makes sense,
\nBecause noble was something that came from birth,
\nNot like today when we talk about inner worth.<\/p>\n

So if one kinsman\u2019s noble, the other is, too.
\nIf your kinsman\u2019s noble, then so are you.
\nAnd there are exactly two: don\u2019t add a third,
\nAnd a single kinsman is absurd.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve a parody up ahead,
\nAbout a play you haven\u2019t read.
\nYou have lyrics to fill;
\nHow you gonna do it?<\/p>\n

Shakespeare fan, Bard lover,
\nJudge that book by its cover.
\nA few words, takes no time,
\nIt is clear to me, clear to me, clear to me:
\nIt\u2019s in the title; it’s in the title,
\nRight in the title.
\nIt\u2019s become clear to me, clear to me, clear to me:
\nJust read the title.<\/p>\n

Everybody hold your books up!
\nWhat’s that cover say? (Hey!)
\nWhat’s that cover say? (Hey!)
\nWhat’s that cover say? (Hey!)
\nWhat’s that cover say? (Hey!) <\/p>\n

You want jokes about Arcite and Palamon (you do!).
\nBut you won’t find them in the tale I’m on (come on!).
\n‘Cause I’m still a big phony;
\nI just read the dramatis personae.<\/p>\n

Shakespeare fan, Bard lover,
\nJudge that book by its cover.
\nA few words, takes no time,
\nIt is clear to me, clear to me, clear to me:
\nIt\u2019s in the title; it’s in the title,
\nRight in the title.
\nIt\u2019s become clear to me, clear to me, clear to me:
\nJust read the title.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve a parody up ahead,
\nAbout a play you haven\u2019t read.
\nYou have lyrics to fill;
\nHow you gonna do it?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A friend asked me if I was going to do song parodies for all of Shakespeare’s plays. I don’t know if I can commit to that right now, but if I were going to do it, at some point I’d probably have to resort to something like this. Enjoy! The Title sung to the tune […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,48,78,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-humor","category-music","category-parody","category-shakespeare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3980","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=3980"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3992,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3980\/revisions\/3992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}