{"id":3996,"date":"2013-02-01T14:06:36","date_gmt":"2013-02-01T19:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/?p=3996"},"modified":"2017-08-20T15:12:58","modified_gmt":"2017-08-20T20:12:58","slug":"shakespeare-song-parody-blocked-from-succession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/archives\/3996","title":{"rendered":"Shakespeare Song Parody: Blocked from Succession"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the 22nd in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/archives\/category\/parody\">series<\/a> of pop-music parodies for Shakespeare fans.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Blocked from Succession<\/strong><br \/>\nsung to the tune of &#8220;Locked out of Heaven&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(With apologies to Bruno Mars, and the royal family&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>Oh, yeah, yeah.<br \/>\nOh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.<br \/>\nOoh!<\/p>\n<p>Oh, yeah, yeah.<br \/>\nOh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.<br \/>\nOoh!<\/p>\n<p>To avoid a legitimacy disaster,<br \/>\nYou worked out an arrangement to be fair:<br \/>\nThat Henry finish out his reign as Lancaster,<br \/>\nAnd York would then become his legal heir.<\/p>\n<p>But your deal makes me feel paralyzed.<br \/>\nYeah, your deal makes me feel paralyzed.<br \/>\nAnd it\u2019s wrong, yeah, yeah, yeah.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Cause it means that my son<br \/>\nWill be blocked from succession<br \/>\nTo the throne, to the throne.<br \/>\nYeah, it means that my son<br \/>\nWill be blocked from succession<br \/>\nTo the throne,<br \/>\nTo the throne.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Oh, yeah, yeah.<br \/>\nOh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.<br \/>\nOoh!<\/p>\n<p>Oh, yeah, yeah.<br \/>\nOh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.<br \/>\nOoh!<\/p>\n<p>You boasted of your high descent,<br \/>\nIn front of Parliament;<br \/>\nYou can wear this impressive paper crown.<br \/>\nI\u2019ve a tiger\u2019s heart that\u2019s wrapped in a woman\u2019s hide,<br \/>\nAnd I won\u2019t let you take this family down.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Cause your deal makes me feel paralyzed.<br \/>\nYeah, your deal makes me feel paralyzed.<br \/>\nAnd it\u2019s wrong, yeah, yeah, yeah.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Cause it means that my son<br \/>\nWill be blocked from succession<br \/>\nTo the throne, to the throne.<br \/>\nYeah, it means that my son<br \/>\nWill be blocked from succession<br \/>\nTo the throne,<br \/>\nTo the throne.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, oh, oh, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.<br \/>\nNow, off with his head;<br \/>\nTake time to do him dead.<br \/>\nOh, oh, oh, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.<br \/>\nNow, off with his head;<br \/>\nTake time to do him dead.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Cause it means that my son<br \/>\nWon\u2019t be blocked from succession<br \/>\nTo the throne, to the throne.<br \/>\nYeah, it means that my son<br \/>\nWon\u2019t be blocked from succession<br \/>\nTo the throne,<br \/>\nTo the throne.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the 22nd in a series of pop-music parodies for Shakespeare fans. Enjoy! Blocked from Succession sung to the tune of &#8220;Locked out of Heaven&#8221; (With apologies to Bruno Mars, and the royal family&#8230;) Oh, yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Ooh! Oh, yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Ooh! To avoid [&hellip;]<\/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-3996","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\/3996","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=3996"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6467,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3996\/revisions\/6467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}