{"id":4019,"date":"2013-02-08T17:33:09","date_gmt":"2013-02-08T22:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/?p=4019"},"modified":"2013-02-10T17:39:05","modified_gmt":"2013-02-10T22:39:05","slug":"shakespeare-song-parody-iachimo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/archives\/4019","title":{"rendered":"Shakespeare Song Parody: Iachimo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the 23rd 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>\n<strong>Iachimo<\/strong><br \/>\nsung to the tune of &#8220;Domino&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(With apologies to Jessie J, and any readers who are getting tired of the song parodies&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re bragging about your bride,<br \/>\nAcross your empty glass of scotch.<br \/>\nOur nation also has pride;<br \/>\nI need to take you down a notch.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re insisting that your woman is both honest and fair,<br \/>\nBut I\u2019m betting that my charms will soon be taking her there.<br \/>\nDon\u2019t you know?  It\u2019s out of your control.<\/p>\n<p>Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh&#8230;<br \/>\nI can describe her room,<br \/>\nAnd her body; don\u2019t fume.<br \/>\nBuddy, I won!<br \/>\nOoh, ooh, ooh, ooh,<br \/>\nOne was silver and silk,<br \/>\nAnd the other smooth as milk.<br \/>\nBuddy, I won!<br \/>\nOoh, ooh, ooh, ooh&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Should have tried to win my bet outright,<br \/>\nAnd on losing should have left alone.<br \/>\nYes, I should have been more forthright,<br \/>\nBut I lied because I\u2019m Iachimo.<\/p>\n<p>Now all the facts have come to light,<br \/>\nAnd all my misdeeds have become too well known.<br \/>\nYes, I should have been more forthright,<br \/>\nBut I lied because I\u2019m Iachimo.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the 23rd in a series of pop-music parodies for Shakespeare fans. Enjoy! Iachimo sung to the tune of &#8220;Domino&#8221; (With apologies to Jessie J, and any readers who are getting tired of the song parodies&#8230;) You\u2019re bragging about your bride, Across your empty glass of scotch. Our nation also has pride; I need [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,12,48,78,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cymbeline","category-humor","category-music","category-parody","category-shakespeare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4019","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=4019"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4022,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4019\/revisions\/4022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}