{"id":4057,"date":"2013-02-22T08:14:01","date_gmt":"2013-02-22T13:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/?p=4057"},"modified":"2013-02-22T08:14:01","modified_gmt":"2013-02-22T13:14:01","slug":"shakespeare-song-parody-end-it-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/archives\/4057","title":{"rendered":"Shakespeare Song Parody: End It Well"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the 25th in a series<\/a> of pop-music parodies for Shakespeare fans.<\/p>\n

Enjoy!<\/p>\n

\nEnd It Well<\/strong>
\nsung to the tune of “Gives You Hell”<\/p>\n

(With apologies to The All-American Rejects, and everyone else as well…)<\/p>\n

I\u2019m watching your work, Shakespeare,
\nWith some tension in my face:
\nIt’s one of your lesser-known plays.
\nYour heroine is risking
\nHer life on this rash chase;
\nI wonder how well that pays.<\/p>\n

When you plan your plot,
\nHope you end it well,
\nHope you end it well.
\nWhen you write that play,
\nHope you end it well,
\nHope you end it well.<\/p>\n

Now that part all worked out, though
\nThe men have now gone to war,
\nAnd I\u2019ve seen this plot before\u2026
\nBut still I\u2019d really like to know
\nWhat this play has at its core,
\nBefore I watch any more.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s better with a wedding.
\nIt\u2019s better than them dying.<\/p>\n

When you plan your plot,
\nHope you end it well,
\nHope you end it well.
\nWhen you write that play,
\nHope you end it well,
\nHope you end it well.<\/p>\n

If they sing a song,
\nAs they dance along,
\nThat would be swell.
\nEven if they don\u2019t,
\nIt should end well,
\nHope you end it well.<\/p>\n

I hope you end it well!\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nBertram now thinks Helena is dead.
\nThat\u2019s often a very bad sign,
\nBut it could still finish fine.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s better with a wedding.
\nIt\u2019s better than them dying.<\/p>\n

When you plan your plot,
\nHope you end it well,
\nHope you end it well.
\nWhen you write that play,
\nHope you end it well,
\nHope you end it well.<\/p>\n

If they sing a song,
\nAs they dance along,
\nThat would be swell.
\nEven if they don\u2019t,
\nIt should end well,
\nHope you end it well.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a \u201cProblem Play.\u201d
\nThis could go either way.
\nHope it won’t end like Tragedies;
\nThey cause me dismay.
\nI\u2019d try out a Romance,
\nGive a History a chance,
\nBut I much prefer those Comedies you end so well.<\/p>\n

When you plan your plot,
\nHope you end it well,
\nHope you end it well.
\nWhen you write that play,
\nHope you end it well,
\nHope you end it well.<\/p>\n

If they sing a song,
\nAs they dance along,
\nThat would be swell.
\nEven if they don\u2019t,
\nIt should end well,
\nHope you end it well.<\/p>\n

When you plan your plot,
\nHope you end it well,
\nHope you end it well.
\nWhen you write that play,
\nHope you end it well,
\nHope you end it well.<\/p>\n

If you’d end Act Five,
\nWith them still alive,
\nThat would be swell.
\nSome epilogue
\nMight end it well,
\nHope you end it well.<\/p>\n

When you end your play, I hope that you will end it well.<\/p>\n

All will be well, as long as you will end it well.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is the 25th in a series of pop-music parodies for Shakespeare fans. Enjoy! End It Well sung to the tune of “Gives You Hell” (With apologies to The All-American Rejects, and everyone else as well…) I\u2019m watching your work, Shakespeare, With some tension in my face: It’s one of your lesser-known plays. Your heroine […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,48,78,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-music","category-parody","category-shakespeare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4057","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=4057"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4091,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4057\/revisions\/4091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}