{"id":4108,"date":"2013-03-01T20:23:26","date_gmt":"2013-03-02T01:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/?p=4108"},"modified":"2017-08-20T15:24:28","modified_gmt":"2017-08-20T20:24:28","slug":"shakespeare-song-parody-three-caskets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/archives\/4108","title":{"rendered":"Shakespeare Song Parody: Three Caskets"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the 26th in a series<\/a> of pop-music parodies for Shakespeare fans.<\/p>\n

Enjoy!<\/p>\n

Three Caskets<\/strong>
\nsung to the tune of “Four Minutes”<\/p>\n

(With apologies to Madonna, Justin Timberlake, and Timbaland)<\/p>\n

I\u2019m on the spot
\nAnd gotta choose from three caskets,
\n(Fricki, fricki) three caskets. Hey!<\/p>\n

Hey, come on, Portia.<\/p>\n

Come on boy,
\nI\u2019ve been waiting for somebody
\nTo come pass this test.<\/p>\n

Now, don\u2019t waste time,
\nTell me the rules,
\nLet me prove that I am the best.<\/p>\n

Read each inscription,
\nChoose the right one,
\nAnd then open the lid.
\nInside one, I am hid.<\/p>\n

Girl, I can solve this test,
\nJust gotta show me where they are.
\nI\u2019ll do as you have bid;
\nYou\u2019ll be glad that I did.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n

If you choose now,
\nYou could lose now.
\nTake some more time;
\nNo harm in pushing it back.<\/p>\n

If I pick right,
\nAnd, hey, I just might,
\nThis ordeal ends,
\nFor now I\u2019m living on the rack.<\/p>\n

Choose the right box.<\/p>\n

Gotta choose from three caskets to win the girl.<\/p>\n

Loose the tight locks.
\nYou\u2019re my man!<\/p>\n

You\u2019re my world!<\/p>\n

Choose the right box.<\/p>\n

Gotta choose from three caskets to win the girl.<\/p>\n

Loose the tight locks.<\/p>\n

Gotta choose from three caskets, uh huh, three caskets.<\/p>\n

Come, give it up.
\nNo need to be so shy, lock.<\/p>\n

You gotta read my thoughts:
\n(pick lead, pick lead, pick lead)<\/p>\n

That\u2019s right, come, give it up.
\nNo need to be so shy, lock.<\/p>\n

You gotta read my thoughts:
\n(pick lead, pick lead, pick lead)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n

Remember, this suitor test
\nWas my father\u2019s invention, yeah.<\/p>\n

So the Silver one holds what I deserve,
\nAnd then the Gold
\nHas what all men desire.<\/p>\n

All that glisters isn’t gold, I should mention, yeah.<\/p>\n

But if I choose the Lead,
\nIt means I would give and hazard
\nAll that I have for you.
\nWhich I\u2019d gladly do.<\/p>\n

If you choose now,
\nYou could lose now.
\nTake some more time;
\nNo harm in pushing it back.<\/p>\n

If I pick right,
\nAnd, hey, I just might,
\nThis ordeal ends,
\nFor now I\u2019m living on the rack.<\/p>\n

Choose the right box.<\/p>\n

Gotta choose from three caskets to win the girl.<\/p>\n

Loose the tight locks.
\nYou\u2019re my man!<\/p>\n

You\u2019re my world!<\/p>\n

Choose the right box.<\/p>\n

Gotta choose from three caskets to win the girl.<\/p>\n

Loose the tight locks.<\/p>\n

Gotta choose from three caskets, uh huh, three caskets.<\/p>\n

Come, give it up.
\nNo need to be so shy, lock.<\/p>\n

You gotta read my thoughts:
\n(pick lead, pick lead, pick lead)<\/p>\n

That\u2019s right, come, give it up.
\nNo need to be so shy, lock.<\/p>\n

You gotta read my thoughts:
\n(pick lead, pick lead, pick lead)<\/p>\n

Time to choose, yeah.<\/p>\n

(pick lead, pick lead, pick lead)<\/p>\n

Gonna choose the Lead casket… and there’s the girl.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is the 26th in a series of pop-music parodies for Shakespeare fans. Enjoy! Three Caskets sung to the tune of “Four Minutes” (With apologies to Madonna, Justin Timberlake, and Timbaland) I\u2019m on the spot And gotta choose from three caskets, (Fricki, fricki) three caskets. Hey! Hey, come on, Portia. Come on boy, I\u2019ve been […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,123,48,78,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-humor","category-merchant-of-venice","category-music","category-parody","category-shakespeare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4108","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=4108"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6478,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4108\/revisions\/6478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}