{"id":4181,"date":"2013-03-29T22:12:59","date_gmt":"2013-03-30T03:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/?p=4181"},"modified":"2016-05-10T15:14:49","modified_gmt":"2016-05-10T20:14:49","slug":"shakespeare-song-parody-prince-of-tyre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/archives\/4181","title":{"rendered":"Shakespeare Song Parody: Prince of Tyre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, I guess I&#8217;m doing them all&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>This is the 29th 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>Prince of Tyre<\/strong><br \/>\nsung to the tune of &#8220;Girl on Fire&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(With apologies to Alicia Keys, and fans of Pericles\u2026)<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s just a prince and he\u2019s from Tyre.<br \/>\nHe comes from overseas;<br \/>\nHis name is Pericles.<br \/>\nHe\u2019s living in a world so far from Tyre.<br \/>\nCan\u2019t help but to displease<br \/>\nA king he cannot appease.<\/p>\n<p>Oh-oh-oh-oh!<br \/>\nHe sought to wed the king\u2019s daughter.<br \/>\nNow he\u2019s stuck in hot water.<\/p>\n<p>Oh-oh-oh-oh!<br \/>\nHe solved the king\u2019s riddle.<br \/>\nNow he\u2019s trapped in the middle.<\/p>\n<p>This prince is of Tyre!<br \/>\nThis prince is of Tyre.<br \/>\nHe\u2019s so far from Tyre.<br \/>\nThis prince is of Tyre!\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\nLooks like a knave, but he\u2019s a prince.<br \/>\nHe returns home to his land,<br \/>\nCures a famine with some grain.<br \/>\nA storm wrecks his ship out in the rinse,<br \/>\nWashes up on the sand,<br \/>\nCompetes for a bride again.<\/p>\n<p>Oh-oh-oh-oh!<br \/>\nHe wins the girl in the match;<br \/>\nShe thinks that he\u2019s quite the catch.<\/p>\n<p>Oh-oh-oh-oh!<br \/>\nThey have a daughter, and then<br \/>\nA storm wrecks his ship again.<\/p>\n<p>This prince is of Tyre!<br \/>\nThis prince is of Tyre.<br \/>\nHe\u2019s so far from Tyre.<br \/>\nThis prince is of Tyre!\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\nOne day Marina to him is led,<br \/>\nAfter being told she was dead,<br \/>\nAnd he finds that she\u2019s his girl,<br \/>\nAnd her mom\u2019s alive in the world.<br \/>\nWhat a thing to learn, baby, learn, baby&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>This prince is of Tyre!<br \/>\nThis prince is of Tyre.<br \/>\nHe\u2019s so far from Tyre.<br \/>\nThis prince is of Tyre!<\/p>\n<p>Oh-oh-oh-oh!<br \/>\nOh-oh-oh-oh!<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s just a prince and he\u2019s from Tyre.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, I guess I&#8217;m doing them all&#8230; This is the 29th in a series of pop-music parodies for Shakespeare fans. Enjoy! Prince of Tyre sung to the tune of &#8220;Girl on Fire&#8221; (With apologies to Alicia Keys, and fans of Pericles\u2026) He\u2019s just a prince and he\u2019s from Tyre. He comes from overseas; His name [&hellip;]<\/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-4181","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\/4181","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=4181"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5880,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4181\/revisions\/5880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}