{"id":4298,"date":"2013-05-10T06:17:23","date_gmt":"2013-05-10T11:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/?p=4298"},"modified":"2013-05-12T06:24:42","modified_gmt":"2013-05-12T11:24:42","slug":"shakespeare-song-parody-legionnaire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/archives\/4298","title":{"rendered":"Shakespeare Song Parody: Legionnaire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the 35th in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/archives\/category\/parody\">series<\/a> of 40 pop-music parodies for Shakespeare fans.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<strong>Legionnaire<\/strong><br \/>\nsung to the tune of &#8220;Billionaire&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(With apologies to Travie McCoy and&#8230; Bruno Mars, again?)<\/p>\n<p>You know I\u2019ve been a legionnaire so very long.<br \/>\nA well-trained army keeps the empire strong.<br \/>\nI\u2019ve fought in armed conflict for my native Rome,<br \/>\nKeeping all our people safe at home.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, every time I close my eyes<br \/>\nI feel consumed with battle cries.<br \/>\nI\u2019m always ready for a fight, alright.<br \/>\nI swear, my foes better prepare,<br \/>\n\u2018Cause I\u2019m a legionnaire!<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, I went against the Volscians,<br \/>\nFighting alongside Cominius.<br \/>\nA fine Roman he is.<br \/>\nAt Corioles, I took the lead on an attack.<br \/>\nAt first, the enemy was able to beat us back.<br \/>\nThen I managed to break open the city gates,<br \/>\nWhich as you would think sealed the Volscian\u2019s fates.<br \/>\nI got a title for playing a heroic role.<br \/>\nYou can call me Marcius, minus the Coriol.<br \/>\nHa, ha, get it?  I\u2019d probably see if I could make a run<br \/>\nFor a public office, like consul, imagine if I\u2019d won.<br \/>\nYeah, I\u2019d be a big deal once I\u2019m elected.<br \/>\nEverywhere I go I\u2019d be feared and respected.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, every time I close my eyes<br \/>\nI feel consumed with battle cries.<br \/>\nI\u2019m always ready for a fight, alright.<br \/>\nI swear, my foes better prepare,<br \/>\n\u2018Cause I\u2019m a legionnaire!\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\nI\u2019ll get the support of the Roman Senate,<br \/>\nWhipping up the delegates.<br \/>\nThen I\u2019ll ask the plebes, only in the name of etiquette.<br \/>\nThey\u2019re not too important, but just for the heck of it.<br \/>\nThe plebes and the patricians should be completely separate.<br \/>\nFor crows to peck at eagles, I can\u2019t really back it.<br \/>\nI\u2019ve earned my accession, it\u2019s too bad if you balk at it.<br \/>\nI see you take offense at this. I don\u2019t really care,<br \/>\nAnd you want to banish me which is really unfair,<br \/>\nWhen I fought in your wars. Who are you to judge me,<br \/>\nEating good, sleeping soundly?<br \/>\nAnd you think you can banish me?<br \/>\nI banish you, you\u2019ll no longer have<br \/>\nCoriolanus to kick around.<\/p>\n<p>You know I\u2019ve been a legionnaire so very long.<br \/>\nA well-trained army keeps the empire strong.<br \/>\nI\u2019ve fought in armed conflict for my native Rome,<br \/>\nKeeping all our people safe at home.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, every time I close my eyes<br \/>\nI feel consumed with battle cries.<br \/>\nI\u2019m always ready for a fight, alright.<br \/>\nI swear, Rome better prepare,<br \/>\n\u2018Cause I\u2019m a legionnaire!<\/p>\n<p>You know I\u2019ve been a legionnaire so very long.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the 35th in a series of 40 pop-music parodies for Shakespeare fans. Enjoy! Legionnaire sung to the tune of &#8220;Billionaire&#8221; (With apologies to Travie McCoy and&#8230; Bruno Mars, again?) You know I\u2019ve been a legionnaire so very long. A well-trained army keeps the empire strong. I\u2019ve fought in armed conflict for my native [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,12,48,78,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-humor","category-music","category-parody","category-shakespeare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4298","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=4298"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4302,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4298\/revisions\/4302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}