{"id":4334,"date":"2013-06-07T17:54:24","date_gmt":"2013-06-07T22:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/?p=4334"},"modified":"2013-06-08T17:59:20","modified_gmt":"2013-06-08T22:59:20","slug":"shakespeare-song-parody-timon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/archives\/4334","title":{"rendered":"Shakespeare Song Parody: Timon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the 37th 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>Timon<\/strong><br \/>\nsung to the tune of &#8220;Diamonds&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(With apologies to Rihanna, and those planning to read Timon of Athens\u2026 SPOILERS!)<\/p>\n<p>Pass by, cursed by Timon.<br \/>\nPass by, cursed by Timon.<\/p>\n<p>With joy, I would generous be,<br \/>\nBack when I was wealthy.<br \/>\nI ran dry, I ran dry,<br \/>\nI am Timon, here lie I.<\/p>\n<p>I gave away my money,<br \/>\nA pathway to bankruptcy,<br \/>\nA wretched soul, while alive,<br \/>\nI am Timon, here lie I.<\/p>\n<p>My money gone, my friends fled right away,<br \/>\nOh, right away!<br \/>\nWhen I asked them to help me with my creditors,<br \/>\nEvery one of them refused my pleas.<\/p>\n<p>A plague consume you wicked caitiffs!<br \/>\nMy epitaph: I\u2019m Timon, here lie I.<br \/>\nA wretched soul, while alive,<br \/>\nMy epitaph: I\u2019m Timon, here lie I.<\/p>\n<p>Pass by, cursed by Timon.<br \/>\nPass by, cursed by Timon.<br \/>\nPass by, cursed by Timon.<br \/>\nMy epitaph: I\u2019m Timon, here lie I.<\/p>\n<p>Pass by, cursed by Timon.<br \/>\nPass by, cursed by Timon.<br \/>\nPass by, cursed by Timon.<br \/>\nMy epitaph: I\u2019m Timon, here lie I.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the 37th in a series of 40 pop-music parodies for Shakespeare fans. Enjoy! Timon sung to the tune of &#8220;Diamonds&#8221; (With apologies to Rihanna, and those planning to read Timon of Athens\u2026 SPOILERS!) Pass by, cursed by Timon. Pass by, cursed by Timon. With joy, I would generous be, Back when I was [&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-4334","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\/4334","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=4334"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4336,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4334\/revisions\/4336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}