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nutso42
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- #1
- Posted: 10/01/2015 19:24
- Post subject: Shakespearean Song Lyrics
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Myself and many of my friends are pseudo Shakespeare nerds. We are also music nerds, which has naturally lent itself well into mixing with one another. So here's a game we've begun playing...
Take the lyrics of a popular song, but rewrite them in Shakespearean language. Then post and see who can correctly guess. After guessing, post your lyrics.
If anyone else feels like joining in, here's my opening lyric:
Doest though possess the time
To hear out mine pathetic cries
About nothing, and yet all
I am in ownership of many melodramatic cries
A madman to the bone
Nay doubteth it
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Satie
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- #2
- Posted: 10/01/2015 19:45
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not iambic pentameter my man 
but it's "Basket Case"
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nutso42
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- #3
- Posted: 10/01/2015 19:48
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| Satie wrote: | not iambic pentameter my man
but it's "Basket Case" |
Jotted it down quickly off the top of my head. Next one shall be, promise.
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Jimmy Dread
Old skool like Happy Shopper
Location: 555 Dub Street
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- #4
- Posted: 10/01/2015 19:50
- Post subject: Re: Shakespearean Song Lyrics
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| nutso42 wrote: | Doest though possess the time
To hear out mine pathetic cries
About nothing, and yet all
I am in ownership of many melodramatic cries
A madman to the bone
Nay doubteth it |
Basket Case by Green Day, squire.
Here's mine...
Prithee, charge thine muskets
And summon your kith!
Foresooth, 'tis amusing to taste defeat
And to feign.
The lady doth protest her ennui,
Yet asserts her form;
But hark! Regret!
The saucy term...
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zdwyatt
Gender: Male
Age: 45
Location: Madison WI
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- #5
- Posted: 10/01/2015 20:34
- Post subject: Re: Shakespearean Song Lyrics
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| noWaxJim wrote: |
Here's mine...
Prithee, charge thine muskets
And summon your kith!
Foresooth, 'tis amusing to taste defeat
And to feign.
The lady doth protest her ennui,
Yet asserts her form;
But hark! Regret!
The saucy term... |
Oooh, well done. Smells Like Teen Spirit.
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Jimmy Dread
Old skool like Happy Shopper
Location: 555 Dub Street
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- #6
- Posted: 10/01/2015 21:44
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Yup. Might as well try another whilst I'm on a roll:
Lambkin, lambkin - it was but jest
When my lips spoke with a burning desire
To breaketh the pegs betwixt your lips.
Lambkin, lambkin - it was but jest
That I stated, forsooth, m'lady must
Be struck whence she took her slumber.
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BrandonMiaow
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- #7
- Posted: 10/01/2015 22:38
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| noWaxJim wrote: | Yup. Might as well try another whilst I'm on a roll:
Lambkin, lambkin - it was but jest
When my lips spoke with a burning desire
To breaketh the pegs betwixt your lips.
Lambkin, lambkin - it was but jest
That I stated, forsooth, m'lady must
Be struck whence she took her slumber. |
Bigmouth Strikes Again!  this is fun but I'm not even gonna try, haven't read enough Shakespeare.
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Lovenunarluv
Location: maxbet
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- #8
- Posted: 10/03/2015 07:52
- Post subject: Shakespearean Song Lyrics
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A point that I was interested in a joint comment.
Last edited by Lovenunarluv on 01/28/2016 07:06; edited 1 time in total
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benpaco
Who's gonna watch you die?
Age: 27
Location: California
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nutso42
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- #10
- Posted: 10/04/2015 19:46
- Post subject: Re: Shakespearean Song Lyrics
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| Lovenunarluv wrote: | | A point that I was interested in a joint comment. |
Can you give us a another line?
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