LYRICS

WE'RE NOT WELL-VERSED IN SHAKESPEARE
NEITHER TRAGEDY, COMEDY NOR HISTORY
FOR US, THE PLOTS AND CHARACTERS
ONLY MAKE LITERARY MYSTERY.

OLD DR. JOHNSON WAS A POET
AND A PHILOSOPHE HIMSELF.
BUT ALL WE KNOW IS WHAT WE SEE
STACKED UPON THE SHELF.

DON'T KNOW THE REASONS OR THE RHYMES,
EXCEPT THE TITLES ON THE SPINES
'CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW SHAKESPEARE!

THE TAMING OF THE SHREW,
MUCH ADO,
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE;
THE WINTER’S TALE,
TWELFTH-NIGHT (OR, WHAT YOU WILL),
THE TEMPEST!

A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT’S DREAM,
CYMBELINE,
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR,
TITUS ANDRONICUS, CORIOLANUS,
JULIUS CAESAR!

DON'T KNOW THE REASONS OR THE RHYMES,
EXCEPT THE TITLES ON THE SPINES
'CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW SHAKESPEARE!

ROMEO AND JULIET,
PERICLES AND MACBETH,
TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA,
AS YOU LIKE IT, HAMLET,
RICHARD THE THIRD, HENRY THE FIFTH,
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA;

MEASURE FOR MEASURE,
KING JOHN, KING LEAR,
OTHELLO, KING HENRY THE FOURTH;
TROILUS AND CRESSIDA,
RICHARD THE SECOND,
ANOTHER FOR HENRY THE FOURTH!

THREE FOR KING HENRY THE SIXTH,
JUST ONE FOR KING HENRY THE EIGHTH,
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS, LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST

ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL,
ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL,
ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL!