Brush Up Your Shakespeare

The girls today in society Go for classical poetry So to win their hearts one must quote with ease Aeschylus and Euripides But the poet of them all Who will start 'em simply ravin' Is the poet people call The bard of Stratford-on-Avon Brush up your Shakespeare Start quoting him now Brush up your Shakespeare And the women you will wow Just declaim a few lines from "Othella" And they think you're a heckuva fella If your blonde won't respond when you flatter 'er Tell her what Tony told Cleopaterer If she fights when her clothes you are mussing What are clothes? "Much Ado About Nussing" Brush up your Shakespeare And they'll all kowtow With the wife of the British ambassador Try a crack out of Troilus and Cressida If she says she won't buy it or tike it Make her tike it what's more as you like it If she says your behavior is heinous Kick her right in the "Coriolanus" Brush up your Shakespeare And they'll all kowtow Think so? And they'll all kowtow Odds bodkins All kowtow