Key: F major•
Intro 1
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Gm
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Verse 1
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one must quote with ease,
One must know Homer,
and believe me Bo, Sophocles, also Sappho,
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and Keats, and Pope.
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But the poet of them all,
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who will start them simply raving,
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is the poet people call the
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part of Stratford -on -Avon.
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Brush up your Shakespeare.
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Start quoting him now.
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Brush up your Shakespeare,
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and the women, you will wow.
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Just declaim a few lines from O'teller,
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and they'll think you're a hell of a fella.
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tell her what Tony told Cleopatra.
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If she bites when her clothes
ado about nothing?
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Brush up your Shakespeare,
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Gm
and they'll all bow -dow.
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Brush up your Shakespeare,
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start quoting him now.
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Brush up your Shakespeare,
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and the women you will wow.
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With the wife of the British ambassador,
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try a crack out of Troilus and Crassida.
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If she says she won't buy it or take it,
make her take it,
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watch more as you like it.
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If she says your behavior is heinous,
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Rush up your Shakespeare,
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Gm
and they'll all bow -tow.
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Brush up your Shakespeare,
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start quoting him now,
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Brush up your Shakespeare,
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and the wo men you will wow.
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If you can't be a Ham
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mond to Hamlet,
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They will not give a damn or a damlet,
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Just recite an occasional sonnet,
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When your baby is pleadin' for pleasure,
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Brush up your Shakespeare,
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and they'll all cow -tow.
For suit!
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And they'll all cow -tow. E -face!
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And they'll all cow -tow.
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Brush up your Shakespeare,
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Stop quoting him now.
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Brush up your Shakespeare,
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And the women you will wow.
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Better mention the
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merchant of Venice,
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If a virtue at first she didn't swell,
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just remind her that all's
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And if still she won't give you a bonus,
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you know what Venus got from Adonis.
Woo!
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Brush up your Shakespeare,
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And they'll all cow -tow.
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Dm
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Osbourg can still all cow -tow.
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If your girl is a Washing
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ton Heights dream
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If she then wants an all -by -herself night
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Let her rest every eleventh or twelfth night
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If because of your heat she gets huffy
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Simply play on and lay on McDuffie
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And they'll all kowtow
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And they'll all kowtow
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And they'll all kowtow
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We travel a long, long time
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TunerE A D G B E
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