Brush Up Your Shakespeare (From Kiss Me, Kate)

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The girls today in society Go for classical poetry So to win their hearts you 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 blond won't respond when you flatter 'er Tell her what Tony told Cleopaterer And if still, to be shocked, she pretends well Just remind her that 'All's Well That Ends Well' Brush up your Shakespeare And they'll all kowtow Brush up your Shakespeare Start quoting him now Brush up your Shakespeare And the women you will wow If your girl is a Washington Heights dream Treat the kid to 'A Midsummer Night Dream' If she fights when her clothes you are mussing What are clothes? 'Much Ado About Nussing' If she says your behavior is heinous Kick her right in the 'Coriolanus' Brush up your Shakespeare And they'll all kowtow And they'll all kowtow Think style And they'll all kowtow I [Incomprehensible] And they'll all kowtow[Incomprehensible] Brush up your Shakespeare Start quoting him now Brush up your Shakespeare And the women you will wow Brush up your Shakespeare And they'll all kowtow