Pleased holidays, everybody! It is time for one of many GEB’s favourite vacation traditions: Shakespeare caroling! Use these hyperlinks to see the carols we wrote in 2019 and 2020.
(There’s No Place Like) Dwelling for the Holidays (The Fontane Sisters)
Oh, there is no place like Rome for a love affair,
‘Trigger regardless of how distant you roam,
Once you pine for sunshine of her window glare,
For a love affair, you may’t beat Rome, candy Rome.
She met a boy who was a Montague,
He was headin’ for,
A masquerade ball, and a few beef and barley stew.
From the fortress, people are travelin’
To Verona’s violent streets,
From the quarto to the folio,
Gee, this playwright is terrific.
Oh, there is no place like Rome for a love affair,
‘Trigger regardless of how distant you roam,
If you wish to be star-crossed in one million methods,
For a love affair, you may’t beat Rome, candy Rome.
She met a boy who was a Montague,
He was headin’ for,
A masquerade ball, and a few beef and barley stew.
From the fortress, people are travelin’
To Verona’s violent streets,
From the quarto to the folio,
Gee, this playwright is terrific.
Oh, there is no place like Rome for a love affair,
‘Trigger regardless of how distant you roam,
If you wish to be star-crossed in one million methods,
For a love affair, you may’t beat Rome, candy Rome.
For a love affair, you may’t beat Rome, candy Rome.
Up on the Housetop (Benjamin Hanby)
Up on the pulpit, Antony paused
Seemed out on the the mob he precipitated
Tore down Brutus with ironic reward
All for the kingly crown, Roman craze
Oh, oh, oh, who would’ve thought
Oh, oh, oh, who would’ve thought
Up on the pulpit, pause, pause, pause
Look ahead to the pity and crowd’s applause
First comes the well-known trip-e-let
To cover Antony’s malicious wit
Buddies, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears
Whereas I trick you with a letter and a few false tears
Oh, oh, oh, who would’ve thought
Oh, oh, oh, who would’ve thought
Up on the pulpit, pause, pause, pause
Look ahead to the pity and crowd’s applause
Look how he disproved Brutus’ declare
Oh simply see how he builds his fame
Right here is his ambition and rhetoric
The group ought to’ve distrusted Antony’s tips
Oh, oh, oh, who would’ve thought
Oh, oh, oh, who would’ve thought
Up on the pulpit, pause, pause, pause
Look ahead to the pity and crowd’s applause
