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Shakespeare in music! (Part II)

Does anybody know of any songs that use Shakespearean quotes? They don’t even have to be word-for-word quotes…for example, in Rush’s song Limelight, he says, “All the world’s indeed a stage / And we are merely players…”

In my other question, somebody suggested some songs, but they were all just straight-up Shakespeare, and I was looking for regular songs that had some Shakespeare in them.

Does anyone know of any songs like this?

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Answer #1

The Smiths have a song called “Shakespeare’s Sister”.

Young bones groan And the rocks below say : “Throw your white body down!”

But I’m going to meet the one I love At last! At last! At last! I’m going to meet the one I love La-de-da, la-de-da No, Mamma, let me go!

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