More about Slings and Arrows...

[fajrdrako]

Since I have been thinking about Slings and Arrows, I tracked down the theme songs on YouTube - by going to the beginning of the first episode of each season - and copied down the lyrics. The first theme song, the one for season one, is Cheer Up, Hamlet, and I posted the lyrics this morning. You can hear it on YouTube at minute 1:19 here.

The theme for season 2 is I Don't Play Mackers. The lyrics:

Call me superstitious or cowardly or weak
But I'll never play a character
Whose name one dare not speak

I'll play Hamlet
In doublet and hose
Or either of the Dromeos
But sorry, I won't play Mackers

I'll play Richard the Third
With a hump and a wig
Or Henry the Eighth
That selfish pig
But sorry, I don't do Mackers

Every soul who plays this role
Risks injury or death
I'd rather sweep the bloody stage
Then ever do
Mac-you-know-who

So gimme King Lear, Cleopatra,
Romeo or Juliet, doesn't mattra,
I'll play them all for free
But I'd be crackers
To take on Mackers
You see, I's skittish about the Scottish tragedy, och aye.

You can here it on YouTube here starting at about minute 1:15.

I can't find the theme for season 3. Will continue to look at a future date.

Comments

Re: Lear.

[fajrdrako]

Absolutely a great show.