DON'T MESS WITH WILL
Don't mess with
Will.
Don't mess with
Will.
Lo, lo, lo, lo.
Don't mess with
Will.
Don't mess with
Will.
Good friends
forbear!
Please say you
swear!
Not to move his
stone.
Leave it alone!
Nonny, na, na.
Now this curse covers William's
crypt,
But lately, have you
heard?
Will will get you if you SULLY his
script,
And credit others with his
words!
Churls keep away!
The curse is in
play!
Nonny, na, na.
Don't mess with
Will.
Don't mess with
Will.
Nonny, hey, hey.
Well, we know freedom can be
foppery,
And morality can feel like a
jail,
But if this curse doth naught to
stoppeth thee,
Lo! Will's preturb-ed spirit thee will
assail.
Will's here to stay!
Roland roll away!
Nonny, hey, hey.
Don't call him Eddie de
Vere,
Or Bacon
Or Chris!
That's too much ado da lee
do!
That's too much
amiss!
Cause Will is Will,
And Will will
fulfill.
Nonny, na, na.
If you move the
stones,
If you touch his
bones,
If you call him John Doe, Smith or
Jones,
You'll find this curse is
true,
This curse is for
you!
Nonny, nonny.
Fa, la, la, la.
Don't mess with
Will.
Lo, lo, lo, lo!
Cause if you do,
Curse-ed are you!
Well, I didn't come to
bury,
My message is merry,
Roland is a lubberly
boy.
And Will was SOLID
flesh,
Not so temporary,
Not so easy to
destroy!
Will's here to stay!
Roland is a knave!
Nonny, na, na!
de Vere ain't Will!
Roland is a jack-sauce
pill!
Better say goodbye!
Come not Willy nigh!
Roland, what you
say?!
Will wrote his
plays!
And his sonnets too!
What's the matter
you!?
de Vere is not Will!
Roland melt away!
Imperceiverant, arrant, jack'nape
knave!
Will will get thee from the
grave!
O, yes Will will!
Nonny, hey, hey!
Don't mess with
Will!
Nonny, na, na!
~
To the tune of: "DON'T MESS WITH BILL" by
Smokey Robinson/The Marvelettes/Motown 1966
~
Lyrics to "DON'T MESS WITH WILL" by Dame J.
E. Marshall @ September 27 2011
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"Don't Mess With Will" suggests that
Shakespeare's famous curse may extend beyond stones and bones and into the
authorship wars.
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