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

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And they'll all kowtow

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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