Cole Porter - Brush Up Your Shakespeare lyrics
Artist: Cole Porter
album: Kiss Me, Kate (1987 Royal Shakespeare Company Cast Recording)
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
Think style
And they'll all kowtow
I
And they'll all kowtow
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
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
Think style
And they'll all kowtow
I
And they'll all kowtow
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
Other albums by the artist
Gustav Csik Compositions
2021 · album
Anything Goes (1989 London Cast Recording)
2021 · album
Love for Sale
2020 · single
Work From Home with Cole Porter
2020 · compilation
Cole Porter: A Celebration
2020 · album
Kiss Me Kate (2019 Broadway Cast Recording)
2019 · compilation
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