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War of the roses, Chaucer’s tales |
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The brutal feudal system |
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Holy crusades |
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Bubonic plague |
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Can’t say that we’ve really missed them |
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So dark and barbaric |
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So dull and mundane |
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That was so Middle Ages |
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That was so Charlemagne |
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Welcome to the Renaissance |
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With poets, painters and bon vivants |
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And merry minstrels, who |
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Stroll the streets of london |
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A-strumming their lutes |
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In puffy pants and pointy leather boots |
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Welcome to the Renaissance |
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Where we ooh and aah you |
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With ambiance |
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We’re so progressive |
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The latest and the greatest |
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We bring it to you |
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With much ado |
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Welcome to the Renaissance |
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Where everything is new |
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Here we’ve made advances in the sciences |
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We have the latest gadgets and appliances |
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Our mugs are made of pewter |
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Our houses all are Tudor |
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Decorated with a modern flair |
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See us in our petticoats and farthingales |
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Our trendy beards we trim to look like swallow tails |
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We’re called Elizabethans |
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They’re all a bunch of heathens |
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Heathens heading straight for you-know-where |
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While witches are burning and wars tend to start |
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We bring you moments of culture and art |
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(culture and art) ( |
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Welcome to the Renaissance |
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Where our printing press has the fancy fonts |
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That’s right we’re fancy |
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And very literary |
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Theatrical too |
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It’s what we do |
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Welcome to the Renaissance |
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Where everything is new |
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Hey look it’s Francis Bacon with a chicken |
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What’s he makin’? |
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Well i think he’s found a way of freezing meat |
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That’s new |
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Hey look it’s Walter Raleigh |
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Found a new world, by golly, |
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And he’s brought us all tobacco, what a treat |
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Also new |
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And we have a list of writers who |
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Are always writing something new |
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It’s true we do |
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Like who? |
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Like who?! |
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Like Dekker |
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(whoo) |
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John Webster |
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(whoo) |
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Ben Jonson |
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(uh huh) |
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And Christopher Marlowe |
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Thomas Kyd |
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Thomas Middleton |
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Thomas More |
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And our brightest star yo |
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He’s the bomb |
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The soul of the age |
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The wiz of the Elizabethan stage |
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He’s incredible |
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Unforgettable |
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He’s just so freakin’awesome |
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Shakespeare |
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Shakespeare |
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We love him (x8) |
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His plays are so brilliant |
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His writing’s first rate |
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His acting’s incredible |
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Isn’t he great |
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We love him (x4) |
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(isn’t he great) |
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We love him (x2) |
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We love him |
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Welcome to the Renaissance |
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Not the one in Italy or in France |
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No the one in England |
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The one where William Shakespeare |
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Is cream of the crop |
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The one where William Shakespeare is the top |
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Welcome to the renaissance |
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To a 16th century experience |
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In the age that’s golden |
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The olden days are over |
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We bid them adieu |
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Well hallelu |
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Welcome to the Renaissance |
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Where everything is new |
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Everything is new |
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Welcome to the Renaissance |
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Everything is new |
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'Cause renaissance means rebirth! |