If You’re Hamlet and You Know It Clap Your Hands

(to the tune of If You’re Happy and You Know It Clap Your Hands)

To be, or not to be, that is the question:

To be, or not to be, that is the question:

To be, or not to be,

To be, or not to be,

To be, or not to be, that is the question:

Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer

Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer

Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind

Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind

Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer

The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,

The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,

The slings and arrows of

The slings and arrows of

The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,

Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,

Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,

Or to take arms against a sea

Or to take arms against a sea

Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,

And, by opposing, end them?

And, by opposing, end them?

And, by opposing,

And, by opposing,

And, by opposing, end them?

To die: to sleep; No more;

To die: to sleep; No more;

To die: to sleep;

To die: to sleep;

To die: to sleep; No more;

and by a sleep to say we end the heart-ache

and by a sleep to say we end the heart-ache

and by a sleep to say

and by a sleep to say

and by a sleep to say we end the heart-ache

and the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to,

and the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to,

and the thousand natural shocks

and the thousand natural shocks

and the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to,

‘tis a consummation devoutly to be wished.

‘tis a consummation devoutly to be wished.

‘tis a consummation

‘tis a consummation

‘tis a consummation devoutly to be wished.

To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream:

To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream:

To die, to sleep;

To die, to sleep;

To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream:

ay, there’s the rub;

ay, there’s the rub;

ay, there’s

ay, there’s

ay, there’s the rub;

For in that sleep of death what dreams may come

For in that sleep of death what dreams may come

For in that sleep of death

For in that sleep of death

For in that sleep of death what dream may come

When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,

When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,

When we have shuffled off

When we have shuffled off

When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,

Must give us pause…

Must give us pause…

Must give us

Must give us

Must give us pause….

 

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1 Response to If You’re Hamlet and You Know It Clap Your Hands

  1. april says:

    I love this! Thank you!

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