'Orion Recites Shakespeare': A short skit adapted from William Shakespeare's play 'The Taming of the Shrew'.
lyrics
Petruchio: Verona, for a while I take my leave,
To see my friends in Padua, but of all
My best beloved and approved friend,
Hortensio; and I trow this is his house.
Here, sirrah Grumio; knock, I say.
Grumio: Knock, sir! whom should I knock? is there man has
rebused your worship?
Petruchio: Villain, I say, knock me here soundly.
Grumio: Knock you here, sir! why, sir, what am I, sir, that
I should knock you here, sir?
Petruchio: Villain, I say, knock me at this gate
And rap me well, or I'll knock your knave's pate.
Grumio: My master is grown quarrelsome. I should knock
you first,
And then I know after who comes by the worst.
Petruchio: Will it not be?
Faith, sirrah, an you'll not knock, I'll ring it;
I'll try how you can sol, fa, and sing it.
Grumio: Help, masters, help! my master is ma—
credits
from New World Neofolk,
released January 2, 2018
• Michael Orion Powell-Deschamps
——vocal performance
• William Shakespeare
——source material
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