Welcome to the Renaissance

War of the roses, Chaucer's tales

The brutal feudal system

Holy crusades, Bubonic plague

Can't say that we've really missed 'em

So dark and barbaric, so dull and mundane

That was so Middle Ages

That was so... Charlemagne

Welcome to the Renaissance

With poets, painters, and bon vivants

And merry minstrels

Who stroll the streets of London

A strummin' the lutes

In puffy pants and pointy leather boots!

Welcome to the Renaissance

Where we ooh and aah you with ambiance

We're so progressive

The latest and the greatest

We bring it to you with much ado

Welcome to the Renaissance

Where everything is new

Here we've made advances in the sciences

We have the latest gadgets and appliances

Our mugs are made of pewter

Our houses all are Tudor

Decorated with a modern flair

See us in our petticoats and farthingales

Our trendy beards we trim to look like swallow tails

We're called Elizabethans

They're all a bunch of heathens

Heathens heading straight for you know where

While witches are burning and

Wars tend to start

We bring you moments of culture

And art

Culture and art...

Welcome to the Renaissance

Well our printing press has the fancy fonts

That's right we're fancy

And very literary, theatrical, too

It's what we do

Welcome to the Renaissance

Where everything is new!

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Hey look it's Francis Bacon with a chicken

What's he makin'?

Well, I think he's found a way of freezing meat

That's new!

Hey look it's Walter Raleigh

Found a new world by golly

And he's brought us all tobacco

What a treat!

Also new!

And we have a list of writers who

Are always writing something new

It's true! We do!

Like who?

Like who? Like Dekker!

Whoo!

John Webster!

Whoo!

Ben Johnson!

Uh-huh

And Christopher Marlowe

Thomas Kyd, Thomas Middleton,

Thomas Moore

And our brightest star

Yo, he's the bomb, the soul of the age

The whiz of the Elizabethan stage

He's incredible, unforgettable

He's just so freakin' awesome

Shakespeare! Shakespeare!

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We love him, we love him

We love him, we love him

We love him, we love him

We love him, we love him

His plays are so brilliant

His writing's first rate

His acting's incredible

Isn't he great! (we love him, we love him)

Isn't he great (we love him, we love him, we love him, we love him)

We love him!

Welcome to the Renaissance

Not the one in Italy or in France

No the one in England

The one where William Shakespeare

Is the cream of the crop

The one where William Shakespeare is the top!

Welcome to the Renaissance

To a 16th century experience

In the age that's golden

The olden days are over, we bid them adieu

Well hal-le-lu!

Welcome to the Renaissance

Where everything is new!

Everything is new

Welcome to the Renaissance

Everything is new

'Cause Renaissance means rebirth!