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[00:08.82]War of the roses, Chaucer’s tales
[00:13.04]The brutal feudal system
[00:17.00]Holy crusades
[00:18.94]Bubonic plague
[00:21.61]Can’t say that we’ve really missed them
[00:25.86]So dark and barbaric
[00:28.18]So dull and mundane
[00:30.11]That was so Middle Ages
[00:33.31]That was so Charlemagne
[00:38.33]Welcome to the Renaissance
[00:41.25]With poets, painters and bon vivants
[00:44.91]And merry minstrels, who
[00:47.21]Stroll the streets of london
[00:48.94]A-strumming their lutes
[00:50.41]In puffy pants and pointy leather boots
[00:53.03]Welcome to the Renaissance
[00:55.49]Where we ooh and aah you
[00:57.68]With ambiance
[00:59.54]We’re so progressive
[01:01.61]The latest and the greatest
[01:03.41]We bring it to you
[01:05.00]With much ado
[01:07.11]Welcome to the Renaissance
[01:10.37]Where everything is new
[01:14.53]Here we’ve made advances in the sciences
[01:17.84]We have the latest gadgets and appliances
[01:21.52]Our mugs are made of pewter
[01:23.51]Our houses all are Tudor
[01:25.28]Decorated with a modern flair
[01:28.99]See us in our petticoats and farthingales
[01:32.41]Our trendy beards we trim to look like swallow tails
[01:36.11]We’re called Elizabethans
[01:38.23]They’re all a bunch of heathens
[01:39.79]Heathens heading straight for you-know-where
[01:43.17]While witches are burning and wars tend to start
[01:46.22]We bring you moments of culture and art
[01:51.18](culture and art) （
[01:55.74]Welcome to the Renaissance
[01:58.44]Where our printing press has the fancy fonts
[02:02.29]That’s right we’re fancy
[02:04.24]And very literary
[02:06.08]Theatrical too
[02:07.69]It’s what we do
[02:09.85]Welcome to the Renaissance
[02:13.23]Where everything is new
[02:22.49]Hey look it’s Francis Bacon with a chicken
[02:24.69]What’s he makin’?
[02:25.72]Well i think he’s found a way of freezing meat
[02:28.04]That’s new
[02:29.23]Hey look it’s Walter Raleigh
[02:30.61]Found a new world, by golly,
[02:32.03]And he’s brought us all tobacco, what a treat
[02:34.39]Also new
[02:35.41]And we have a list of writers who
[02:37.34]Are always writing something new
[02:40.63]It’s true we do
[02:41.98]Like who?
[02:43.14]Like who?!
[02:43.89]Like Dekker
[02:44.63](whoo)
[02:45.50]John Webster
[02:46.11](whoo)
[02:46.91]Ben Jonson
[02:47.72](uh huh)
[02:48.72]And Christopher Marlowe
[02:50.58]Thomas Kyd
[02:51.60]Thomas Middleton
[02:52.51]Thomas More
[02:54.94]And our brightest star yo
[02:56.76]He’s the bomb
[02:58.42]The soul of the age
[03:00.28]The wiz of the Elizabethan stage
[03:02.69]He’s incredible
[03:05.38]Unforgettable
[03:08.62]He’s just so freakin’awesome
[03:13.05]Shakespeare
[03:16.24]Shakespeare
[03:25.76]We love him (x8)
[03:33.91]His plays are so brilliant
[03:35.52]His writing’s first rate
[03:37.25]His acting’s incredible
[03:39.06]Isn’t he great
[03:40.58]We love him (x4)
[03:42.58](isn’t he great)
[03:44.27]We love him (x2)
[03:45.84]We love him
[03:48.25]Welcome to the Renaissance
[03:51.26]Not the one in Italy or in France
[03:54.95]No the one in England
[03:57.00]The one where William Shakespeare
[03:58.89]Is cream of the crop
[04:00.55]The one where William Shakespeare is the top
[04:03.34]Welcome to the renaissance
[04:05.74]To a 16th century experience
[04:09.83]In the age that’s golden
[04:11.95]The olden days are over
[04:14.00]We bid them adieu
[04:15.62]Well hallelu
[04:17.48]Welcome to the Renaissance
[04:20.87]Where everything is new
[04:28.34]Everything is new
[04:31.38]Welcome to the Renaissance
[04:35.43]Everything is new
[04:37.84]'Cause renaissance means rebirth!