Was Mrs. MacBeth Really Sleeping? 1920

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 30 April 2012
2012

Shakespeare was there
in a hundred ways
in the wondrous days of old.
But when Bill wrote
all of those tragic plays
there were facts Bill never told.
On famous folk
he had the inside dope
for his'try Bill knew well,
but he knew some things
about Queens and Kings
that he didn't choose to tell.

Was Missus MacBeth really sleeping
when she took that famous walk,
she wasn't accountable for what she did
at least so she said
was it just a kid
for the neighbors all winked at each other
and the neighbors began to talk.
MacBeth wasn't home
he was fighting MacDuff
and Bill doesn't give us
the inside stuff,
Was Missus MacBeth really sleeping
when she took that famous walk?

Was Missus MacBeth really sleeping
when she took that famous walk,
A soldier as handsome
as young Charlie Ray
took charge of the castle
both night and day
Now MacBeth only tho't about battle
for at fighting he was a hawk.
And Missus MacBeth
on those dark lonely nights
perhaps was asserting
her Scottish Rights.
Was Missus MacBeth really sleeping
when she took that famous walk?

Missus MacBeth
was a highland belle
if the story's really true.
She knew all the hills
of old Scotland well
and could hit the high spots too,
her friends all said
that she was wide awake
as all those smart dames were
altho' she'd insist
no somnambulist
had one single thing on her.

Was Missus MacBeth really sleeping
when she took that famous walk,
she wasn't accountable for what she did
at least so she said
was it just a kid
for the neighbors all winked at each other
and the neighbors began to talk.
MacBeth wasn't home
he was fighting MacDuff
and Bill doesn't give us
the inside stuff,
Was Missus MacBeth really sleeping
when she took that famous walk?

Was Missus MacBeth really sleeping
when she took that famous walk,
A soldier as handsome
as young Charlie Ray
took charge of the castle
both night and day
Now MacBeth only tho't about battle
for at fighting he was a hawk.
And Missus MacBeth
on those dark lonely nights
perhaps was asserting
her Scottish Rights.
Was Missus MacBeth really sleeping
when she took that famous walk?

Soft karaoke
Words
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lyric
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Was Mrs. MacBeth really Sleeping? 1920
(When She Took That Famous Walk)
from "Silks and Satins"
Music by Leon Rosebrook
Lyrics by Louis Weslyn & Ethel Rosemon
© MCMXX by Jerome H. Remick & Co. New York & Detroit
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 30 April 2012 at 15.43
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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