Three Minute Hamlet

[DuchessRococoPuff]

"Get thee hence to the lobby."

You win the Internet.

[thecladdaugh]

okay...so that's how this song goes....saw the lyrics but never heard the actual song :)

[IndianaJoker]

Hamlet definitely belongs on an episode of Ye Olde Jerry Springer...

[Firannion]

The music is by neither Adam McNaughton nor by Wesley Stace a/k/a John Wesley Harding. It is a traditional British fiddle tune called 'Mason's Apron,' usually played extremely fast, and has long been used by fiddlers to show off their chops by competing to see who can perform it at the most breakneck pace.

[woodpress1]

Um, "music by Adam McNaughton" is a lie, misrepresentation or just plain plagiarism.

The music is by the English author/musician Wesley Stace, aka John Wesley Harding and was recorded live at Eddie's Attic, Decatur, GA, on 10/16/02.

[CarthyOnline]

@woodpress1 Well, Adam McNaughton did write this so technically the description is correct. I don't think there has been any attempt at misrepresentation and the accusation of plagiarism is, well just plain wrong to be frank!

Search "Adam McNaughton : Hamlet" for Adam's original or "Martin Carthy - Oor Hamlet" for Martin's equally well known version. Lots of others around too if you look.

[Torturedrggymnast]

Haha! This is great!

[JulieOfSuburbia]

Currently reading in class, our teacher showed us this, highlight of the week!

[painterofmusic]

*Quack* OWWWWWW!!!! But cool video otherwise. :)

[goddoll]

Could have skipped the chorus. Still a good summary, kinda sad if you let it get to you.

[ObsessiveSketch]

That duck-sound censoring nearly gave me a heart attack >.< Just keep "fucking" in....save us our ears plz?

[Elanel]

Hamlet isn't boring.

[midnightlynx]

Ages ago (Like... 15 years) I heard this song on NPR, covered by someone at a higher tempo so it actually came in at three minutes. Don't suppose any fans know who that was?

[midnightlynx]

@midnightlynx

Never mind, found it.

It was Seamus Kennedy.

[joshrosen66]

get thee to the lobby!

[RosieTwilight5678]

BRILLIANT!! :D

But the censor beep at the end made me jump really badly! :S

[sasukerox24]

XD epic win

[zakin]

the is not Adam MacNaughton this is a cover done by John Wesley Harding

[TheSamGecko]

The Dirt Devil! LMAO!

[painterofmusic]

lol!

[rydag11]

the Golden Bough a celtic group does a helluva better job,

[cassiehaines]

HAHA SO funny!

[darkness923]

We listened to this in AP Lit and I fell in love with it!

[Wayoming]

This is amazing.

Any way this can be turned into a handy mp3 for traveling purposes?

Love Hamlet, Love This :D:D

<3

[slyhippo]

Google Adam MCNoughton, I found this mp3 online when I made it for school

[iandubya]

Seamus Finnegan? WHo he? The tune is the Mason's Apron. And yes it's and English singer and for that reason some of the rhymes don't quite work.

[expandedcelt]

Haha, what a plagarist, this douche stole the song from Seamus Finnegan, the Irish musical comedian popular in the eighties.

[VRWCFrog]

Seamus Kennedy is the comedian

[1soon2Bfamous5]

I LUV ADAM MCNOUGHTON!!!

lol

his jeelly peice song is better tho!

and y is an english guy singing a scots song!?!

[smegma23]

This sounds like John Wesley Harding singing.

Terrence and Phillip as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern is the brilliant casting move of the century.

[myndhold]

I really like this version of the song. Check out Shamus Kennedy for another great one!

[cate5788]

ROFL! YOu should have totally done it in a Scottish accent! Haha... I love this.

[thistlewarrior]

You can buy the original from a Scottish guy called Adam McNaughton album is called "Words, Words, Words" from Greentrax music.

[slyhippo]

Thank you so much! Credit where it's due Adam put together a kickass song

[thejerend]

You are a no-talent fraud. The real version was better and shorter. You suck.

[slyhippo]

Well that's nice of you, it was a high school project, and the artist's song was on time. Thank you for supporting your arguments and making a very appropriate and worthwhile critique...

[LadyGilrean]

You can't call this Hamlet in Three Minutes anymore, it's twice as long ^_^ I like the Seamus Kennedy version better but this one's good too

[willowench]

IOCANE.

*giggle*

[XenoGlossoFila]

aye! INCONCEIVABLE!!

[ninjadeathtoast]

We just finished Hamlet in class. And I must say, I much prefer this over what we did. Well done!