Thomas Andrew Lehrer

“ A: Oh, God, I can't live without him! I'll die!
B: Die from love?
A: People have.
B: Aah! You've been reading too many books. Listen!
B:
Shakespeare lied.
When Juliet died,
Romeo didn't take poison just because he'd lost his bride.
A: What did he do? B:
He got over it.
He went back to Junior High, and he got over it.
And so will you.
You'll get over it.
A:
So Romeo got himself a life,
But then, there's Othello, he murdered his wife!
B:
But Shakespeare lied.
Othello may have cried,
But he never strangled Desdemona 'cause he thought she lied.
A: What did he do? ”