Brush Up Your Shakespeare
Channel: Pretty Good American Songbook
Date: 22/05/2021

Written in 1949 by Cole Porter for the hit musical Kiss Me Kate, Brush Up Your Shakespeare makes the case that if you want to get the girls you should study Literature in college. 

Keenan Wynn and James Whitmore (yes, THE James Whitmore) are perfect as the singing and tap dancing gangsters. 

Download the lyrics and chords: prettygoodamericansongbook.com/lyrics 

Links of Interest: 
-Cole Porter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cole_Porter
-Kiss Me Kate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_Me,_Kate
-Taming of the Shrew: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Taming_of_the_Shrew
-James Whitmore: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitmore
-Keenan Wynn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keenan_Wynn 

For more songs and stuff visit: https://www.prettygoodamericansongbook.com/ 

Keywords: Pretty Good American Songbook, Great American Songbook, Songbook, Ukulele, Novelty, Fox Trot, Ballad, Bard, Stratford on Avon, Othello, Anthony and Cleopatra, Alls Well That Ends Well, A Midsummer NIght's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Coriolanus,, Hamlet, Sonnet, Measure For Measure.