I had a dream
We were walking through the gardens of spring
You were laughing freely 
Dressed like some harlequin from the 16th century, Italy 

In the grand Sistine Chapel, the artist did sigh
For five years of painting was a strain on his eyes
The pope would not compromise 

But tales of it's beauty had reached very far, all the way to the King of Navarre 

Whistle 

King Henry broke England from the Papacy
He was desperate for Anne who needed a ring
Before she would do anything 

So bye bye went Catherine and the Catholic Church 
You know, Utopia's nowhere, except in More's book 

Yes, Henry loved Anne or so had she thought 
But he took her head once her novelty wore off, 
Men keep women on a clock 


Whistle/Piano TBD?

Call up the Queen of Bohemia tell her it's true 
The Sultan's won Mohács and Hungary's in two
Her Ludvik's gone blue

And the flowers of Florence were free in full bloom
But that son of Castile drinks Cognac now too
The Republic is doomed



Whistle 

For 45 Years, Elizabeth reigned
When she died, she quietly chose the Scottish King James
Then the Unification of Crowns came

From Machiavelli to Medici and  Martin Luther
To the Protestants, the Catholics, and the King Makers


*blah blah blah unthought lyrics*
Something that rhymes with 
"And that's the Renaissance for you!"

Elizabeth Kanjorski