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Lyr Req: I Won't Play Mackers (Slings and Arrows)

09 Jun 16 - 03:25 PM (#3794633)
Subject: Lyr Req: I won't play Mac*
From: EBarnacle

In "Slings and Arrows" one of the characters belts out a song with the chorus line "I won't [or don't] play Mac[garbled]. Does anyone have the words for the song? It clearly relates to Macbeth [season 2] but it does not sound like the name Macbeth.


09 Jun 16 - 07:20 PM (#3794657)
Subject: Lyr Add: i WON'T PLAY MACKERS
From: FreddyHeadey

I found this page...

"It's called I Wont Play Mackers and the lyrics are:

Call me superstitious or cowardly or weak
But I'll never play a character
Whose name one dare not speak

I'll play Hamlet
In doublet and hose
Or either of the Dromeos
But sorry, I won't play Mackers

I'll play Richard the Third
With a hump and wig
Or Henry the Eighth
That selfish pig
But sorry, I don't do Mackers

Every soul that plays this role
Risks injury or death
I'd rather sweep the bloody stage
Than ever do
Mac-you-know-who

So gimme King Lear
Cleopatra
Romeo, Juliet
Doesn't matter
I'll play them all for free
But I'd be crackers
To take on Mackers
You see, I'm skittish about the Scottish tragedy "

http://www.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_lyrics_to_the_theme_song_for_the_second_season_of_Slings_and_Arrows


09 Jun 16 - 07:29 PM (#3794660)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I won't play Mac*
From: FreddyHeadey

On YouTube here, it starts @ ~ 1:55


www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyACJ_sDVqA


09 Jun 16 - 11:49 PM (#3794677)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I won't play Mac*
From: EBarnacle

Thank you.


11 Jun 16 - 01:49 AM (#3794807)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Won't Play Mackers (Slings and Arrows)
From: Jim Dixon

IMDb.com says "I Won't Play Mackers" was written by Bob Martin, Greg Morrison and Lisa Lambert, and it appears in the episode titled "Season's End" which is season 2 episode 1 of "Slings and Arrows" and aired 27 June 2005.