One
day while they were travelling
Viola
and her darling twin
Hit
a large swell
Did
not do well
Lost
everything that they had
Viola
felt her best shot
Was
quickly to throw in her lot
With
the grand Duke
(To)
avoid rebuke
She
told him she was a lad
The
Duke who was called Orsino
Believed
this young Cesario
Was
just the person he needed
To
win the girl he loved
This
was fair Olivia
Who
though she lived fairly near
Had
sworn off love and romance
And
all that other stuv
Her
brother had recently died
And
for this reason Livy cried
And
said no-one
To
her could come
Til
seven years was gone
Orsino
sent Viola to
Livy
in an attempt to woo
Her
for his hand
If
she would stand
To
let his envoy come
This
ploy while seeming so easy
Was
not completed so freely
There
were two points
That
could disjoint
Orsino’s
master plan
For
one although Olivia
Allowed
Viola to see her
It
soon was clear it wasn’t
Orsino
who was her man
For
when her eye alighted on
This
new and handsome young person
She
wanted more
Of
what she saw
Which
wasn’t meant to occur
For
two Viola had chosen
To
serve the Duke for a reason
She
couldn’t say
But
his mad sway
Had
bowled the maiden over
So
they were in a tricky spot
A
nice and convoluted plot
With
romance abound
But
not around
In
fact a triangle
While
all this was now happening
Livy’s
servants did drink and sing
Sir
Andrew, Maria, Fa-
Bi
an and Livy’s uncle
The
noise made by this happy band
Upset
Malvolio and
He
told them plain
They
should refrain
From
making such a fracas
The
group who liked hullaballoo
Did
not take very kindly to
This
pompous man
And
formed a plan
To
make him a jackas
Maria
told them all with glee
Of
her skill with calligraphy
That
with her pen she could pretend to be
Their
fair mistress
The
team quickly agreed this and
Using
Maria’s skilful hand
Soon
crafted a brief epistle
To
cause Malvy some distress
The
steward soon the note espied
He read
it and aloud he cried
In
joy for he
With
certainty
Thought
Olivia loved him
The
next time he saw the girl
He
put her into quite a whirl
But
not with lust
Instead
disgust
For
what was on his limbs
The
letter that the steward found
Did
very clearly expound
The
way to go
Was
wear yellow
And
so that is what he did
From
hose right down to ankle he
Had
covered so painstakingly
To
win her heart
Yet
for her part
She
just wanted to get rid
Malvolio
was dragged away
And
in a prison made to stay
Where
Feste the fool
Being
rather cruel
Continued
the mock’ry
Meanwhile
Viola’s brother Seb
It
turned out was not really dead
And when
he now
Appeared
in town
This
caused yet more mischief
Sir
Andrew upset that his suit
Of
Livy had still borne no fruit
Challenged
Cesario to fight
Cos
Toby said to do it
Unfortunt’ly
for this blockhead
It
turned out to be brother Seb
That
he soon faced
And
in disgrace
Failed
to land a single hit
Olivia
now she arrived
And
when Sebastian espied
Resolved
to trap
This
handsome chap
Into
true love’s shackle
She
grabbed him and then hurriedly
With
her beloved stranger she
Got
the lot
And tied
the knot
In a
nearby chapel
Just
then the appearance of young Vi
Caused
everyone to rub their eyes
Could
not believe
What
they did perceive
How
could there be two of them?
The
truth was then revealed to all
Which
caused the two siblings to bawl
They
weren’t deceased
They
were so pleased
For
this reunion
Each
of them now became wed
To
the right person they wanted
The
church bells rang
For
the whole clan
Only
laughter could be heard
Despite
all of the confusion
They’d
reached a happy conclusion
They
all felt glad
No-one
was sad
Except
perhaps the steward
